Melissa Wiik
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Melissa Wiik is a Norwegian female footballer, who currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg
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, and scored her first three goals for her new club at an indoor tournament on January 23 with over 4000 spectators.
In 2011 Wiik transferred back to Norway to rejoin Stabæk
, but in early May she suffered a damaged anterior cruciate ligament for which she had surgery in June. She aimed to recover in an unusually quick time and already by early October she was doing football training .
. On June 9, 2008 she was named to the Norwegian roster for the 2008 Summer Olympics
to be held in Beijing, China. On August 6 in the opening match she scored Norway's second goal against the USA in the fourth minute of the match, which ended 2-0 to Norway.
VfL Wolfsburg (women)
The women's football team is the women's section of VfL Wolfsburg. The team is playing in the top division of Germany the Bundesliga. The teams first season was in 2003-04, which ended with an 8th place, the next season the team was relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga in 12th place but gained direct...
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Career
Asker played in the elite Toppserien league in Norway, and Wiik was the league's top scorer of the 2007 season, with 22 goals from 22 matches. At the start of 2009 Wiik with most of the other Asker players joined the newly formed Stabæk Fotball Kvinner, continuing in the Toppserien. In January 2010 Wiik signed to play for the German club VfL WolfsburgVfL Wolfsburg
VfL Wolfsburg is a professional German association football club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, who play in the Bundesliga football competition. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, and were DFB-Pokal runners-up in 1995. The current head coach is Felix...
, and scored her first three goals for her new club at an indoor tournament on January 23 with over 4000 spectators.
In 2011 Wiik transferred back to Norway to rejoin Stabæk
Stabæk Fotball Kvinner
Stabæk Fotball Kvinner is Stabæk IF's women's football team, and was started in 2007. Stabæk plays in Toppserien, the top league of Norway. They won the league championship in 2010 and thus qualified to the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League to debut in Europe...
, but in early May she suffered a damaged anterior cruciate ligament for which she had surgery in June. She aimed to recover in an unusually quick time and already by early October she was doing football training .
International career
She is a member of the Norwegian Women's National Football TeamNorway 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...
. On June 9, 2008 she was named to the Norwegian roster 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...
to be held in Beijing, China. On August 6 in the opening match she scored Norway's second goal against the USA in the fourth minute of the match, which ended 2-0 to Norway.