Cecilie Pedersen (born 14 September 1990) is a Norwegian

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that plays as a striker.

Club career

Pedersen hails from

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Sveio Sveio is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. Sveio is a border district that is sometimes considered to be located in the traditional district of Haugalandet since it is located on the Haugalandet peninsula, but it is also considered to ...

. She played for

SK Haugar Sportsklubben Haugar is an association football club from Haugesund, Norway, established in 1939. Its top women's team plays in the Second Division and the top men's team plays in the Fifth Division. The men's team has played two Norwegian Foot ...

until she moved to

Avaldsnes IL Avaldsnes Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Avaldsnes, Karmøy, Rogaland. It was founded on 16 June 1937. The club has sections for football and handball. Women's football The women's team began play in 1989, winning the 1st Division of ...

ahead of the 2009 season on a three-year contract that reportedly made her one of the highest paid women footballers in the country. On 6 November 2009, she won the Gullballen, the most prestigious Norwegian football prize. In 2010, she continued to play for Avaldsnes in the 2nd division while also playing in the national team, but later in the season she was in dispute with the club. National team trainer Eli Landsem advised her strongly to transfer to a

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club, and she entered discussions with

Arna-Bjørnar Arna-Bjørnar Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Arna, Bergen. It was founded in late 2000 as a merger between the football branches from ''IL Bjørnar'' and ''Arna T&IL'', and replaced Bjørnar IL in the league system from 2001. The w ...

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at the end of 2010. Avaldsnes made financial demands in compensation for her high salary and the hire of her club car, and local businessmen stepped in with offers. However, on 19 February 2011 it was reported that the parties had failed to reach agreement because her pay requirements were excessive relative to the pay of the other players. In January 2012 Pedersen signed with

LSK Kvinner FK LSK Kvinner Fotballklubb is a Norwegian women's football club from Lillestrøm. They currently play in Toppserien, the top division of Norwegian football. The club was founded as Setskog/Høland Fotballklubb on 10 October 1989. History The cl ...

Career statistics

International career

In June 2009 she was called up to the

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for the

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, and in the second game, against

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, she was the matchwinner with her goal before the break. She scored Norway's third goal in the quarter final against

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which Norway won 3–1.

References

1990 births Living people Norwegian women's footballers Norway women's international footballers People from Hordaland People from Sveio Toppserien players Avaldsnes IL players LSK Kvinner FK players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players Women's association football forwards Sportspeople from Vestland {{Norway-women-footy-bio-stub