Lene Mykjåland

Lene Mykjåland

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Mykjåland started her career in Randesund IL, a district club in Kristiansand. In 2003, Mykjåland played with Amazon Grimstad and played there until she went on to Røa in September 2005. Mykjåland was Røa's top scorer in 2007 with 11 goals. Mykjåland quickly became one of the league's top talents, and has also managed to establish herself on the Norwegian National senior squad, having been called up to both the 2007 Women's World Cup as well as the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China. On 21 October 2008 Mykjåland and four other Røa players – Marie Knutsen, Guro Knutsen, Marit Fiane Christensen and Siri Nordby – made headlines when they announced in a press release that they would not be returning to the national team due to issues the five had with the national team leadership. While the press statement never mentioned coach Bjarne Berntsen's name, it was assumed that he was instrumental in their decision to retire from the team. The retirement, which came off in many newspapers as a boycott, created widespread media attention. When Eli Landsem took over the national team after the 2009 European Championship, they ended their boycott and made themselves available again for the national team. On 15 January 2010, Mykjåland played her first game for Norway since the boycott in a 1–1 draw against England. In 2011, Mykjåland was included in the squad that was going to play in the 2011 Women's World Cup. The Washington Freedom of Women's Professional Soccer announced on 23…

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 October 2016

Club
Amazon Grimstad (2003–2005)
Club
Røa AIL (2005–2010)
Club
Washington Freedom (2010–2010)
Club
Røa AIL (2011–2012)
Club
LSK Kvinner FK (2013–)
Club
Norway women's national football team (2007–)
Club
magicJack (2010–2010)

Legacy

Honours

Club

Røa Toppserien: 2007, 2008, 2009 Norwegian Cup: 2006, 2008 LSK Kvinner Toppserien: 2014, 2015 Norwegian Cup: 2014, 2015

Individual

Top Scorer, Toppserien: 2009 (20 goals)

Clubs

  • Norway women's national football team2007current
  • LSK Kvinner FK2013current
  • Amazon Grimstad2003–2005
  • Røa AIL2005–2010
  • Washington Freedom2010–2010
  • magicJack2010–2010
  • Røa AIL2011–2012

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Norwegian footballer

Position

forward

Extract from Wikipedia

Lene Mykjåland is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a forward and midfielder. Having made her debut for the senior team on 7 March 2007, in a 1–2 loss against Germany.

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