Anja Sønstevold

Anja Sønstevold (born 21 June 1992) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for FC Fleury 91 in the French Division 1 Féminine and for Norway.

Anja Sønstevold
Personal information
Full name Anja Sønstevold[1]
Date of birth (1992-06-21) 21 June 1992
Place of birth Norway,
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender / Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Fleury 91
Number 22
Youth career
2007 SF Grei
2008 Linderud-Grei
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Kolbotn 107 (7)
2015–2019 LSK Kvinner 105 (11)
2020- FC Fleury 91 2 (0)
National team‡
2007 Norway U15 1 (0)
2008 Norway U16 11 (1)
2009 Norway U17 6 (0)
2009–2011 Norway U19 27 (0)
2011–2012 Norway U20 9 (0)
2012–2015 Norway U23 12 (1)
2014– Norway 15 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 July 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:50, 25 July 2017 (UTC)

Career

Sønstevold played in her youth at SF Grei and Linderud/Grei. In 2010, she joined the Toppserien club Kolbotn, where she played for 4 years, recording 113 top-flight appearances and scoring 10 goals.[2] In 2015, she moved to the current league champions LSK Kvinner FK.

International career

Sønstevold went through several Norwegian youth teams and participated with the U-17 team in the qualification and the finals of the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in Nyon, where Norway finish in the fourth place.[3] A year later she was part of the team that played at 2010 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, but failed to reach the finals. In 2011, she was in the team that qualified and reached the final of the 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, when the team finish second after a massive lose for Germany, 8:1.[4] For reaching the semi-finals, the Norwegians had already qualified for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan. Sønstevold was part of the squad that played the tournament. Norway reached the quarter-finals, but again they weredefeated by Germany, 4:0.[5] On 14 January 2014, she got her first senior international cap against Spain in La Manga, Spain. One year later, she was called for the 2015 Algarve Cup.[6] On 23 April 2015 she was appointed to the provisional squad of 35 players for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7] She was initially dropped from the final squad on 14 May,[8] but she was later called into the 23-player roster[9] to replace Caroline Graham Hansen, who had to withdraw to an injury.[10]

References
  1. "List of Players - Norway" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 19. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. "Anja Sønstevold's profil - fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund". Fotball.no. 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  3. "European Women U-17 Championship 2008-09". Rsssf.com. 2010-09-17. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  4. Aikman, Richard. "Germany overwhelm Norway to take U19 title". UEFA. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  5. "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012 - Overview". FIFA.com. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  6. "A-landslagstropp til Algarve Cup - fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund". Fotball.no. Archived from the original on 2015-03-09. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  7. "Norges bruttotropp til VM klar - fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund". Fotball.no. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  8. "Her er Norges VM-tropp - fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund". Fotball.no. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  9. "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  10. "Graham Hansen-skade hindrer VM-tur - fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund". Fotball.no. Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2015-06-06.


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