Melissa Bjånesøy
American-born Norwegian footballer (born 1992)
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Melissa Linn Berman Bjånesøy (born 18 April 1992) is an American-born Norwegian former footballer who played as a striker.[2] She previously played for IL Sandviken. In the 2011 season she scored ten goals to help Sandviken avoid relegation.[3]
Full name
Melissa Linn Berman Bjånesøy
Date of birth
18 April 1992
Place of birth
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
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| Full name | Melissa Linn Berman Bjånesøy | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1992 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Chicago, Illinois, United States | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2013 | IL Sandviken | 71 | (31) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2024 | 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
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 December 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 2020 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||
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| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Sandviken | 2009 | Toppserien | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 9 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | 18 | 10 | |||
| 2012 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 1 | - | 25 | 14 | |||
| 2013 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | - | 24 | 11 | |||
| Total | 71 | 31 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 76 | 36 | ||
| Stabæk | 2014 | Toppserien | 22 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 12 |
| 2015 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 0 | - | 23 | 6 | |||
| 2016 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | 13 | 1 | |||
| 2017 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | - | 24 | 12 | |||
| 2018 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | - | 19 | 9 | |||
| 2019 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | - | 21 | 10 | |||
| 2020 | 1. divisjon | 17 | 25 | 2 | 1 | - | 19 | 26 | ||
| Total | 129 | 73 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 145 | 76 | ||
| Career total | 200 | 104 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 221 | 112 | ||
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 14 January 2013 | Yongchuan Sports Center, Chongqing, China |  China | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2013 Four Nations Tournament |
| 2. | 17 January 2014 | La Manga Stadium, La Manga, Spain |  England | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 3. | 13 February 2014 | Komotini Municipal Stadium, Komotini, Greece |  Greece | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 11 March 2015 | Estádio Municipal, Albufeira, Portugal |  Denmark | 5–1 | 5–2 | 2015 Algarve Cup |
