Maren Mjelde

Arna-Bjørnar (2005–2012)

Mjelde was born in Bergen. She joined the Norwegian club, Arna-Bjørnar, as a 15-year-old in 2005. She made her debut in the Toppserien in 2006 at the age of 16 and played a total of 155 league games until 2012, in which she scored 49 goals. The club finished the 2012 Toppserien league in third place, earning the bronze medal that year.

Turbine Potsdam (2013–2014)

Mjelde transferred to the German club Turbine Potsdam before the 2013 season. She played all the club's matches as captain in the latter part of the season, when they reached the runner-up position in the German Cup and League competitions.

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

In May 2014 she announced that she would be moving to Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in the Swedish Damallsvenskan on July 1, 2014. Mjelde signed a contract in Gothenburg until the end of 2015. She played nine games in the Damallsvenskan.

Avaldsnes IL

She then returned to Norway to play for Avaldsnes IL. With the club she was runner-up twice and took part in qualifying for the 2016/17 Champions League. With three wins, the club qualified for the round of 16, where they were defeated twice by Olympique Lyon.

Chelsea (2016–2024)

On 22 November 2016, Mjelde signed for Chelsea on a deal until 2018. On 16 November 2019, Mjelde scored the only goal in Chelsea's historic win versus Manchester United, the first game ever played between these two women's teams in the Super League. She suffered a knee…

Mjelde went through all youth national teams. In 2007 she took part in the European Championship with the U19 team, where she lost 3-0 to England in the semi-finals. Norway qualified for the U20 World Cup in Chile, where they played in all three group games. As third in the group, Norway was unable to qualify for the quarter-finals. On October 27, 2007, Mjelde made her senior international debut for Norway against Russia. She was selected for 2009 Algarve Cup and then the UEFA Euro 2009, where she made five appearances and reached the semi-finals with her team. In 2010 she finally herself in the senior national team and was used 14 times, again at the Algarve Cup and then in World Cup qualification, where she scored her first goal for Norway against Ukraine. She took part in the 2011 Algarve Cup and the 2011 World Cup. Mjelde was Norway's vice captain during 2011 and 2012 through the team's qualification campaign for the UEFA Euro 2013 and captained the side in many matches. In the tournament she played at right-back for the first time ever, and captained the team in their match in group B when Norway beat Germany 1–0 on 17 July. Norway lost the final 0–1 to Germany, and Mjelde was included in UEFA's Squad of the Tournament. Mjelde was selected in Even Pellerud's squad for the 2015 World Cup. She scored the equalizer against Germany in a 1–1 draw in the group stage and played in Norway's second round defeat by England. Mjelde was also part of the squad for the 2015 World…

Club

International

As of match played 10 July 2025

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mjelde goal.

Mjelde's elder brother, Erik Mjelde, is a former footballer.