Marthine Østenstad (born 18 March 2001) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a
defender for and captains
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
Brann. She has also been capped for
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
, following in the footsteps of her father
Egil Østenstad
Egil Johan Østenstad (; born 2 January 1972) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
He started and ended his career at Viking, before going on to play in the Premier League for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers ...
.
International career
On 25 June 2025,
Guro Bergsvand
Guro Bergsvand (; born 3 March 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for German Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Norway women's national team. She got her debut at the national team at the age of 27, ...
withdrew from the Norwegian squad for the
UEFA Women's Euro 2025
The 2025 UEFA Women's Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Women's Euro 2025 or simply Euro 2025, will be the 14th edition of the UEFA Women's Championship, the quadrennial international football championship organised by UEFA for the wome ...
due to injury, and was replaced by Østenstad.
Career statistics
Club
''As of 19 October 2024.''
References
External links
2001 births
Living people
Footballers from Stavanger
Norwegian women's footballers
21st-century Norwegian sportswomen
Norway women's youth international footballers
Norway women's international footballers
Women's association football defenders
Toppserien players
Viking FK Kvinner players
Klepp IL players
SK Brann (women) players
UEFA Women's Euro 2025 players
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
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