Agnete Carlsen

Agnete Carlsen
Personal information
Full name	Agnete Synnøve Carlsen
Date of birth	15 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth	Moss, Norway
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1987–1995	SK Sprint-Jeløy
1996–1998	Nikko Securities
1996	→ Kolbotn (loan)
1997	→ Athene Moss (loan)
International career‡
1988–1997	Norway
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Norway
Olympic Games
World Cup
European Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:16, 18 September 2014 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:16, 18 September 2014 (UTC)

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Agnete Synnøve Carlsen (born 15 January 1971) is a former Norwegian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. With the Norway women's national team, Carlsen won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup and an Olympic bronze medal in 1996.^[2] At club level Carlsen played for SK Sprint-Jeløy in Norway, then joined Japanese L. League team Nikko Securities Dream Ladies on a professional contract.^[2]

Personal life

Carlsen was born in Moss on 15 January 1971.^[2]

International career

Carlsen made her debut for the senior Norway women's national football team in June 1988, starting a 2–1 defeat by Brazil at the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament in China. She scored her first goal in her second appearance, a 3–0 win over the Netherlands in Rijsoord.

In July 1989 Carlsen played in Norway's 4–1 defeat by West Germany in the 1989 European Competition for Women's Football final. The match was played before 22,000 fans in Osnabrück. Two years later, the competition had been rebranded as the UEFA Women's Championship and Carlsen's Norway again lost to the Germans in the final, 3–1 this time. Norway also reached the final of the inaugural 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, held in China in November 1991. They lost 2–1 to the United States after Michelle Akers' late winning goal in front of 63,000 at Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou.

Carlsen got her first winner's medal with the national team when Norway beat hosts Italy 1–0 in the 1993 UEFA Women's Championship final. She was also part of the squad which won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup in Sweden, but was restricted to two substitute appearances during the tournament.

At the inaugural Olympic women's football tournament at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Carlsen was sent-off in Norway's semi-final defeat by the United States. She was suspended for the subsequent bronze medal match in which Norway defeated Brazil 2–0. Carlsen played in Norway's 1997 UEFA Women's Championship campaign, then retired from international football to concentrate on her professional club career in Japan. She won 97 caps and scored 17 goals.

International

As of 19 September 2014.

Norway national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1988	2	1
1989	5	0
1990	15	1
1991	17	6
1992	11	3
1993	9	3
1994	12	3
1995	2	0
1996	13	0
1997	11	0
Total	97	17

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References

↑ "Agnete Carlsen". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
1 2 3 4 Holm, Jan. "Agnete Synnøve Carlsen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

External links

Agnete Carlsen – FIFA competition record (archived)
Agnete Carlsen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
"Norway national team profile" (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 28 May 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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[1] "Agnete Carlsen". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

[snl-2] 1 2 3 4 Holm, Jan. "Agnete Synnøve Carlsen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 23 March 2024.

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