Katie Bethke

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Katie Bethke
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Personal information
Full name Katelyn O'Hern Bethke [1]
Date of birth (1988-09-03) September 3, 1988 (age 36)
Place of birth Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2010 Minnesota Golden Gophers
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2008 Boston Renegades
2009–2010 Ottawa Fury
2011 Atlanta Beat 4 (0)
2011 Arna-Bjørnar 12 (6)
2012 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7 (2)
2013–2014 Avaldsnes IL 33 (5)
2014 IK Grand Bodø 10 (1)
2015 Mallbackens IF 7 (0)
2015 Eskilstuna United DFF 5 (0)
International career‡
2010–2011 United States U23 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:44, 16 February 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:05, May 10, 2012 (UTC)

Katelyn O'Hern Bethke (born September 3, 1988) is a retired American soccer player who last represented Swedish Damallsvenskan club Eskilstuna United DFF, having previously played for Mallbackens IF.

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Club career

Bethke played for Atlanta Beat in the WPS in 2011. [2] On July 24, 2011, Bethke signed a deal with Norwegian Toppserien club Arna-Bjørnar. [3]

On January 19, 2012, Bethke joined German Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen where she played 7 of the remaining season matches. [4]

Bethke signed a contract with Avaldsnes IL in the Toppserien in January 2013. [5]

For the 2015 season she moved to Sweden and played in the Damallsvenskan, firstly for Mallbackens IF and in July she signed with Eskilstuna United DFF. On 1 September 2015, it was announced by Eskilstuna United that Bethke requested the termination of her contract, as she decided to retired from football. [6]

International career

Bethke was part of the United States U23 squad for the 2011 Four Nations Tournament. [7]

Illinois Intramural Career

Currently playing for Learned Foot at the University of Illinois.

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References

  1. ↑ Katie Bethke at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian) OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ Profile at soccerway.com
  3. ↑ "Former Gopher Katie Bethke Joins Norwegian Club Arna-Bjørnar". insidemnsoccer.com. July 24, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Leverkusen holt US-Verstärkung" (in German). womensoccer.de. January 19, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Spillere" (in Norwegian). fotball.no. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Katie Bethke leaves United". Eskilstuna United (in Swedish). Retrieved February 16, 2016.
  7. ↑ "U.S. U-23 WNT Defeats Sweden 4-2 at La Manga Tournament". ussoccer.com. February 25, 2011. Archived from the original on May 9, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2012.


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