Ingvild Stensland

Ingvild Stensland

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Playing career

Stensland was born in Farsund in the south of Norway and grew up at nearby Lyngdal Municipality showing her talent for football at an early age. She grew up in a footballing family. Her father was a coach, while her older sisters played at Lyngdal IL. As a youth, Stensland trained with her male counterparts at Lyngdal until she reached her teens. She had a successful career with Lyngdal before starring for clubs such as FK Donn, Athene Moss, and Kolbotn in her home country Norway, Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in Sweden, and Lyon in France. In 2005, Stensland was named the Toppserien Player of the Year. She has also been nominated for the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award on four occasions. As a national team player, Stensland played in the 2005 European Championships guiding her team to a second-place finish after falling 3–1 to the Germans in the final. Since making her debut in 2003, Stensland has become a regular in the team appearing at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the 2008 Summer Olympics, UEFA Women's Euro 2009 and the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. At the beginning of 2009, Ingvild Stensland signed a contract with top French club, Olympique Lyonnaise. At about the same time she took over as captain of the national team, an appointment that was confirmed by the new chief trainer, Eli Landsem, at the end of 2009. In 2011, she returned to Göteborg, with whom she won the Svenska Cupen. After the end of the season she returned to Norway to play for Stabæk FK.

Coaching career

In January 2018, Stensland got hired as player developer in Stabæk. In 2022, she continued her career as coach of the Norway women under-23 national team. However, in August 2022, she became one of the assistance coaches for the Norway national team, together with Monica Knudsen, with Hege Riise as the head coach.

Club
OL Lyonnes (2009–2011)
Club
FK Donn (1998–1999)
Club
Athene Moss (2000–2002)
Club
Kolbotn Fotball (2002–2007)
Club
BK Häcken FF (2007–2009)
Club
BK Häcken FF (2011–2011)
Club
Stabæk Fotball Kvinner (2012–2016)
Club
Norway women's national football team (2003–)
Club
Kolbotn IL (2002–2006)

Legacy

Honours

Individual

2005 Toppserien Player of the Year 2008 Norwegian Women's Player of the Year (NISO)

Clubs

  • Norway women's national football team2003current
  • FK Donn1998–1999
  • Athene Moss2000–2002
  • Kolbotn Fotball2002–2007
  • Kolbotn IL2002–2006
  • BK Häcken FF2007–2009
  • OL Lyonnes2009–2011
  • BK Häcken FF2011–2011
  • Stabæk Fotball Kvinner2012–2016

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Norwegian association football player

Position

midfielder

Extract from Wikipedia

Ingvild Stensland is a former Norwegian footballer who, from August 2022, is one of the assistance coaches on Norway women's national team.

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