Anja Sønstevold

Anja Sønstevold
Sønstevold playing for Norway in 2016
Personal information
Full name Anja Sønstevold[1]
Date of birth (1992-06-21) 21 June 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Norway
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 AS Roma
Number 22
Youth career
2007 SF Grei
2008 Linderud-Grei
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Kolbotn 105 (7)
2015–2019 LSK Kvinner 105 (11)
2020–2021 Fleury 7 (0)
2021–2023 Inter Milan 23 (2)
2024– AS Roma 3 (0)
International career‡
2007 Norway U15 1 (0)
2008 Norway U16 11 (1)
2009 Norway U17 6 (0)
2009–2011 Norway U19 27 (0)
2011–2012 Norway U20 9 (0)
2012–2019 Norway U23 14 (1)
2014– Norway 28 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 May 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 July 2023

Anja Sønstevold (born 21 June 1992) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Serie A club AS Roma and the Norway national team.

Club career[edit]

Sønstevold played in her youth at SF Grei and Linderud/Grei. In 2010, she joined the Toppserien club Kolbotn, where she played for 4 years, recording 113 top-flight appearances and scoring 10 goals.[2] In 2015, she moved to the current league champions LSK Kvinner FK.

International career[edit]

Sønstevold went through several Norwegian youth teams and participated with the U-17 team in the qualification and the finals of the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in Nyon, where Norway finish in the fourth place.[3] A year later she was part of the team that played at 2010 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, but failed to reach the finals. In 2011, she was in the team that qualified and reached the final of the 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, when the team finish second after a massive loss for Germany, 8:1.[4] For reaching the semi-finals, the Norwegians had already qualified for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan. Sønstevold was part of the squad that played the tournament. Norway reached the quarter-finals, but again they were defeated by Germany, 4:0.[5] On 14 January 2014, she got her first senior international cap against Spain in La Manga, Spain. One year later, she was called for the 2015 Algarve Cup.[6] On 23 April 2015 she was appointed to the provisional squad of 35 players for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[7] She was initially dropped from the final squad on 14 May,[8] but she was later called into the 23-player roster[9] to replace Caroline Graham Hansen, who had to withdraw to an injury.[10]

On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[11]

Career statistics[edit]

International[edit]

As of match played 2 September 2022[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2014 1 0
2015 2 0
2016 3 0
2017 7 0
2018 2 0
2019 0 0
2020 2 0
2021 1 1
2022 5 0
Total 23 1
Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sønstevold goal.
List of international goals scored by Anja Sønstevold
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 30 November 2021 Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia  Armenia 7–0 10–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

References[edit]

  1. ^ "List of Players - Norway" (PDF). FIFA. 6 July 2015. p. 19. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Anja Sønstevold's profil - fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund". Fotball.no. 2011-05-12. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  3. ^ "European Women U-17 Championship 2008-09". Rsssf.com. 2010-09-17. Archived from the original on 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  4. ^ Aikman, Richard. "Germany overwhelm Norway to take U19 title". UEFA. Archived from the original on 25 June 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  5. ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012 - Overview". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  6. ^ "A-landslagstropp til Algarve Cup - fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund". Fotball.no. Archived from the original on 2015-03-09. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  7. ^ "Norges bruttotropp til VM klar - fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund". Fotball.no. Archived from the original on 2016-02-05. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  8. ^ "Her er Norges VM-tropp - fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund". Fotball.no. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  9. ^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  10. ^ "Graham Hansen-skade hindrer VM-tur - fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund". Fotball.no. Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
  11. ^ updated, Jessy Parker Humphreys last (2023-06-06). "Norway Women's World Cup 2023 squad: full 23-player team". fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
  12. ^ Anja Sønstevold at Soccerway

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