 Hegerberg in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ada Martine Stolsmo Hegerberg[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 10 July 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Molde, Norway | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Sunndal | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Kolbotn | 31 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Stabæk | 18 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Turbine Potsdam | 25 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Lyon | 154 | (170) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Norway U15 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Norway U16 | 8 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Norway U17 | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Norway U19 | 12 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Norway U20 | 9 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Norway | 84 | (49) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 29 October 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Ada Martine Stolsmo Hegerberg (born 10 July 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the Norway national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best female footballers in the world.[2][3]
Hegerberg has represented Norway at the youth international level, and made her debut for the senior team in 2011. In 2013, she was a part of the silver medalist team at the 2013 UEFA European Championship. She was on team Norway at the 2015 FIFA World Cup, the 2017 UEFA European Championship and the 2022 UEFA European Championship.
Hegerberg was awarded the 2016 UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award on 25 August 2016, and in 2017 and 2019 was named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year. In 2018 she was the first-ever recipient of the Ballon d'Or Féminin. She holds the record for most goals in a UEFA Women's Champions League season (15), and is currently the all-time highest goalscorer in UEFA Women's Champions League (60).
- ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012 List of Players Norway" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Armour, Nancy. "Biggest event in international soccer is missing world's best player". USA TODAY. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "Why you won't see Ada Hegerberg, the world's best player, at the Women's World Cup". ESPN.com. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2024.