Melissa Bjånesøy

Melissa Bjånesøy
Personal information
Full name	Melissa Linn Berman Bjånesøy
Date of birth	18 April 1992
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Stabæk
Number	7
Senior career*
National team‡
Women's football
Representing Norway
UEFA Women's Championship
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 July 2020; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:00, 23 June 2015 (UTC)

Melissa Linn Berman Bjånesøy (born 18 April 1992) is an American-born Norwegian football striker, currently playing for Stabæk in Norway's Toppserien.[2] She previously played for IL Sandviken. In the 2011 season she scored ten goals to help Sandviken avoid relegation.[3]

Career

An Under-19 international, she was the top scorer of the 2011 U-19 European Championship with seven goals.[4] She scored in all five games from the group stage to the final, which Norway lost 8–1 to Germany.

Veteran national coach Even Pellerud selected Bjånesøy in Norway's squad for UEFA Women's Euro 2013 in Sweden.[5] In the final at Friends Arena, she was an unused substitute as Norway lost 1–0 to Germany.[6]

Career statistics

As of 21 July 2020

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sandviken	2009	Toppserien	9	1	0	0	-		9	1
	2011		18	10	0	0	-		18	10
	2012		22	13	3	1	-		25	14
	2013		22	7	2	4	-		24	11
	Total		71	31	5	5	-	-	76	36
Stabæk	2014	Toppserien	22	12	2	0	2	0	26	12
	2015		19	6	4	0	-		23	6
	2016		11	1	2	0	-		13	1
	2017		21	11	3	1	-		24	12
	2018		19	9	0	0	-		19	9
	2019		20	9	1	1	-		21	10
	2020	1. divisjon	2	2	0	0	-		2	2
	Total		114	50	12	2	2	0	128	52
Career total			185	81	17	7	2	0	204	88

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References

"Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
Jakter EM-Medalje og toppkarakter Archived 2012-07-31 at Archive.today Football Association of Norway
2011 Toppserien table and scorers Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine in Soccerway.com
Seven-goal Bjånesøy takes scoring prize UEFA.com
Aarre, Eivind (13 June 2013). "Pellerud 'excited' by Norway squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
Burke, Chris (28 July 2013). "Angerer the hero as Germany make it six in a row". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

External links

Melissa Bjånesøy – FIFA competition record
Melissa Bjånesøy at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)

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[1] "Profile". FIFA.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.

[2] Jakter EM-Medalje og toppkarakter Archived 2012-07-31 at Archive.today Football Association of Norway

[3] 2011 Toppserien table and scorers Archived 2011-10-03 at the Wayback Machine in Soccerway.com

[4] Seven-goal Bjånesøy takes scoring prize UEFA.com

[5] Aarre, Eivind (13 June 2013). "Pellerud 'excited' by Norway squad". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 September 2014.

[6] Burke, Chris (28 July 2013). "Angerer the hero as Germany make it six in a row". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 17 September 2014.