Agnete Synnøve Carlsen (born 15 January 1971) is a former Norwegian professional

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who played as a midfielder. With the Norway women's national team, Carlsen won the

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and an

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. At club level Carlsen played for SK Sprint-Jeløy in Norway, then joined Japanese

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team

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on a professional contract.

International career

Carlsen made her debut for the senior Norway women's national football team in June 1988, starting a 2–1 defeat by Brazil at the

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. She scored her first goal in her second appearance, a 3–0 win over the Netherlands in Rijsoord. In July 1989 Carlsen played in Norway's 4–1 defeat by West Germany in the

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final. The match was played before 22,000 fans in Osnabrück. Two years later, the competition had been rebranded as the UEFA Women's Championship and Carlsen's Norway again lost to the Germans in the final, 3–1 this time. Norway also reached the final of the inaugural

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, held in China in November 1991. They lost 2–1 to the United States after Michelle Akers' late winning goal in front of 63,000 at Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou. Carlsen got her first winner's medal with the national team when Norway beat hosts Italy 1–0 in the

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final. She was also part of the squad which won the

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, but was restricted to two substitute appearances during the tournament. At the inaugural Olympic women's football tournament at the

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, Carlsen was sent-off in Norway's semi-final defeat by the United States. She was suspended for the subsequent bronze medal match in which Norway defeated Brazil 2–0. Carlsen played in Norway's

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campaign, then retired from international football to concentrate on her professional club career in

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. She won 97 caps and scored 17 goals.

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* * * 1971 births Living people Norwegian women's footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in football Norway women's international footballers 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players Norwegian expatriate footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Toppserien players SK Sprint-Jeløy (women) players Kolbotn Fotball players Athene Moss players People from Moss, Norway Expatriate women's footballers in Japan Nadeshiko League players Nikko Securities Dream Ladies players Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics UEFA Women's Championship-winning players Women's association football midfielders Nadeshiko League MVPs Sportspeople from Viken (county) {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub