Melissa Bjånesøy
Personal information
Full name Melissa Linn Berman Bjånesøy
Date of birth (1992-04-18) 18 April 1992
Place of birth Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Stabæk
Number 7
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2013 IL Sandviken 71 (31)
2014– Stabæk 129 (73)
International career
2010–2011 Norway U19 23 (28)
2012 Norway U20 6 (2)
2012–2015 Norway U23 1 (1)
2013–2015 Norway 21[1] (4)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Norway
UEFA Women's Championship
Silver medal – second place2013 SwedenTeam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2020

Melissa Linn Berman Bjånesøy (born 18 April 1992) is an American-born Norwegian football striker, currently playing for Stabæk in Norway's Toppserien.[2] She previously played for IL Sandviken. In the 2011 season she scored ten goals to help Sandviken avoid relegation.[3]

Career

An Under-19 international, she was the top scorer of the 2011 U-19 European Championship with seven goals.[4] She scored in all five games from the group stage to the final, which Norway lost 8–1 to Germany.

Veteran national coach Even Pellerud selected Bjånesøy in Norway's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[5] In the final at Friends Arena, she was an unused substitute as Norway lost 1–0 to Germany.[6]

Career statistics

As of 1 December 2020
Club Season Division League Cup Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sandviken 2009 Toppserien 9100-91
2011 181000-1810
2012 221331-2514
2013 22724-2411
Total 713155--7636
Stabæk 2014 Toppserien 221220202612
2015 19640-236
2016 11120-131
2017 211131-2412
2018 19900-199
2019 20911-2110
2020 1. divisjon 172521-1926
Total 129731432014576
Career total 20010419820221112


International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.14 January 2013Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China China1–01–02013 Four Nations Tournament
2.13 February 2014Komotini Municipal Stadium, Komotini, Greece Greece5–05–02015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
3.11 March 2015Estádio Municipal, Albufeira, Portugal Denmark5–15–22015 Algarve Cup

References

  1. "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. Jakter EM-Medalje og toppkarakter Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today Football Association of Norway
  3. 2011 Toppserien table and scorers Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine in Soccerway.com
  4. Seven-goal Bjånesøy takes scoring prize UEFA.com
  5. Aarre, Eivind (13 June 2013). "Pellerud 'excited' by Norway squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  6. Burke, Chris (28 July 2013). "Angerer the hero as Germany make it six in a row". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 September 2014.


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