Ingvild Landvik Isaksen (born 10 February 1989) is a

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former

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. She made her debut for the

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in 2009 and represented her country at the

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and

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editions of the

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Club career

In November 2013, Isaksen left

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after eight seasons to join champions Stabæk on a two-year contract. She had been club

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at Kolbotn, but wanted a new challenge. Later on, she played for

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, but she suffered serious knee injuries which forced her to leave the club after the season 2017–18. On 21 February 2019, Isaksen announced her retirement from football.

International career

Isaksen made her senior national team debut in January 2009, in a 5–1 friendly defeat by

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. At

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she was part of Norway's squad and made two substitute appearances, totalling 18 minutes. She played mostly as a winger for Norway and had drifted out of favour, until being brought back and given a more central midfield role by new

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. She was called up to be part of the national team for

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. She scored her first goal for Norway in a 1–0 victory against Germany in Euro 2013, the Germans' first loss in a

match since 1993. Isaksen performed well and started every match except the

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where she was benched to accommodate

Cathrine Dekkerhus Cathrine Høegh Dekkerhus (born 17 September 1992) is a Norwegian football midfielder who plays in the Toppserien for Lillestrøm. She previously played for Stabæk Fotball, with whom she played in the Champions League, scoring a winner against ...

. Isaksen came in as a substitute in the final where Norway missed two

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s and lost 1–0.

International goals

References

External links

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Norwegian National Team profile

Stabæk Club Profile

Profile
at fussballtransfers.com

at soccerdonna.de * * * 1989 births Living people Norwegian women's footballers Norway women's international footballers Toppserien players Kolbotn Fotball players Stabæk Fotball Kvinner players Sportspeople from Fredrikstad Serie A (women's football) players Juventus F.C. (women) players Norwegian expatriate women's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Women's association football midfielders UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players {{Norway-women-footy-bio-stub