Marit Bratberg Lund

Marit Bratberg Lund
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-11-07) 7 November 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Norway
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Brann
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2014 Fart 29 (9)
2014–2020 Kolbotn 98 (15)
2021 Sandviken 11 (4)
2022–2024 Brann 39 (14)
2024– Benfica 1 (1)
International career
2012 Norway U15 3 (0)
2012–2013 Norway U16 10 (4)
2013–2014 Norway U17 7 (4)
2014–2016 Norway U19 25 (6)
2015–2021 Norway U23 15 (4)
2022– Norway 11 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 August 2024

Marit Bratberg Lund (born 7 November 1997) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Toppserien club Brann.

She hails from Ilseng[2] and started her senior career in FL Fart. In mid-2014 she moved on to Kolbotn IL in the first division, and ahead of the 2021 season to IL Sandviken. She was also a prolific Norway youth international.[3][4]

Sandviken, whom she joined in 2021, led the league and eventually became league champions. With 14 assists and 7 goals from her left wing-back position, she was an important contributor to the gold team. She was named player of the year in the 2021 Toppserien both in the official selection,[5] by Norwegian News Agency,[6] and during the NISO Awards.[7] Several football experts and pundits suggested that she be called up to the full national team, and expressed a failure to understand why no call-up came in 2021. Lund was called the best left-footed footballer in Norway.[2][8][9][10] She ranked highest on the score table of the Norwegian News Agency, praising her attacking capabilities.[11]

On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[12]

International goals

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Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first.
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 October 2023 Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo, Norway  France 1–0 1–2 2023–24 UEFA Nations League A

Honours

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Brann

Sandviken

References

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  1. ^ "Profile of Marit Bratberg Lund". brann.no. SK Brann Kvinner. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  2. ^ a b Nygaard, Jakob Sundblom (14 October 2021). "Marit (23) er poengdronning og kan bli dobbeltmester. Likevel lar det store målet vente på seg: – Hadde håpet på muligheten". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  3. ^ Marit Bratberg Lund at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ Marit Bratberg Lund at Soccerway
  5. ^ "Marit Bratberg Lund ble årets spiller". www.bt.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 13 December 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Marit Bratberg Lund kåret til årets spiller i Toppserien | NTB". kommunikasjon.ntb.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  7. ^ Kristensen, Thomas (30 January 2022). "NISO AWARDS: Årets spiller Toppserien - Marit Bratberg Lund". NISO (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  8. ^ Jacobsen, Pål (28 July 2021). "Eksperten mener Marit har det beste venstrebeinet i landet: – Bør få sjansen på landslaget". Hamar Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  9. ^ Haaland, Bernt-Erik (12 October 2021). "Half the team is on the national team, but not Marit: - Do not know what else I have to do". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  10. ^ Hagen, Mathias; Krüger, Andrea (10 November 2021). "Sandviken-stjerne utelatt tross supersesong – det forstår ekspert lite av" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  11. ^ Vesteng, Camilla (15 December 2021). "Marit Bratberg Lund er årets spiller". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  12. ^ updated, Jessy Parker Humphreys last (6 June 2023). "Norway Women's World Cup 2023 squad: full 23-player team". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.