Monica Knudsen
Monica Knudsen (born 25 March 1975) is a Norwegian football coach and former player who managed Toppserien club LSK Kvinner. As a player, Knudsen was a midfielder who won 87 caps for the Norway women's national football team[4] between 1996 and 2003.
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| Full name | Monica Knudsen[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1975 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Arendal, Norway | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1991 | Express[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Favør | ||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | FK Donn | ||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2003 | Asker | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004 | Fortuna Hjørring | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Team Strømmen | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996–2003 | Norway | 87 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2016 | LSK Kvinner | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Vålerenga | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Norway Women (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:16, 6 October 2014 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14:16, 6 October 2014 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Career edit
Knudsen was on the Norwegian teams that hosted UEFA Women's Euro 1997 and then finished fourth at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.[5] Knudsen won the Toppserien league with her club Asker in 1998 and 1999.[4]
Knudsen was with the Norway team that won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.[6] She played as a substitute in the semifinal and was one of the starting eleven in Norway's 3–2 final win over the United States, being substituted after 90 minutes, before the start of extra time.[7]
At the end of 2009 Knudsen was appointed chief trainer for LSK Kvinner FK football club.
Personal life edit
References edit
- ^ . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ . FIFA. Archived from the original on 8 October 2000. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ (in Norwegian). IL Express. 5 November 2000. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ a b c Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Monica Knudsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "Norges VM-tropp" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 20 June 1999. from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
- ^ "2000 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Soccer" 11 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved 16 May 2008)
- ^ "Monica Knudsen vant OL-gull" (in Norwegian). NRK. 28 September 2000. from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
External links edit
- at FIFA (archived)
- Monica Knudsen at the Norway Football Association (in Norwegian)
- Monica Knudsen at FBref.com
- Monica Knudsen at FootballDatabase.eu
- Monica Knudsen at Soccerdonna (in German)
- Monica Knudsen at Soccerdonna (manager) (in German)
- Monica Knudsen at WorldFootball.net
- Monica Knudsen at Olympics.com
- Monica Knudsen at Olympedia
- at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 October 2014) (in Norwegian)
- at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)