Erika Espeseth Skarbø (born 12 June 1987 in

Ålesund Ålesund () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the administrative centre of Ålesund Municipality. The centre of the town of Ålesund lies on the islands of Hessa, Aspøya, Ålesund, Asp� ...

) is a Norwegian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

. She has played for

IL Hødd Idrottslaget Hødd is a multi-sports club from Ulsteinvik in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Founded in 1919, it has sections for team handball, gymnastics and football. It is best known for their men's football team, which since 2015 plays at Høddv ...

and

Fortuna Ålesund AaFK Fortuna (formerly known as FK Fortuna Ålesund) is a Norway, Norwegian women's football (soccer), women's football club from Ålesund that currently competes in 1. divisjon (women), 1. divisjon, the second tier of Women's football in Norway, ...

. Skarbø is also a member of the

Norway women's national football team The Norway women's national football team () represents Norway in international Women's association football, football, and is controlled by the Norwegian Football Federation. The team is former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one ...

, having made her senior team debut on 12 February 2007 in a match against France. Skarbø has made 8 senior appearances for Norway, and has 45 youth team caps. She was the reserve keeper for the Norwegian squad that placed fourth in the

2007 Women's World Cup The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, the fifth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was an international football competition for women held in China from 10 to 30 September 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 edition, but the outbreak o ...

held in China. After Skarbø competed with Christine Colombo Nilsen and

Ingrid Hjelmseth Ingrid Hjelmseth (born 10 April 1980) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She was Norway's No. 1 for a decade, and her former club Stabæk name her a legend. Career Originally from Skjetten, she was the Norway national ...

for the No. 1 goalkeeper position, Bjarne Berntsen announced on 2 May 2008 that Skarbø would be Norway's new No. 1 GK, replacing long-time keeper,

Bente Nordby Bente Dalum Nordby (born 23 July 1974) is a former Norwegian football goalkeeper. She played with the Norway women's national football team from 1991 to 2007. Career Nordby is the second-most capped player ever for Norway with 172 internatio ...

. On 9 June 2008 Skarbø was named to the Norwegian roster for the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

held in Beijing, China She lived in Dalgety Bay, in Fife, Scotland from age 6 to 9, before moving back to live in Norway's major shipbuilding town of

Ulsteinvik is a town in Ulstein Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The town is the commercial and administrative centre of the municipality and as such, Ulsteinvik contains 74% of the municipal population. The town has a population (2024) ...

on the west coast near

, where her father Dag is a director at Rolls-Royce Marine. At the age of 18 in 2005 she played two international matches in goal in one afternoon. In January 2009 Skarbø had surgery for a right scaphoid (wrist) fracture that had given her trouble for five years but had remained undiagnosed for that time. She hopes to resume football later in 2009. In July she returned to football training with Arna-Bjørnar as an outplayer but was not yet able to stand in goal with wrist pain still present. Later in October it was announced that she was now able to resume training as a goalkeeper. She returned to the football field on 15 January 2010 playing for Arna-Bjørnar in a training match against Sandviken in Bergen and a few weeks later was selected to join Norway's Under-23 team for a tournament at La Manga, Spain. Skarbø took over as captain of Arna-Bjørnar at the beginning of the 2010 season and the club had a successful first half of the season. On 27 June, with Arna-Bjørnar lying in third place in the Toppserien table, she broke her left arm after making a high save in a home match against

Kolbotn Kolbotn is an Urban areas in the Nordic countries#Urban areas in Norway, urban area in Norway's Nordre Follo municipality in Akershus county. Kolbotn is in the centre of the traditional district, Oppegård. The population is about 6,000. Kolbotn ...

. She returned in September. On 7 March 2011 Skarbø captained Norway's senior team in a match in the

Algarve Cup The Algarve Cup is an invitational tournament for national teams in women's association football hosted by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). Held annually in the Algarve region of Portugal since 1994, it is one of the most prestigious and ...

, a match that Japan won 1-0. Erika Skarbø is studying psychology, in particular corporate psychology and industrial conflict resolution.

References

External links

FotballMagasinet.no player profile

Arna-Bjørnar club Web site

Norwegian Football Association player profile

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skarbo, Erika 1987 births Living people Norwegian women's footballers 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen Norway women's international footballers Women's association football goalkeepers IL Hødd players Arna-Bjørnar players Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Norway 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers from Ålesund