Astrid Johannessen

Astrid Hitland Johannessen (born 10 January 1978) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Norway women's national football team.

Astrid Johannessen
Personal information
Full name Astrid Hitland Johannessen
Date of birth (1978-01-10) 10 January 1978
Place of birth Norway
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
Bergen Nord[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sandviken
1997–1999 Asker
2000 Arna-Bjørnar
2001 Asker
2001–2003 Fulham
2003–2004 Asker
2005 Fløya
2010 Amazon Grimstad
National team‡
1997–2003 Norway 19 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:00, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12:00, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

She was understudy to Bente Nordby on the Norwegian team that hosted UEFA Women's Euro 1997 and then finished fourth at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.[2][3]

Johannessen won the Toppserien league with her club Asker in 1998 and 1999. She signed for professional English club Fulham in August 2001, agreeing to join in an initial loan deal after the 2001 Norwegian season.[4][5] Fulham won the treble in season 2002–03, but Johannessen and several other players then left when the women's team lost its professional status.[6]

In August 2010 Johannessen kept goal for Amazon Grimstad in their 4–1 Cup quarter-final defeat by Røa IL.[7]

References
  1. Langeland, Knut (30 January 2012). "Historie" (in Norwegian). FK Bergen Nord. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  2. "FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 – Team Norway". FIFA. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  3. "Norges VM-tropp" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 20 June 1999. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  4. "Astrid til Fulham". Asker Fotboll Kvinner. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2012.
  5. "New star joins Whites". Fulham Official Website. 30 November 2001. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  6. Cocozza, Paula (6 May 2003). "Triumph at the end of Fulham road". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  7. Kolle, Andreas. "2010" (in Norwegian). Røa IL. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.



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