Ingvild Stensland (born 3 August 1981) is a former

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who, from August 2022, is one of the assistance coaches on Norway women's national team. As a player she last played for Stabæk FK in the

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. She played as a

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and was a member of, and for several years also the captain of, the Norway women's national team, making her debut in 2003. She has also played in the French Division 1 and the Swedish

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for

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and

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Playing career

Stensland was born in

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in the south of

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and grew up at nearby

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showing her talent for football at an early age. She grew up in a footballing family. Her father was a coach, while her older sisters played at

Lyngdal IL Lyngdal Idrettslag is a local sports club from Lyngdal. It is the youth club of Ingvild Stensland, former captain of the Norway women's national football team. Lyngdal Idrettslag takes part in football, handball, volleyball, basketball, orient ...

. As a youth, Stensland trained with her male counterparts at Lyngdal until she reached her teens. She had a successful career with Lyngdal before starring for clubs such as

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, and

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in her home country Norway, Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in Sweden, and Lyon in France. In 2005, Stensland was named the

Player of the Year. She has also been nominated for the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year award on four occasions. As a national team player, Stensland played in the 2005 European Championships guiding her team to a second-place finish after falling 3–1 to the

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in the final. Since making her debut in 2003, Stensland has become a regular in the team appearing at the

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, the

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and the

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. At the beginning of 2009, Ingvild Stensland signed a contract with top French club, Olympique Lyonnaise. At about the same time she took over as captain of the national team, an appointment that was confirmed by the new chief trainer, Eli Landsem, at the end of 2009. In 2011, she returned to Göteborg, with whom she won the

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. After the end of the season she returned to Norway to play for Stabæk FK.

Coaching career

In January 2018, Stensland got hired as player developer in Stabæk. In 2022, she continued her career as coach of the Norway women under-23 national team. However, in August 2022, she became one of the assistance coaches for the Norway national team, together with

Monica Knudsen Monica Knudsen (born 25 March 1975) is a Norwegian football coach and former player who managed Toppserien club LSK Kvinner. As a player, Knudsen was a midfielder who won 87 caps for the Norway women's national football team between 1996 and ...

, with

Hege Riise Hege Riise (born 18 July 1969) is a Norwegian football coach and former midfield player who is coaching the Norway women's national football team. One of the best footballers of her generation, she won the FIFA Women's World Cup, the Olympic Game ...

as the head coach.

Honours

Individual

* 2005 Toppserien Player of the Year * 2008 Norwegian Women's Player of the Year (NISO)Jeg er kjempestolt
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References

External links

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Kopparberg/ Göteborg player profile page
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