Ann Kristin Aarønes
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Full name | Ann Kristin Aarønes[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 19 January 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ålesund, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spjelkavik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993–2000 | Trondheims-Ørn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | New York Power | 15 | (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–1999 | Norway[3] | 111 | (60) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:24, 10 December 2014 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:24, 10 December 2014 (UTC) |
Ann Kristin "Anka" Aarønes (born 19 January 1973) is a Norwegian former footballer. She first played for Spjelkavik IL, then for Trondheims-Ørn and the Norwegian national team. Later she played for the WUSA's New York Power, during the club's first season of play in 2001.[3]
Club career[]
At club level with Trondheims-Ørn she won six Norwegian Women's Cup competitions and five Toppserien championships between 1993 and 2000.[4]
Aarønes signed for the professional Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) ahead of the inaugural season in 2001. She was allocated to New York Power alongside compatriot Gro Espeseth. Plagued by lower back and hamstring injuries, she was only able to play for one season before retiring.[5]
International career[]
In September 1990 Aarønes won her first cap for the Norway women's national football team at Old Trafford in a 0–0 1991 UEFA Women's Championship qualification draw with England.
Aarønes played 111 senior international matches for Norway between 1990 and 1999, scoring 60 goals. She was the top scorer at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, which was won by Norway. Also with the Norway team she won bronze at the inaugural Olympic women's football tournament at Atlanta 1996. In 1993 she became a European Champion with Norway, having been a runner-up in 1991. Aarønes also played for Norway in Euro 1997 and at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was included in the All-star team in 1999, although Norway failed to defend their title.
References[]
- ^ Ann Kristin Aarønes at Olympedia
- ^ "Ann Kristin Aarønes". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ a b Pedersen, Ole Petter. Ann Kristin Aarønes (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 18 May 2009.
- ^ "Ann Kristin Aarønes" (in Norwegian). SK Trondheims-Ørn. Archived from the original on 6 September 2009. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
- ^ "Norway duo announce retirement". UEFA. 15 October 2001. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
External links[]
- Ann Kristin Aarones – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Ann Kristin Aarønes at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- "Ann Kristin Aarønes at Women's United Soccer Association (New York Power)". Archived from the original on 26 October 2001. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Norway women's international footballers
- Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Norway
- Olympic bronze medalists for Norway
- Spjelkavik IL players
- SK Trondheims-Ørn players
- New York Power players
- Women's United Soccer Association players
- Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States
- Sportspeople from Ålesund
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Norwegian expatriate footballers
- Norwegian women's footballers
- FIFA Century Club
- Olympic medalists in football
- FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Women's association football forwards
- 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- UEFA Women's Championship-winning players
- 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players
- Norwegian women's football biography stubs
- Norwegian Olympic medalist stubs