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Ragnhild Øren Gulbrandsen (born 22 February 1977) is a Norwegian journalist and former football striker from the city of Trondheim who retired from football at the end of 2007. Most of her playing career was spent with Trondheims-Ørn (Trondheim Eagles) women's football club, with whom she won the Norwegian elite league, the Toppserien, three times and the Cup four times, and was the club's top scorer in 1997, 2000 and 2001. As of April 2012, Gulbrandsen's 141 Toppserien goals made her third in the all-time goalscorer statistics.[2]

Ragnhild Gulbrandsen

Personal information
Full name	Ragnhild Øren Gulbrandsen[1]
Date of birth	(1977-02-22) 22 February 1977 (age 45)
Place of birth	Narvik, Norway
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Ranheim
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2001	Trondheims-Ørn	70	(93)
2002–2003	Boston Breakers	13	(1)
2004–2005	Trondheims-Ørn	18	(17)
2005–2007	Asker	16	(10)
National team‡
1997–2007	Norway	80	(30)
Honours Women's football Representing  Norway Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team competition
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 December 2007

In 2000 Gulbrandsen played in the Norway team which won gold at the Sydney Olympics, scoring Norway's second goal in the 3–2 final win against the USA. She played as a professional in the US with Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) club Boston Breakers in 2002 and 2003.

At the end of 2005 Gulbrandsen moved to Oslo to work as a journalist, and considered retiring from football. But she joined Asker women's football club, and in the 2006 season when Asker won the Division 1 title, she twice scored six goals in a match. She last played for Asker SK and the Norway national football team.

At the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 tournament in China in 2007, Gulbrandsen scored six goals for Norway and won the Tournament's Bronze Shoe award as the third top scorer behind Marta of Brazil and Abby Wambach of the US. Her international career, which was interrupted several times by injury, included 97 appearances for Norway at all levels, with 38 goals. She later found employment as a journalist for Budstikka.

Ragnhild's father Odd Gulbrandsen played professional football for Rosenborg BK.[3] She is not related to the contemporary Norwegian footballer Solveig Gulbrandsen.[4]

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	2 October 2004	Kjølnes Stadion, Porsgrunn, Norway	Spain	1–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
2.	10 November 2004	Egilshöll, Reykjavík, Iceland	Iceland	4–0	7–2
3.				5–0

References

External links

• Ragnhild Gulbrandsen on Twitter
• Ragnhild Gulbrandsen – FIFA competition record (archived)
• Norwegian national team profile^{[permanent dead link]} (in Norwegian)
• Profile at Women's United Soccer Association

На других языках

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- [en] Ragnhild Gulbrandsen

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[ru] Гульбрандсен, Рагнхильд

Рагнхильд Эрен Гульбрандсен (норв. Ragnhild Øren Gulbrandsen, род. 22 февраля 1977[1][2], Нарвик, Нурланн) — норвежская футболистка, нападающая. Олимпийская чемпионка 2000 года[3].

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