Lindy Melissa Løvbræk Wiik (born 7 February 1985 in

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) is a Norwegian

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who plays for Urædd FK and the Norway national team.

Career

Asker played in the elite

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league in Norway, and Wiik was the league's top scorer of the 2007 season, with 22 goals from 22 matches. At the start of 2009 Wiik with most of the other Asker players joined the newly formed Stabæk Fotball Kvinner, continuing in the Toppserien. In January 2010 Wiik signed to play for the German club

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, and scored her first three goals for her new club at an indoor tournament on 23 January with over 4000 spectators. In 2011 Wiik returned to Stabæk FK. In early May she suffered a damaged anterior cruciate ligament, surgery followed in June. Her goal to recover quickly materialized with her in Football training by early October.

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 10 August 2013''

International career

She is a member of the Norway national team. She was named on 9 June to the bronze medalist team Norway at the

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, held in Beijing, China. At the opening match on 6 August she scored Norway's second goal in the fourth minute, which ended Norway 2 –

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Personal life

She has a relationship with Péter Kovács.

Honours

Club

;Stabæk *

(1):

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(3): 2011, 2012, 2013

Individual

* Top Scorer, Toppserien (1):

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(22 goals)

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at Stabæk * * 1985 births Living people People from Røyken Norwegian women's footballers Norway women's international footballers Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Norway VfL Wolfsburg (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Asker Fotball (women) players Stabæk Fotball Kvinner players Toppserien players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Sportspeople from Viken (county) {{Norway-women-footy-bio-stub Association football forwards Women's association football forwards Expatriate footballers in Germany