Marie Dølvik Markussen (born 15 February 1997) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a forward for

Toppserien The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984. History Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in ...

club Rosenborg. She made her debut for the

Norway women's national football team The Norway women's national football team is controlled by the Football Association of Norway. The team is former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. The team has had less success since the ...

in 2015.

Club career

After breaking through at her local lower division club Stakkevollan IF, Dølvik Markussen signed for Oslo-based

club Stabæk in November 2013 for a compensation payment of around 10.000 NOK. In December 2016, she moved on to

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg () or Wolfsburg, is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of W ...

, who simultaneously allowed another Norwegian Synne Jensen to return to Stabæk on a permanent basis. She went back to playing in Toppserien after joining

Vålerenga Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for its ...

in 2018. In November 2021, Dølvik Markussen joined Australian club

Newcastle Jets Newcastle United Jets Football Club, commonly known as Newcastle Jets, is an Australian professional soccer club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. It competes in the country's premier competition, the A-League, under licence from The Australia ...

for the 2021–22 A-League Women season.

International career

Following appearances for Norway at the youth international level, Dølvik Markussen made her senior debut for

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

at the

2015 Algarve Cup The 2015 Algarve Cup was the 22nd edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place on 4–11 March. Format Because of the number of competitive teams this year, the format was changed ...

Personal life

In November 2012, 15-year-old Dølvik Markussen and her older brother Henning foiled an attempted burglary at their family home in Tromsø. She has over one hundred tattoos. She had a romantic relationship with

Ingrid Engen Ingrid Syrstad Engen (born 29 April 1998) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Primera División club Barcelona and the Norway national team. She previously played for Trondheims-Orn and LSK Kvinner in ...

Honours

VfL Wolfsburg

Frauen-Bundesliga The Frauen-Bundesliga (German for ''Women's Federal League''), currently known as the FLYERALARM Frauen-Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, is the top level of league competition for women's association football in Germany. In 1990 the German Foo ...

: 2016–17 *

DFB-Pokal Frauen The DFB-Pokal Frauen is the main national women's football cup competition in Germany, thus the female counterpart to the DFB-Pokal. It was created in 1980, and since 1991 includes Eastern teams as well. The most recent champions are VfL Wolfsburg ...

: 2016–17

Vålerenga

** Winner:

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in ...

** Runner-up:

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

Norwegian Women's Cup The Norwegian Women's Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for kvinner) is a knockout cup competition in Norwegian women's football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Un ...

** Winner:

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** Runner-up:

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

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* * 1997 births Living people Footballers from Tromsø Toppserien players Norwegian women's footballers Norway women's international footballers Norwegian expatriate women's footballers VfL Wolfsburg (women) players Expatriate women's footballers in Germany Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Stabæk Fotball Kvinner players Women's association football forwards Lesbian sportswomen Norwegian LGBT footballers {{Norway-women-footy-bio-stub