Dagny Mellgren Haugland (; born 19 June 1978) from

Ålgård Ålgård (historic: ''Aalgaard'') is the administrative centre of Gjesdal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the European route E39 highway, about southeast of the city of Sandnes in the Jæren district of t ...

is a former

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. She retired in December 2005 while playing for

Klepp Klepp is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Jæren. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kleppe. Other villages in Klepp include Klepp stasjon, Orre, Orstad, ...

. She has also played for

Boston Breakers The Boston Breakers were an American professional soccer club based in the Boston neighborhood of Allston. The team competed in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). They replaced the original Breakers, who competed in the defunct Women's ...

, in the WUSA. She scored the golden goal in the final against the United States at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

, winning the gold medal for Norway. She retired from football in December 2005.

Personal life

Mellgren and her partner Gert Haugland had a child in September 2006.

References

1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Stavanger Norwegian women's footballers Norway women's international footballers Women's association football forwards Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic footballers of Norway Boston Breakers (WUSA) players Women's United Soccer Association players Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Toppserien players Klepp IL players Arna-Bjørnar players Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players People from Gjesdal Sportspeople from Rogaland {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub