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Cathrine Zaborowski

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Cathrine Zaborowski
Personal information
Full name Cathrine Elisabeth Zaborowski-Melbye[1]
Birth name Cathrine Elisabeth Zaborowski
Date of birth (1971-08-03) 3 August 1971 (age 53)
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1994 Norway 68 (7)
Medal record
Representing Norway
Women's football
World Cup
Silver medal – second place China 1991 Team

Cathrine Elisabeth Zaborowski-Melbye (née Zaborowski; born 3 August 1971) is a former Norwegian football player who played for the Norway national team.

She played on the Norwegian team that won silver medals at the 1991 FIFA World Cup in China.[2]

She won the Karoline Prize in 1989, being the second winner of the prize after Karoline Krüger in 1988.

Career

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She played most of her career for Asker. She played 68 international matches for Norway and scored 7 goals. With Asker, she won the National Championship in 1990 and 1991 and became series champion with the club in 1988, 1989, 1991, and 1992. She became unofficial world champion in 1988. She became European Champion in 1993, and was also in two European Championship finals in 1989 and 1991. She was a World Cup finalist in 1991, where Norway was defeated 2-1 by the USA.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Cathrine Zaborowski at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian) Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "FIFA Women's World Cup China PR 1991 – Team Norway". FIFA. Archived from the original on 12 August 2009. Retrieved 30 January 2009.
  3. ^ "altomfotball.no: Cathrine Zaborowski". TV 2. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
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