Birthe Hegstad

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Birthe Hegstad
Personnel
birthday July 23, 1966
place of birth Trondheim ,  Norway
size 168 cm
position attack
Juniors
Years station
IL Jardar
1985-1988 North Carolina Tar Heels
Women
Years station Games (goals) 1
1989-1992 Klepp IL
1993-1996 Sprint / Jeløy SK
1997 Athena Moss 7 0(1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1987-1994 Norway 84 (23)
1 Only league games are given.

Birthe Hegstad (born July 23, 1966 in Trondheim ) is a former Norwegian soccer player who played for the women's national team from 1987 to 1994 .

Career

society

Hegstad last played in 1997 for Athene Moss (Norway), the successor club to Sprint-Jeløy. Before that, she played for Klepp IL , with whom she was cup winner in 1989, and for Jardar in Bærum and Sprint-Jeløy (championship 1993) and from 1985 to 1988 in the USA for the Tar Heels of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill .

National team

Hegstad played their first international game on July 5, 1987 at the age of 20 in a 3-0 draw in the Norwegians' first international game against the USA . After another international match against Finland in 1987 , in which she scored her first international goal, and two games in 1988, she was nominated for the FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament in 1988 , the unofficial World Cup, and used in all six games. The Norwegians won the tournament by beating Sweden 1-0 in the final . A year later she took part with Norway in the European Championship , in which the Norwegians lost their title to Germany . Two years later, they failed to regain the title - they lost again in the final against Germany. She had put her team in the lead in the 54th minute, but had to accept the equalizer eight minutes later and after no more goals were scored in overtime, two more goals were scored. By reaching the finals, however, the Norwegians had qualified for the first official women's World Cup and there they reached the final, but lost it to the USA . At the World Cup she was used in all games and only replaced after 59 minutes in the first two group games when the results were certain. At the European Championships in 1993 she reached the final again with Norway and with her goal to win 1-0 against hosts Italy , Norway became European champions for the second and last time to date.

In 1994 she won the first ever Algarve Cup with Norway and a year later she played her last international match at the Algarve Cup in 1995 in the game for third place against the USA. In 84 internationals she had scored 23 goals, with which she was the Norwegians third-best goalscorer at the time. She was not nominated for the 1995 World Cup , where Norway won the title.

successes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ wsoccer.athletics.unc: "North Carolina Women's Soccer - Jersey Number History"
  2. ↑ Germany 3: 1 a.d. (0: 0) (1: 1) Norway
  3. ↑ uefa.com: "1991: Germany underpins its dominance"
  4. ↑ uefa.com: "1993: Italy missed the sensation"
  5. ↑ fotball.no: Norgesmestere kvinner

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personal data
SURNAME Hegstad, Birthe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Trondheim , Norway