Marianne Pettersen


Marianne Iren Pettersen is a Norwegian footballer. She was a striker for the club Asker, whom she joined from Gjelleråsen after the 1996 season, and became the top scorer with 36 goals in the 1998 season of 18 matches.

Career

For the Norwegian national team, Pettersen debuted in 1994, scoring against Italy.
In the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Sweden, she scored three times to help the Norwegian team win its first World Cup, including the second goal in Norway's 2-0 win over Germany in the tournament final.
In 1997 when she was 22 she created a record in the Women's Euros when she scored four goals in a single match. The match was against Denmark at Lillestrøm and the final score was 5-0.
Overall, she scored 66 goals in 98 international matches. She retired in 2003, after competing in the 1996 Summer Olympics and winning gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
In 2007, she rejoined Asker as the assistant trainer and began playing again, as a reserve striker. On 19 May the same year she took the record as the highest scorer in the elite Norwegian league, the Toppserien, with 147 goals to that date.

International goals

No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 June 1995Gävle, Sweden4–07–01999 FIFA Women's World Cup
2.10 June 1995Gävle, Sweden6–07–01999 FIFA Women's World Cup
3.18 June 1995Solna, Sweden2–02–01999 FIFA Women's World Cup
4.19 September 1995Ulefoss, Norway3–017–0UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
5.19 September 1995Ulefoss, Norway4–017–0UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
6.19 September 1995Ulefoss, Norway5–017–0UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
7.19 September 1995Ulefoss, Norway7–017–0UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
8.19 September 1995Ulefoss, Norway11–017–0UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
9.19 September 1995Ulefoss, Norway12–017–0UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
10.17 March 1996Quarteira, Portugal2–04–01996 Algarve Cup
11.17 March 1996Quarteira, Portugal3–04–01996 Algarve Cup
12.25 May 1996Espoo, Finland2–02–0UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
13.6 July 1996Kolbotn, Norway4–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
14.25 July 1996Washington, D.C., United States1–04–01996 Summer Olympics
15.25 July 1996Washington, D.C., United States4–04–01996 Summer Olympics
16.31 August 1996Levice, Slovakia3–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying
28.30 June 1997Lillestrøm, Norway1–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 1997
29.30 June 1997Lillestrøm, Norway2–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 1997
30.30 June 1997Lillestrøm, Norway3–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 1997
31.30 June 1997Lillestrøm, Norway5–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 1997
32.31 August 1997Oslo, Norway2–07–1Friendly
33.31 August 1997Oslo, Norway3–07–1Friendly
34.31 August 1997Oslo, Norway4–07–1Friendly
35.31 August 1997Oslo, Norway6–17–1Friendly
36.18 January 1998Guangzhou, China2–12–11998 Four Nations Tournament
37.21 January 1998Guangzhou, China1–02–11998 Four Nations Tournament
38.20 June 1999Foxborough, United States2–02–11999 FIFA Women's World Cup
39.23 June 1999Landover, United States6–17–11999 FIFA Women's World Cup
40.30 June 1999San Jose, United States2–03–11999 FIFA Women's World Cup
41.7 March 2000Norwich, England1–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
42.7 May 2000Moss, Norway3–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
43.7 May 2000Moss, Norway5–05–0UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
44.4 June 2000Moss, Norway3–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
45.4 June 2000Moss, Norway7–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
46.4 June 2000Moss, Norway8–08–0UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
47.17 September 2000Canberra, Australia3–13–12000 Summer Olympics
48.20 September 2000Canberra, Australia1–02–12000 Summer Olympics
64.11 September 2003Kolbotn, Norway1–01–1UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
65.24 September 2003Washington, D.C., United States1–21–42003 FIFA Women's World Cup
66.27 September 2003Foxborough, United States4–07–12003 FIFA Women's World Cup

Fulham

Pettersen rejected offers from American clubs to join Fulham Ladies, the only professional women's club in Europe, in January 2001. On her debut she scored a hat-trick in an 8-0 destruction of Manchester City in the fourth round of the FA Women's Cup. Later in 2001, Pettersen was then appointed as the new captain. Pettersen was nominated for FIFA World Player of the Year award.

Honours

Fulham
'''Norway'''

Olympics

FIFA Women's World Cup