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| Full name | Ingvild Stensland | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
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Current team | Olympique Lyon | ||
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2009 | |||
Ingvild Stensland (born 3 August 1981) is a is a Norwegian football midfielder, who currently plays for Olympique Lyonnais in Lyon, France. She is also a member of the Norwegian Women's National Football Team, making her A-team debut on January 23, 2003 against the U.S. in China.[1]
Stensland was born in Farsund in the extreme south of Norway and grew up at nearby Lyngdal, showing a talent for football at an early age. She grew up in a footballing family with a father who was a coach and older sisters who played at Lyngdal, and trained with the boys' side until she was in her teens. After her debut with Lyngdal IL in 1987, she played for FK Donn, Athene Moss, Kolbotn, captaining Kolbotn during 2006 to the semifinal of the UEFA Women's Cup, and then with Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in Sweden’s Damallsvenskan league for two seasons.
She was named the Toppserien Player of the Year in 2005.
As a national team player, Stensland played in the 2005 European Championships, winning the silver medal after falling 3-1 to Germany in the finals. She played in every match of the 2007 Women's World Cup in China, in which Norway finished in 4th place. She was also played all four matches in the 2008 Summer Olympics, where Norway eventually fell to Brazil, 2-1.
She has also been nominated for the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Award in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. In the 2008 FIFA election she was voted the world's 3rd-best player by the captains of both France and Germany.
At the beginning of 2009, Ingvild Stensland signed a contract with top French club, Olympique Lyonnaise.
Honors
Individual
- 2005 Toppserien Player of the Year
- 2008 Norwegian Women's Player of the Year (NISO)[2]
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