Birthe Hegstad
Birthe Hegstad | ||
Personnel | ||
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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 | (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
- European Champion 1993
- Unofficial world champion in 1988
- Algarve Cup winner 1994
- Norwegian Champion 1993 (with Sprint / Jeløy SK)
- Norwegian Cup Winner 1989 (with Klepp IL)
- Vice World Champion 1991
- Vice European Champion in 1989 and 1991
Individual evidence
- ↑ wsoccer.athletics.unc: "North Carolina Women's Soccer - Jersey Number History"
- ↑ Germany 3: 1 a.d. (0: 0) (1: 1) Norway
- ↑ uefa.com: "1991: Germany underpins its dominance"
- ↑ uefa.com: "1993: Italy missed the sensation"
- ↑ fotball.no: Norgesmestere kvinner
Web links
- Profile on the website of the Norwegian Association
- Birthe Hegstad in the Norsk biografisk leksikon
- Birthe Hegstad in the database of FIFA (English)
- Birthe Hegstad in the database of weltfussball.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hegstad, Birthe |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian soccer player |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1966 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Trondheim , Norway |