Maria Dybwad Brochmann (born 25 March 1993) is a Norwegian

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who plays as a

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for Djurgården.

Club career

Brochmann hails from

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and started her career in Åsane. Her breakthrough came in the

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, where she became top goalscorer with 20 goals in 20 games. In 2014 she moved up one division to

Arna-Bjørnar Arna-Bjørnar Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Arna, Bergen. It was founded in late 2000 as a merger between the football branches from ''IL Bjørnar'' and ''Arna T&IL'', and replaced Bjørnar IL in the league system from 2001. The w ...

. During parts of her spell at Arna-Bjørnar, she played as a defender. However, she reverted to being a forward and became one of the most prolific goalscorers of the

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. She lastly served as team

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before moving to city rivals IL Sandviken ahead of the 2019 season. Brochmann reached a milestone when winning the

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with Sandviken. In the penultimate game, the team secured gold as Brochmann scored 5 times in a 8–0 thrashing of Klepp. Sandviken was subsequently renamed

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, and with Brann, Brochmann scored her first Champions League goals in 2022, with 3 goals in 4 games during the

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. During the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds, she scored 3 goals in a single game against Stare Zagora. At the same time, there was doubt whether Brann wanted to renew Brochmann's contract which was due to expire after the 2023 season. At the end of the season, it was announced that Brann brought in to replace Brochmann. Instead, Brochmann signed for

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in Sweden.

International career

Brochmann did not play for any youth national teams until the age of 21, when she was selected for Norway U23. She received her first callup for

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in August 2018, when she was included in the squad to face Slovakia and the Netherlands. She did not get any playtime however.

Managerial career

In her late 20s, Brochmann began working as a coach in Tertnes IL. Her work here was severely curtailed by the

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. In January 2022 she was announced as the head coach of Fana IL. As at August 2023, the team was leading their Third Division group. The team won promotion to the 2024 Second Division. However, Brochmann resigned as coach when she moved to play in Sweden.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brochmann, Maria 1993 births Living people Footballers from Bergen Norwegian women's footballers Norway women's youth international footballers Women's association football forwards Åsane Fotball players Arna-Bjørnar players SK Brann Kvinner players Toppserien players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players Norwegian expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Norwegian women's football managers