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Marianne Pettersen Personal information Full name Marianne Iren Pettersen Date of birth 12 April 1975 Place of birth Oslo, Norway Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) Playing position Striker Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† –2001 Asker FK 2001–2003 Fulham Ladies 2003– Asker FK National team 1994–2003 Norway 98 (66) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 29 August 2011.
† Appearances (Goals).Olympic medal record Women's football Competitor for 
NorwayGold Sydney 2000 Team Competition Bronze Atlanta 1996 Team Competition Marianne Iren Pettersen (born 12 April 1975 in Oslo) is a Norwegian footballer. She was a forward for the club Asker, whom she joined from Gjelleråsen after the 1996 season, and became the top scorer with 36 goals in the 1998 season of 18 matches. For the Norwegian national team, she debuted in 1994, scoring against Italy. Overall, she scored 66 goals in 98 international matches. She retired in 2003, after competing in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]
In 2007 she rejoined Asker as the assistant trainer and began playing again, as a reserve striker. On 19 May the same year she took the record as the highest scorer in the elite Norwegian league, the Toppserien, with 147 goals to that date.
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Fulham
Pettersen rejected offers from American clubs to join Fulham Ladies, the only professional women's club in Europe, in January 2001. On her debut she scored a hat-trick in an 8–0 destruction of Manchester City in the fourth round of the FA Women's Cup.[2]
Honours
Olympics
- Atlanta 1996 - Bronze
- Sydney 2000 - Gold
FIFA Women's World Cup
References
- ^ "Marianne Pettersen Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/marianne-pettersen-1.html. Retrieved 2009-10-27.
- ^ Tony Leighton (2001-01-22). "Proctor backs Fulham bid". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/1129882.stm. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
Norway squad – 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup (1st Title) 
Norway squad – 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 4th place • 2 Sandaune • 3 Kringen • 4 Tønnessen • 5 Espeseth • 6 Riise • 7 S. Gulbrandsen • 8 Knudsen • 9 Rapp • 10 Lehn • 11 Pettersen • 12 Jørgensen • 13 Bekkevold • 14 Mellgren • 15 Haugenes • 16 R. Gulbrandsen • 17 Bøe Jensen • 18 Hovland • 19 Kvitland • Coach: Høgmo
Norway squad – 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Nordby • 2 Sandaune • 3 Stangeland • 4 Knudsen • 5 Bredland • 6 Riise • 7 Rønning • 8 Gulbrandsen • 9 Rapp • 10 Lehn • 11 Pettersen • 12 Vesterbekkmo • 13 Tønnessen • 14 Mellgren • 15 Fiane Christensen • 16 Følstad • 17 Ørmen • 18 Fosse • 19 Edner • 20 Klaveness • Coach: SteenCategories:- Norwegian women's footballers
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Norway
- Olympic gold medalists for Norway
- Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
- Fulham L.F.C. players
- FA Women's Premier League players
- Olympic medalists in football
- Norwegian women's football biography stubs
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