Marit Bratberg Lund

Marit Bratberg Lund

Personal information
Date of birth	(1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth	Norway
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) [1]
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Brann
Number	19
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2013–2014	Fart	29	(9)
2014–2020	Kolbotn	98	(15)
2021–2024	Brann	42	(13)
2024–	SL Benfica
International career‡
2012	Norway U15	3	(0)
2012–2013	Norway U16	10	(4)
2013–2014	Norway U17	7	(4)
2014–2016	Norway U19	25	(6)
2015–2021	Norway U23	15	(4)
2022–	Norway	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 January 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 July 2023

Marit Bratberg Lund (born 7 November 1997) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Toppserien club Brann.

She hails from Ilseng ^[2] and started her senior career in FL Fart. In mid-2014 she moved on to Kolbotn IL in the first division, and ahead of the 2021 season to IL Sandviken. She was also a prolific Norway youth international. ^{[3] [4]}

Sandviken, whom she joined in 2021, led the league and eventually became league champions. With 14 assists and 7 goals from her left wing-back position, she was an important contributor to the gold team. She was named player of the year in the 2021 Toppserien both in the official selection, ^[5] by Norwegian News Agency, ^[6] and during the NISO Awards. ^[7] Several football experts and pundits suggested that she be called up to the full national team, and expressed a failure to understand why no call-up came in 2021. Lund was called the best left-footed footballer in Norway. ^{[2] [8] [9] [10]} She ranked highest on the score table of the Norwegian News Agency, praising her attacking capabilities. ^[11]

On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023. ^[12]

International goals

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 October 2023	Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway	France	1–0	1–2	2023–24 UEFA Nations League A

References

1. "Profile of Marit Bratberg Lund". brann.no. SK Brann Kvinner . Retrieved 9 July 2023.
2. Nygaard, Jakob Sundblom (14 October 2021). "Marit (23) er poengdronning og kan bli dobbeltmester. Likevel lar det store målet vente på seg: – Hadde håpet på muligheten". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
3. Marit Bratberg Lund at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
4. Marit Bratberg Lund at Soccerway
5. "Marit Bratberg Lund ble årets spiller". www.bt.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 2021-12-13. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
6. "Marit Bratberg Lund kåret til årets spiller i Toppserien | NTB". kommunikasjon.ntb.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-05-06.
7. Kristensen, Thomas (2022-01-30). "NISO AWARDS: Årets spiller Toppserien - Marit Bratberg Lund". NISO (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2023-05-06.
8. Jacobsen, Pål (28 July 2021). "Eksperten mener Marit har det beste venstrebeinet i landet: – Bør få sjansen på landslaget". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
9. Haaland, Bernt-Erik (12 October 2021). "Half the team is on the national team, but not Marit: - Do not know what else I have to do". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
10. Hagen, Mathias; Krüger, Andrea (10 November 2021). "Sandviken-stjerne utelatt tross supersesong – det forstår ekspert lite av" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
11. Vesteng, Camilla (15 December 2021). "Marit Bratberg Lund er årets spiller". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
12. updated, Jessy Parker Humphreys last (2023-06-06). "Norway Women's World Cup 2023 squad: full 23-player team". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 2023-06-20.