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Andrine Hegerberg
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Hegerberg with Paris Saint-Germain in 2018
Personal information
Full name Andrine Stolsmo Hegerberg
Date of birth (1993-06-06) 6 June 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Sunndalsøra, Norway
Height 1.69 m
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club SK Brann
Number 10
Youth career
Sunndal
2007–2008 Kolbotn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2011 Kolbotn 38 (10)
2012 Stabæk 21 (4)
2013 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 4 (0)
2013–2016 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 59 (3)
2016–2018 Birmingham City 19 (0)
2018–2019 Paris Saint-Germain 9 (0)
2019–2021 Roma 24 (4)
2022 BK Häcken 20 (2)
2023–2024 SK Brann 24 (0)
National team
2007–2008 Norway U15 5 (1)
2008–2009 Norway U16 18 (4)
2008–2010 Norway U17 11 (0)
2010–2011 Norway U19 18 (3)
2011–2012 Norway U20 8 (3)
2012–2016 Norway U23 17 (5)
2012–2017 Norway 25 (1)
  • Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 September 2024.
† Appearances (Goals).

Andrine Stolsmo Hegerberg (born 6 June 1993) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Toppserien club SK Brann.

Club career

Hegerberg was raised in Sunndal and played for Sunndal Fotball together with her younger sister Ada. In 2007, their family moved to Kolbotn, where the sisters joined the youth-ranks of Kolbotn IL. Ahead of the 2009 season, the 16-year-old Hegerberg was promoted to the first-team squad and signed a professional contract with Kolbotn, and subsequently made her debut in the Toppserien on 27 September 2009 during a 2–1 win against Fløya. The sisters were early considered as two of the most talented footballers in Norway, and in July 2011 Andrine won the Statoil Talent of the Month award. After three years with Kolbotn, where she won bronze in Toppserien in 2010 and 2011, she and Ada signed with Stabæk ahead of the 2012 season. With Stabæk, Hegerberg won the silver medal in the Toppserien and won gold at the Norwegian Cup.

In January 2013, Hegerberg moved with her sister to 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam, where she made her debut in the semifinal of the 2012–13 Frauen DFB-Pokal against Bayern Munich on 3 March 2013. She made her Bundesliga debut on 24 March 2013 in a 3–0 win against SC 07 Bad Neuenahr. Hegerberg made a total of four appearances for Potsdam, when the team finished second behind VfL Wolfsburg in both the league and the cup.

During the summer of 2013, Hegerberg signed with Swedish side Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in the Damallsvenskan. She announced the move on her public Facebook profile, stating that she was no longer prepared to play for veteran coach Bernd Schröder. Turbine's players issued an open letter in response, which expressed disappointment at the manner of Hegerberg's departure. She made her debut for Göteborg during the team's 0–5 defeat to LdB Malmö on 18 August.

She signed for FA WSL club Birmingham City L.F.C. on 15 June 2016.

It was announced in January 2018, that Hegerberg was joining Paris Saint-Germain ("PSG") in Division 1 Féminine on a transfer from Birmingham. She stayed with PSG until 2019. In May 2019, it was announced Hegerberg had mutually agreed to leave PSG at the end of her contract and had already started negotiating with other teams.

In July 2019, Hegerberg signed with Italian Serie A team Roma. She cited her childhood passion for the Roma club colours and club icon Francesco Totti as her motivations for joining the club. Hegerberg made her Roma debut on 15 September 2019 in a 3–0 loss to AC Milan. She then scored her first goal for the club just one week later, in a 2–0 victory over Fiorentina.

Hegerberg went on to score four league goals from midfield for Roma in the 2019-20 Serie A season, as well as scoring in the Coppa Italia against Pink Bari. Despite her great start in Rome, the following year saw Hegerberg's second season in Rome cut short as she suffered a major knee injury during a January 2021 training session. Nonetheless, Hegerberg did pick up a Coppa Italia winner's medal in May 2021 after her club defeated AC Milan on penalties in the final.

International career

Hegerberg has represented Norway at various junior levels of the Norwegian Football Association. In 2009, she was part of the Norwegian team that finished fourth during the finals of the U-17 European Championship in Nyon. Two years later, the team reached the final match of the 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship in Italy, where they were defeated 1–8 by Germany. Hegerberg was also a part of the Norwegian team in the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, where she and her sister scored one goal each when Canada was beaten 2–1 and the Norwegian team advanced to the quarterfinal. On 17 January 2012, Hegerberg made her first appearance for the senior national team during a friendly match against Sweden. She scored her first senior international goal on 15 September 2016 again Kazakhstan.

Playing style

Andrine Hegerberg is a box-to-box midfielder who contributes to her team's play with her movement off the ball. She can be relied upon to come inside her own defensive half of the pitch and join in the build-up play, as well as time her runs into the opponent's half and penalty area to help her team's offensive threat. This skill also makes Hegerberg a regular goalscoring threat in the box herself.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway
2012 1 0
2013 1 0
2014 3 0
2015 6 0
2016 6 1
2017 8 0
Total 25 1
Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hegerberg goal.
List of international goals scored by Andrine Hegerberg
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 September 2016 Aker Stadion, Molde, Norway Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 10–0 10–0 2017 UEFA Women's Euro qualification

Honours

Club

Stabæk
  • Norwegian Women's Cup: 2012
  • Toppserien: Runner-up, 2012
1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

Roma

  • Coppa Italia: Winner, 2020–21

Country

Norway U-19
  • 2011 UEFA Women's U-19 Championship: Runners-up, 2011
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