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| Full name | Linda Medalen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 17 June 1965 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sandnes, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward, midfielder, defender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1981–1986 | Viking FK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1992 | Asker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1998 | Nikko Securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | → Klepp IL (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | → Asker (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2001 | Asker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Asker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Asker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1999 | Norway | 152 | (64) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:07, 29 January 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:07, 29 January 2022 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Linda Medalen (born 17 June 1965) is a former Norwegian footballer. She is one of Norway's most celebrated former footballers, finishing her international career with 152 caps, scoring 64 goals.[1] She was on the Norway team that won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.
She played most of her career in Norway with Asker Fotball, and retired in 2006, at 41 years old. She also spent seven seasons in Japan with Nikko. She started her career as a striker, but as her career progressed, she moved further back on the field, and was playing toward the end of her career in central defence.
Apart from playing football, Medalen worked as a police officer. In 2007, she was elected to serve as a local politician in Asker municipality council for the Conservative Party.[2] Medalen is openly lesbian, coming out in a Se og Hør article in June 1999.[3] On 16 June 2012, Medalen married Trude Flan.[4] She stands at 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in).
- ^ "FIFA". Archived from the original on 29 July 2012.
- ^ Brevik, Christian (11 September 2007). "Disse er klare for Asker kommunestyre". Asker og Bærums Budstikke (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 17 September 2007. Retrieved 20 September 2007.
- ^ Langholm, Dag (30 June 1999). "Linda står frem som lesbisk". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 September 2007.
- ^ Hagen, Per Erik (16 June 2012). "Giftet seg borgerlig på kirketrappen". Budstikka (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 April 2014.