Madeleine Giske
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Madeleine Giske is a Norwegian football midfielder
who currently plays for Arna-Bjørnar
in Bergen
, Norway
. She is also a member of the Norwegian Women's National Football Team
.
Giske is the daughter of Anders Giske
, a former professional footballer who captained the Norwegian National Football Team
, as well as playing for clubs such as SK Brann, FC Nuremberg, Bayer Leverkusen and 1. FC Köln
.
In 2003 as a 15-year-old Madeleine Giske joined the Bergen
club IL Sandviken
where she debuted in Division-1 on April 26. She was an immediate success and continued with the same club when it was promoted into the Toppserien in 2004, scoring eleven goals in that season and also in the next. In 2006 she moved to Arna-Bjørnar, also in Bergen, where she debuted with Erika Skarbø
and Elise Thorsnes
. She has contributed a lot to making Arna-Bjørnar one of the top clubs in Norway and it finished 5th in the league table for 2009.
Having progressed through Norway's national youth teams, Giske made her senior national team debut on 25 March 2006 in a match against Greece, and scored her first international goal, also in a match against Greece, on 20 June 2006. In most of her 11 matches for the national team she has started on the bench, but she has played as a back, an attacking midfielder and as a winger. She went with the team to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China in 2007 and played as a substitute in Norway's match against Ghana which they won 7-2. The team reached the semifinals of the World Cup where they lost to Germany and eventually finished in 4th place behind Germany, Brazil and USA.
In June 2008 Giske heard of her selection as a reserve for the Norwegian national side to travel to China for the 2008 Summer Olympics
only minutes after she had an anterior cruciate ligament rupture diagnosed, suffered in a club match against Team Strømmen two days earlier on June 7. The remainder of 2008 was spent recovering and she resumed full training in January 2009.
Giske played 45 minutes for Arna-Bjørnar in a training match against Sandviken on March 7, 2009, resuming her football career exactly nine months after the injury. Since then she has been a regular member of Arna-Bjørnar's starting eleven and in the 2009 season she scored eight goals.
Midfielder
A midfielder is an association football position. Some midfielders play a more defensive role, while others blur the boundaries between midfielders and forwards. The number of midfielders a team uses during a match may vary, depending on the team's formation and each individual player's role...
who currently plays for Arna-Bjørnar
Arna-Bjørnar Fotball
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...
in Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. She is also a member of the Norwegian Women's National Football Team
Norway women's national football team
The Norway women's national football team represents Norway in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, are former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams...
.
Giske is the daughter of Anders Giske
Anders Giske
Anders Giske is a retired Norwegian football player. He is the father of Madeleine Giske. He became the athletic director in Sogndal in 2005 after working in SK Brann.-Honours:* DFB-Pokal finalist: 1990–91...
, a former professional footballer who captained the Norwegian National Football Team
Norway national football team
The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...
, as well as playing for clubs such as SK Brann, FC Nuremberg, Bayer Leverkusen and 1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln
1. FC Köln is a German association football club based in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07....
.
In 2003 as a 15-year-old Madeleine Giske joined the Bergen
Bergen
Bergen is the second largest city in Norway with a population of as of , . Bergen is the administrative centre of Hordaland county. Greater Bergen or Bergen Metropolitan Area as defined by Statistics Norway, has a population of as of , ....
club IL Sandviken
IL Sandviken
IL Sandviken is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood Sandviken in Bergenhus borough, Bergen. It has sections for football and handball.The women's football team currently resides in the Toppserien, having played there since the 2004 season...
where she debuted in Division-1 on April 26. She was an immediate success and continued with the same club when it was promoted into the Toppserien in 2004, scoring eleven goals in that season and also in the next. In 2006 she moved to Arna-Bjørnar, also in Bergen, where she debuted with Erika Skarbø
Erika Skarbø
Erika Espeseth Skarbø is a Norwegian football goalkeeper who currently plays for Arna-Bjørnar in Norway's Toppserien, where she is trained by Reidun Seth...
and Elise Thorsnes
Elise Thorsnes
Elise Hove Thorsnes is a Norwegian footballer.She made her debut for the former elite team Kaupanger, and stayed there until her debut for Arna-Bjørnar in 2006. Thorsnes made her debut at the same time as Erika Skarbø, Madeleine Giske and Trude Johannessen. Arna-Bjørnar finished in 5th place...
. She has contributed a lot to making Arna-Bjørnar one of the top clubs in Norway and it finished 5th in the league table for 2009.
Having progressed through Norway's national youth teams, Giske made her senior national team debut on 25 March 2006 in a match against Greece, and scored her first international goal, also in a match against Greece, on 20 June 2006. In most of her 11 matches for the national team she has started on the bench, but she has played as a back, an attacking midfielder and as a winger. She went with the team to the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China in 2007 and played as a substitute in Norway's match against Ghana which they won 7-2. The team reached the semifinals of the World Cup where they lost to Germany and eventually finished in 4th place behind Germany, Brazil and USA.
In June 2008 Giske heard of her selection as a reserve for the Norwegian national side to travel to China for the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
only minutes after she had an anterior cruciate ligament rupture diagnosed, suffered in a club match against Team Strømmen two days earlier on June 7. The remainder of 2008 was spent recovering and she resumed full training in January 2009.
Giske played 45 minutes for Arna-Bjørnar in a training match against Sandviken on March 7, 2009, resuming her football career exactly nine months after the injury. Since then she has been a regular member of Arna-Bjørnar's starting eleven and in the 2009 season she scored eight goals.