Guro Bergsvand
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 March 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | VfL Wolfsburg | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Heming[1] | |||
| Lyn | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2017 | California Golden Bears[2] | 45 | (4) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2013 | Lyn | ||
| 2014 | Stabæk | 6 | (0) |
| 2015–2017 | Lyn | 11 | (3) |
| 2018–2019 | Stabæk | 46 | (1) |
| 2020–2023 | Brann | 53 | (9) |
| 2023–2025 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 54 | (1) |
| 2025– | VfL Wolfsburg | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2010 | Norway U16 | 2 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Norway U19 | 16 | (0) |
| 2019 | Norway U23 | 3 | (0) |
| 2021– | Norway | 40 | (7) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 18 April 2025 | |||
Guro Bergsvand (Norwegian: [ˈɡʉːrʊ ˈbærɡsvɑn];[needs toned IPA] 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.[3] She got her debut at the national team at the age of 27, and she scored in her first match. After the 2021 season in Toppserien, she was named the players' role model of the year. The jury said that she, among others, was an inspiration for all young players that meet adversity, doubt themselves and need evidence for what might seem impossible, is actually possible.[4]
Bergsvand started playing football for Heming, before she changed to Lyn at a young age.[5] She was part of the team that took Lyn from division three to the first divisjon, and she became the captain of the team.[6] Before the 2014 season, she went to Stabæk, where she played six matches during the spring in Toppserien,[3][7] before she moved to the USA to play football for California Golden Bears at the University of California, Berkeley.[8] The summer of 2015, she played a few matches for Lyn in 1.divisjon before she returned to USA.[3]
In USA, she tore both her meniscus and one of the cruciate ligaments in the knee after she twisted it. The first time she was back again, she fell and fractured her kneecap.[4] The injuries prevented her from playing the rest of that season in 2015, and the following season.[8]
In 2017, she had again a short stay in Lyn in the first division and she finished her college studies.[3][8]
After returning to Norway, she signed for Stabæk in 2018.[9] After just half of the season, one of the ligaments in the same knee that was previously injured, ruptured.[4] She managed to get back from this injury as well and played the remaining 13 matches in Toppserien and one match in the Norwegian Women's Cup for Stabæk.[3][10] The Summer of 2019, Sandviken wanted to sign her, but she said no since it didn't feel right to leave Stabæk, which at that point was at the bottom of the league. Røa, Vålrenga and Kolbotn were all also among clubs that wanted to sign her.[11]
After it became clear that Stabæk would be relegated, it became official that Bergsvand left the club and signed for Sandviken.[12] She was in 2021 part of the team who won Toppserien for the first time in Sandviken's history. After the season, NTB, Norske Fotballkvinner and Sportkollektivet all placed her on the team of the season.[13][14][15] She extended the contract with Sandviken, who changed name to Brann, after the 2021 season.[16]
On 5 January 2023, Bergsvand signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Brighton & Hove Albion.[17] On 5 May 2025, it was announced that Bergsvand would be leaving Brighton when her contract expires in June 2025.[18]
On 6 June 2025, it was announced that Bergsvand had signed a contract with VfL Wolfsburg until 30 June 2027.[19]
International career
She has played matches for U16, U19, U23, and the national team.[3][20] For the U-19 team, she played in the three group matches of the 2013 European Women's U-19 Football Championship .
The first time she was part of the national team was at the age of 27 in September 2021. She got her debut against Armenia, 16 September 2021, and she also scored the first goal of the match in her debut.[21][22] At the 2022 Algarve Cup, she was used in all games involving Norway.
Bergsvand was part of the squad that was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[23] She was also used in all three preliminary round matches at the 2022 European Championship, coming on as a substitute twice and starting once. As in third place in the group, the Norwegians were eliminated after the group matches, just like in 2017. Qualified on September 2, 2022, she and her team defeated Belgium 1-0 in the decisive game to win the group for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[24]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | 2021 | 6 | 3 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 4 | |
- As of match played 12 July 2024
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 16 September 2021 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Armenia | 1–0 | 10–0 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 2. | 26 October 2021 |  Belgium | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 3. | 30 November 2021 | Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia | Armenia | 8–0 | 10–0 | |
| 4. | 25 June 2022 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  New Zealand | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 5. | 25 October 2024 | Loro Boriçi Stadium, Shkodër, Albania |  Albania | 2–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs |
| 6. | 3–0 | |||||
| 7. | 29 November 2024 | Inver Park, Larne, Northern Ireland |  Northern Ireland | 3–0 | 4–0 | |
Honours
Sandviken
- Toppserien 2021
Individual
- The player's role model of the year, Toppserien 2021
