Astrid Johannessen Explained

Astrid Johannessen
Fullname:Astrid Hitland Johannessen
Birth Date:1978 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Norway
Height:1.78 m
Position:Goalkeeper
Youthclubs1:Bergen Nord[1]
Years2:1997–1999
Years3:2000
Years4:2001
Years5:2001–2003
Years6:2003–2004
Years7:2005
Years8:2010
Clubs1:Sandviken
Clubs2:Asker
Clubs3:Arna-Bjørnar
Clubs4:Asker
Clubs5:Fulham
Clubs6:Asker
Clubs7:Fløya
Clubs8:Amazon Grimstad
Nationalyears1:1997–2003
Nationalteam1:Norway
Nationalcaps1:19
Nationalgoals1:0
Pcupdate:12:00, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
Ntupdate:12:00, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Astrid Hitland Johannessen (born 10 January 1978) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Norway women's national football team.

She was understudy to Bente Nordby on the Norwegian team that hosted UEFA Women's Euro 1997 and then finished fourth at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.[2] [3]

Johannessen won the Toppserien league with her club Asker in 1998 and 1999. She signed for professional English club Fulham in August 2001, agreeing to join in an initial loan deal after the 2001 Norwegian season.[4] [5] Fulham won the treble in season 2002–03, but Johannessen and several other players then left when the women's team lost its professional status.[6]

In August 2010 Johannessen kept goal for Amazon Grimstad in their 4–1 Cup quarter-final defeat by Røa IL.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Langeland . Knut . Historie . . Norwegian . 30 January 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083632/http://www.bergennord.no/index.php/omklubben/styre/historikk . 4 March 2016 .
  2. Web site: FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999  - Team Norway . https://web.archive.org/web/20071012145117/http://fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=4644/teams/team=1882882.html . dead . 12 October 2007 . FIFA . 31 January 2009.
  3. News: Norges VM-tropp. Verdens Gang. 20 June 1999. Norwegian.
  4. Web site: Astrid til Fulham . Asker Fotboll Kvinner . 12 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120302124239/http://asker-skiklubb.net/askers/fotball/kvinne/2001/ . 2 March 2012 .
  5. News: New star joins Whites. Fulham Official Website. 30 November 2001.
  6. News: Cocozza. Paula. Triumph at the end of Fulham road. The Guardian. 6 May 2003.
  7. Web site: Kolle. Andreas. 2010. Røa IL. 2 October 2014. Norwegian. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084705/http://www.dynamitegirls.no/?page_id=1085. 6 October 2014. dead.