Marianne Iren Pettersen (born 12 April 1975 in

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) is a

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. She was a forward for the club

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, whom she joined from

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after the 1996 season, and became the top scorer with 36 goals in the 1998 season of 18 matches.

Career

For the Norwegian national team, Pettersen debuted in 1994, scoring against Italy. In the

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held in Sweden, she scored three times to help the Norwegian team win its first World Cup, including the second goal in Norway's 2-0 win over Germany in the tournament final. In 1999 when she was 22 she created a record in the Women's Euros when she scored four goals in a single match. The match was against Denmark at Lillestrom and the final score was 5-0. Overall, she scored 66 goals in 98 international matches. She retired in 2003, after competing in the

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and

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. In 2007, she rejoined Asker as the assistant trainer and began playing again, as a reserve striker. On 19 May the same year she took the record as the highest scorer in the elite Norwegian league, the Toppserien, with 147 goals to that date.

International goals

Fulham

Pettersen rejected offers from American clubs to join Fulham Ladies, the only professional women's club in Europe, in January 2001. On her debut she scored a

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in an 8–0 destruction of

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in the fourth round of the

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. Later in 2001, Pettersen was then appointed as the new captain. Pettersen was nominated for FIFA World Player of the Year award.

Honours

Olympics

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– Bronze *

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– Gold

FIFA Women's World Cup

* 1995 FIFA World Cup in Sweden – Gold

References

Norwegian women's footballers 1975 births Living people Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Fulham L.F.C. players FA Women's National League players Asker Fotball (women) players Athene Moss players Toppserien players Olympic medalists in football Norway women's international footballers 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in England Norwegian expatriate footballers Expatriate women's footballers in England Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Women's association football forwards Footballers from Oslo {{Norway-women-footy-bio-stub