Ragnhild Gulbrandsen
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Ragnhild Gulbrandsen (born 22 February 1977) is a Norwegian football striker from the city of Trondheim
who retired from football at the end of 2007. Most of her career was spent with Trondheims-Ørn (Trondheim Eagles) women's football club, with whom she won the Norwegian elite league, the Toppserien, three times and the Cup four times, and was the club's top scorer in 1997, 2000 and 2001. She made 190 appearances for the club from 1997 to 2004, scoring 254 goals.
In 2000 Ragnhild Gulbrandsen played in the Norway team which won Gold at the Sydney Olympics, scoring Norway's second goal in the Final against the USA. She played as a professional in the USA with Boston Breakers 2002-3.
At the end of 2005 she moved to Oslo to work as a journalist, and considered retiring from football. But she joined Asker women's football club, and in the 2006 season when Asker won the Division 1 title, she twice scored six goals in a match. She last played for Asker SK and the Norwegian national team.
At the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007
tournament in China in 2007, Ragnhild Gulbrandsen scored six goals for Norway and won the Tournament's Bronze Shoe award as the third top scorer behind Marta of Brazil and Abby Wambach of the USA. Her international career, which was interrupted several times by injury, included 97 appearances for Norway with 38 goals. She now works as a TV journalist in Oslo.
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
who retired from football at the end of 2007. Most of her career was spent with Trondheims-Ørn (Trondheim Eagles) women's football club, with whom she won the Norwegian elite league, the Toppserien, three times and the Cup four times, and was the club's top scorer in 1997, 2000 and 2001. She made 190 appearances for the club from 1997 to 2004, scoring 254 goals.
In 2000 Ragnhild Gulbrandsen played in the Norway team which won Gold at the Sydney Olympics, scoring Norway's second goal in the Final against the USA. She played as a professional in the USA with Boston Breakers 2002-3.
At the end of 2005 she moved to Oslo to work as a journalist, and considered retiring from football. But she joined Asker women's football club, and in the 2006 season when Asker won the Division 1 title, she twice scored six goals in a match. She last played for Asker SK and the Norwegian national team.
At the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007
FIFA Women's World Cup 2007
The FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 was an international association football competition for women held in China from September 10, 2007 – September 30, 2007. Originally, China was to host the 2003 Women's World Cup, but the outbreak of SARS in that country forced that event to be moved to the United...
tournament in China in 2007, Ragnhild Gulbrandsen scored six goals for Norway and won the Tournament's Bronze Shoe award as the third top scorer behind Marta of Brazil and Abby Wambach of the USA. Her international career, which was interrupted several times by injury, included 97 appearances for Norway with 38 goals. She now works as a TV journalist in Oslo.