Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ane Stangeland Horpestad | ||
Birth name | Ane Stangeland | ||
Date of birth | 2 June 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway[1] | ||
Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Orre | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2000 | Mobile Rams | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–2005 | Klepp | ||
2006 | Kolbotn | ||
2007–2008 | Klepp | ||
International career‡ | |||
1999–2008 | Norway | 107 | (5) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 September 2014 |
Ane Stangeland Horpestad (née Stangeland; born 2 June 1980) is a Norwegian former footballer who captained the Norway women's national football team. A cultured central defender, she represented Klepp and Kolbotn of the top Norwegian league, the Toppserien. She is from the seaside village of Orre in South-West Norway and lives in the town of Sandnes near Stavanger. Before joining Klepp at the age of 16 she played football only on boys' teams.