Unni Lehn
Norwegian footballer (born 1977)
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Unni Lehn (born 7 June 1977) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder.[1] She has made 133 appearances for Norway's national team. In 2000, Lehn played 86 minutes in the Olympic Final in Sydney, where Norway defeated the US in extra time to win the gold medal. She resides in Trondheim and played for Trondheims-Ørn from 1994 onwards, making over 400 appearances for the club during which they won the Norwegian league title and the Norwegian Cup competition several times. From 2001 to 2003, she played in the US with Carolina Courage. She announced her retirement from football at the end of 2007.
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| Full name | Unni Lehn[1] | |||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 7 June 1977 | |||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Melhus Municipality, Norway | |||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||
Current team | Trondheims-Ørn | |||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | |||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||
| Melhus | ||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
| –1994 | Melhus | |||||||||||||
| 1994–2001 | Trondheims-Ørn | |||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Carolina Courage | |||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Trondheims-Ørn | |||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Norway under-16 | 11 | (2) | |||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | Norway under-20 | 19 | (9) | |||||||||||
| 1996–2007 | Norway | 134 | (24) | |||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 December 2007 | ||||||||||||||
Unni Lehn has an economics degree and is continuing working at the BN Bank in Trondheim.
International goals
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 12 March 1997 | Olhão, Portugal |  Iceland | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1997 Algarve Cup |
| 2. | 14 March 1997 | Alvor, Portugal |  Denmark | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 3. | 1 October 1997 | Oslo, Norway |  Netherlands | 6–1 | 6–1 | 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 4. | 19 March 1998 | Lagos, Portugal |  United States | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1998 Algarve Cup |
| 5. | 21 March 1998 | Loulé, Portugal | Denmark | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
| 6. | 27 July 1998 | Uniondale, United States | Denmark | 1–0 | 1–1 (4–2 p) | 1998 Goodwill Games |
| 7. | 24 September 1998 | Oslo, Norway |  France | 4–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
| 8. | 5–0 | |||||
| 9. | 10 October 1998 | Gothenburg, Sweden |  Sweden | 2–0 | 2–0 | |
| 10. | 23 June 1999 | Landover, United States |  Canada | 3–1 | 7–1 | 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 11. | 11 September 1999 | Strusshamn, Norway |  Switzerland | 4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying |
| 12. | 13 May 2001 | Sandnes, Norway | Sweden | 3–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 13. | 13 October 2001 | Cannes, France | France | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 14. | 2–0 | |||||
| 15. | 23 January 2002 | Guangzhou, China | United States | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2002 Four Nations Tournament |
| 16. | 24 March 2002 | Slaný, Czech Republic |  Czech Republic | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 17. | 29 January 2003 | Shanghai, China |  China | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2002 Four Nations Tournament |
| 18. | 11 May 2003 | Kristiansand, Norway |  Belgium | 2–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying |
| 19. | 14 March 2004 | Guia, Portugal |  Finland | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2004 Algarve Cup |
| 20. | 22 May 2004 | Wezep, Netherlands | Netherlands | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying |
| 21. | 25 March 2006 | Athens, Greece |  Greece | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 22. | 10 May 2006 | Sandefjord, Norway |  Serbia and Montenegro | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 23. | 27 August 2006 | Lviv, Ukraine |  Ukraine | 1–1 | 1–1 |
