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Melissa Bjånesøy
Personal information
Full name Melissa Linn Berman Bjånesøy
Date of birth (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Stabæk
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 IL Sandviken 71 (31)
2014– Stabæk 129 (73)
International career‡
2010–2011 Norway U19 23 (28)
2012 Norway U20 6 (2)
2012–2015 Norway U23 1 (1)
2013–2015 Norway 21[1] (4)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Norway
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place 2013 Sweden Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2020

Melissa Linn Berman Bjånesøy (born 18 April 1992) is an American-born Norwegian football striker, currently playing for Stabæk in Norway's Toppserien.[2] She previously played for IL Sandviken. In the 2011 season she scored ten goals to help Sandviken avoid relegation.[3]

Career

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An Under-19 international, she was the top scorer of the 2011 U-19 European Championship with seven goals.[4] She scored in all five games from the group stage to the final, which Norway lost 8–1 to Germany.

Veteran national coach Even Pellerud selected Bjånesøy in Norway's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[5] In the final at Friends Arena, she was an unused substitute as Norway lost 1–0 to Germany.[6]

Career statistics

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As of 1 December 2020
Club Season Division League Cup Continental Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sandviken 2009 Toppserien 9 1 0 0 - 9 1
2011 18 10 0 0 - 18 10
2012 22 13 3 1 - 25 14
2013 22 7 2 4 - 24 11
Total 71 31 5 5 - - 76 36
Stabæk 2014 Toppserien 22 12 2 0 2 0 26 12
2015 19 6 4 0 - 23 6
2016 11 1 2 0 - 13 1
2017 21 11 3 1 - 24 12
2018 19 9 0 0 - 19 9
2019 20 9 1 1 - 21 10
2020 1. divisjon 17 25 2 1 - 19 26
Total 129 73 14 3 2 0 145 76
Career total 200 104 19 8 2 0 221 112

International goals

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 14 January 2013 Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China  China 1–0 1–0 2013 Four Nations Tournament
2. 13 February 2014 Komotini Municipal Stadium, Komotini, Greece  Greece 5–0 5–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3. 11 March 2015 Estádio Municipal, Albufeira, Portugal  Denmark 5–1 5–2 2015 Algarve Cup

References

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  1. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. ^ Jakter EM-Medalje og toppkarakter Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today Football Association of Norway
  3. ^ 2011 Toppserien table and scorers Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine in Soccerway.com
  4. ^ Seven-goal Bjånesøy takes scoring prize UEFA.com
  5. ^ Aarre, Eivind (13 June 2013). "Pellerud 'excited' by Norway squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  6. ^ Burke, Chris (28 July 2013). "Angerer the hero as Germany make it six in a row". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
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