Monica Knudsen

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Monica Knudsen
Personal information
Full name Monica Knudsen [1]
Date of birth (1975-03-25) 25 March 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth Arendal, Norway
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1985–1991 Express [3]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992 Favør
1993–1994 FK Donn
1995–2003 Asker
2004 Fortuna Hjørring
2005–2006 Team Strømmen
International career‡
1996–2003 Norway 87 (6)
Managerial career
2009–2016 LSK Kvinner
2018–2019 Vålerenga
2022–2023 Norway Women (assistant)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:16, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:16, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Monica Knudsen (born 25 March 1975) is a Norwegian football coach and former player who managed Toppserien club LSK Kvinner. As a player, Knudsen was a midfielder who won 87 caps for the Norway women's national football team [4] between 1996 and 2003.

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Career

Knudsen was on the Norwegian teams that hosted UEFA Women's Euro 1997 and then finished fourth at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States. [5] Knudsen won the Toppserien league with her club Asker in 1998 and 1999. [4]

Knudsen was with the Norway team that won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. [6] She played as a substitute in the semifinal and was one of the starting eleven in Norway's 3–2 final win over the United States, being substituted after 90 minutes, before the start of extra time. [7]

At the end of 2009 Knudsen was appointed chief trainer for LSK Kvinner FK football club.

Personal life

Knudsen was born in Arendal on 25 March 1975. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Monica Knudsen". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Knudsen Monica". FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 October 2000. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "Monica Knudsen Gulljenta Fra Fevik" (in Norwegian). IL Express. 5 November 2000. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Monica Knudsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  5. ↑ "Norges VM-tropp" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 20 June 1999. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "2000 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Soccer" Archived 11 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 16 May 2008)
  7. ↑ "Monica Knudsen vant OL-gull" (in Norwegian). NRK. 28 September 2000. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.


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