Lisa Fjeldstad Naalsund (born 11 June 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for

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of the English Women's Super League and the Norway national team.

Club career

Arna-Bjørnar

Naalsund began playing football at the age of 6 for local club Tertnes. She also played

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until secondary school. Ahead of the

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season, she joined Arna-Bjørnar. On 14 April 2012, Naalsund made her senior debut for the club when she started the season opener, a 1–1 draw with Røa IL. She played 67 minutes before being substituted for fellow offseason arrival

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, also making her senior debut. She scored her first senior goal on 9 June 2012 during a 2–0 win over Klepp IL. In her first season with the club, Naalsund played in all 22 Toppserien matches including 18 starts and scored four goals. During her first three seasons, Naalsund played in all but one league match as Arna-Bjørnar finished third in all three seasons, equalling the team's record highest finish position. In seven years, Naalsund was a mainstay of Arna-Bjørnar and made 157 appearances in all competitions.

Sandviken/Brann

Ahead of the 2019 season, Naalsund signed for Sandviken (rebranded Brann in 2022). In 2020, Naalsund made 18 league appearances as she was named to the Toppserien Team of the Year. Having previously recorded a team-record best 4th-place finish the previous three seasons in a row, Sandviken won the 2021 Toppserien league title for the first time. Naalsund was once again named to the team of the season having made 18 appearances and scored five goals. In 2022, the team defended their league title and also won the Norwegian Women's Cup for the first time.

Manchester United

On 24 January 2023, Naalsund signed for English Women's Super League club

on a three-and-a-half year contract. Having joined while working through fitness issues, Naalsund had to wait until 19 March 2023 to make her debut, starting in an FA Cup quarter-final against second division team

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. She started the game but was substituted off after 25 minutes with a hamstring problem.

International career

Youth

Naalsund first represented Norway at under-15 level in 2010. She continued to progress as a youth international, participating in

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and attended her first tournament finals stage at the

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. The following year she was recalled to the squad as Norway hosted the

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Senior

In November 2017, Naalsund received her first senior international call-up for Norway for a friendly against Canada but was an unused substitute. Having yet to be capped, Naalsund was named as an injury replacement for Emilie Haavi for the

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. However, due to squad regulations, Naalsund could not be registered and had to remain a training player ineligible to play in the tournament. Naalsund made her senior international debut for the Norway on 10 June 2021, coming on as a 80th-minute substitute for

in a frinedly 1–0 loss against

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. On 7 June 2022, Naalsund was named to the squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2022. However, she suffered a leg injury during a pre-tournament friendly against New Zealand on 25 June and was replaced by

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Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Sandviken/Brann *

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* Norwegian Women's Cup:

Individual *

Team of the Year:

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Naalsund, Lisa 1995 births Living people Footballers from Bergen Women's association football midfielders Norwegian women's footballers Norway women's youth international footballers Norway women's international footballers Arna-Bjørnar players SK Brann Kvinner players Manchester United W.F.C. players Toppserien players Women's Super League players Norwegian expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in England Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in England