Lene Mykjåland (born 20 February 1987) is a Norwegian footballer who played for LSK Kvinner and the Norway women's national team, having made her debut for the senior team on 7 March 2007, in a 1–2 loss against Germany.[1][3]
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| Full name | Lene Mykjåland[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 20 February 1987 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kristiansand, Norway | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker or midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Randesund IL | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Amazon Grimstad | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2010 | Røa | 78 | (57) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Washington Freedom | 19 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Røa | 37 | (23) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | LSK Kvinner | 66 | (33) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Norway U17 | 6 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2006 | Norway U19 | 22 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Norway U21 | 7 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | Norway U23 | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007– | Norway | 91 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2016 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:09, 15 July 2016 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Career
editMykjåland started her career in Randesund IL, a district club in Kristiansand. In 2003, Mykjåland played with Amazon Grimstad and played there until she went on to Røa in September 2005.[4] Mykjåland was Røa's top scorer in 2007 with 11 goals.
Mykjåland quickly became one of the league's top talents, and has also managed to establish herself on the Norwegian National senior squad, having been called up to both the 2007 Women's World Cup as well as the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China.
On 21 October 2008 Mykjåland and four other Røa players – Marie Knutsen, Guro Knutsen, Marit Fiane Christensen and Siri Nordby – made headlines when they announced in a press release that they would not be returning to the national team due to issues the five had with the national team leadership.[5] While the press statement never mentioned coach Bjarne Berntsen's name, it was assumed that he was instrumental in their decision to retire from the team. The retirement, which came off in many newspapers as a boycott, created widespread media attention. When Eli Landsem took over the national team after the 2009 European Championship, they ended their boycott and made themselves available again for the national team.[6] On 15 January 2010, Mykjåland played her first game for Norway since the boycott in a 1–1 draw against England.[1] In 2011, Mykjåland was included in the squad that was going to play in the 2011 Women's World Cup.[7]
The Washington Freedom of Women's Professional Soccer announced on 23 December 2009, that they had signed Mykjåland,[8] and she joined the team on 1 April 2010. After one season in America, she returned to Norway and signed a two-year contract with former team Røa.[9]
Career statistics
editStatistics accurate as of match played 30 October 2016
| Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2010 | Washington Freedom | WPS | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
| 2011 | Røa | Toppserien | 22 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 10 |
| 2012 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 14 | ||
| 2013 | LSK Kvinner | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 13 | ||
| 2015 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 13 | ||
| 2016 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 11 | ||
| Career Total | 122 | 60 | 15 | 9 | 137 | 69 | ||
International goals
edit| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 3 May 2008 | Sør Arena, Kristiansand, Norway |  Israel |
4–0 | 7–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying |
| 2. | 21 June 2008 | Ertl Glas, Amstetten, Austria |  Austria |
1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 3. | 3–0 | |||||
| 4. | 4–0 | |||||
| 5. | 25 June 2008 | City Stadium, Kutno, Poland |  Poland |
2–0 | 3–0 | |
| 6. | 20 June 2012 | Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg, Norway |  Northern Ireland |
1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying |
| 7. | 10 April 2016 | Vorwärts Stadium, Steyr, Austria | Austria |
1–0 | 1–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying |
Honours
editClub
edit- Røa
- Toppserien: 2007, 2008, 2009
- Norwegian Cup: 2006, 2008
- LSK Kvinner
- Toppserien: 2014, 2015
- Norwegian Cup: 2014, 2015
Individual
edit- Top Scorer, Toppserien: 2009 (20 goals)
References
edit- ^ a b c Lene Mykjåland at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ 2015 World Cup
- ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Lene Mykjåland joins Røa" (in Norwegian). Bt.no. 14 December 2009. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "Five Røa players rejects Norway" (in Norwegian). Adressa.no. 21 October 2008. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "Røa players again available for selection" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten.no. 11 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "The norwegian World Cup squad" (PDF). NFF (Fotball.no). 24 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ^ "Mykjåland signs for Freedom". Womensprosoccer.com. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mykjåland re-signs for Røa" (in Norwegian). Bt.no. 1 November 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
External links
edit- Lene Mykjåland – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Røa player profile
- Lene Mykjåland at Soccerway
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