Julie Blakstad

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Julie Blakstad
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Personal information
Date of birth (2001-08-27) 27 August 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Norway
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Hammarby IF
Number 41
Youth career
Ottestad
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018 Ottestad 9 (1)
2018–2019 FL Fart 33 (11)
2020–2022 Rosenborg 35 (17)
2022–2024 Manchester City 21 (3)
2023 → BK Häcken (loan) 11 (1)
2024– Hammarby IF 0 (0)
International career‡
2016 Norway U15 3 (0)
2017 Norway U16 13 (1)
2018 Norway U17 7 (1)
2018–2020 Norway U19 24 (6)
2019 Norway U23 2 (0)
2020– Norway 30 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:37, 23 November 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:37, 23 November 2023 (UTC)

Julie Blakstad (born 27 August 2001) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Hammarby IF and the Norway national team. [2] [3]

Contents

Club career

She is originally from Ottestad in Stange and started her senior career in Ottestad IL in the 3rd division.

FL Fart

In the summer of 2018, she went to FL Fart in the 1st division and was very involved in the club moving up to the Toppserien that autumn. She continued to impress greatly at the top level. After turning down offers from around half of the clubs in the Toppserien, as well as requests from foreign clubs, it was announced in September 2019 that she was ready for LSK Kvinner on loan. The Football Association received a complaint about the loan agreement from another club, and after looking at the transfer once more, it was cancelled. [4] Blakstad thus completed the season in Fart and was voted Young Player of the Year in the Toppserien. [5]

Before the 2020 season, there was great excitement about what would be the next step in Blakstad's career. LSK Kvinner still wanted to secure the great talent, [6] and she trained with the English big club Chelsea. [7]

Rosenborg

In June 2020, the news came that she had signed for Rosenborg. [8] She made her mark immediately and made history with a goal in the series premiere against LSK Kvinner, the first goal after Trondheims-Ørn became Rosenborg. [9] It was a great season for both Blakstad and Rosenborg, who went undefeated through the season and took silver in the series. 19-year-old Blakstad was nominated for Player of the Year in Toppserien 2020. [10] The nomination committee stated, "The super talent has impressed for several seasons... She is fearless, explosive, and has offensive qualities at international level. Going forward on the field, she is Rosenborg's most important player and has been involved in over a third of Trønder's goals this season."

In January 2021, she was picked on UEFA's list of ten footballers to watch out for in 2021. [11] At the same time as she continued her big game in 2021, more and more noticed the great talent. Football commentator Kasper Wikestad stated that she is perhaps the greatest talent he has seen live. [12] During the season, she emerged as one of the Toppserien's absolute best players at the same time as she had established herself on the senior Norway national team. She was once again nominated as Player of the Year and won the Young Player of the Year award in Toppserien 2021. [13]

Manchester City

In January 2022, Blakstad signed for the English Women's Super League club Manchester City in what was referred to as the biggest transfer from Norwegian football ever. [14] Just days later, she made her debut in the 3-0 win over Tottenham in the semi-finals of the League Cup. [15]

BK Häcken (loan)

On 31 March 2023, Blakstad signed for the Damallsvenskan side BK Hacken on loan until mid-June 2023. [16]

Hammarby IF

On 20 January 2024, Blakstad signed for the Champions of Damallsvenskan side Hammarby IF. Blakstad was presented on a contract expiring 31 December 2025. [17]

National team career

Blakstad has international matches for U15, U16, U17, U19, and the Norwegian national team.

In 2019 she was part of the under-19 squad that played the 2019 U19 European Championship. [18] She played the three matches in her group but was eliminated when they were third place. [19] In March 2020 she was also part of the under-19 team that participated in the La Manga tournament. [20]

In September 2020, she was selected for the senior national team for the first time. [21] The debut came on 27 October 2020 away to Wales, in the match where Norway secured a ticket to the European Championship in England 2022. On 16 September 2021 Blakstad scored her first international goal in the 10-0 win against Armenia as part of the 2023 World Cup qualification. In the 2022 Euro, she scored her team's first goal in the championship, in the opening match against Northern Ireland. [22] In the first game after the European Championship, the deciding game to win the group in qualifying for the 2023 World Cup against Belgium, which was won 1-0, whereby the Norwegians qualified for the World Cup, Blakstad was in the starting lineup. [23]

On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. [24]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 November 2023 [25] [26]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] League cup [lower-alpha 2] Continental [lower-alpha 3] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Ottestad IL 20183. divisjon4400——44
FL Fart 2018 1. divisjon 11700——117
2019 Toppserien 22400——224
Total331100——3311
Rosenborg 2020 Toppserien 20720——227
2021Toppserien201330—222515
Total402050—224722
Manchester City 2021–22 Women's Super League 813020—131
2022–23Women's Super League92245300169
2023–24Women's Super League400030—70
Total21354103003610
BK Hacken (loan)2023 Damallsvenskan 11110——121
Career total109391141032213248

International

As of match played 20 July 2023 [27]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 202010
2021102
2022131
202360
Total303
Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Blakstad goal.
List of international goals scored by Julie Blakstad
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
116 September 2021 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, NorwayFlag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 5–010–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
221 September 2021 Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina, KosovoFlag of Kosovo.svg  Kosovo 2–03–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
37 July 2022 St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, EnglandUlster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland 1–04–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2022

Honours

Manchester City

Individual

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