Agnete Carlsen
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| Full name | Agnete Synnøve Carlsen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 15 January 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Moss, Norway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1987–1995 | SK Sprint-Jeløy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1998 | Nikko Securities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | → Kolbotn (loan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | → Athene Moss (loan) | 7 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1988–1997 | Norway | 97 | (17) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:16, 18 September 2014 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:16, 18 September 2014 (UTC) |
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Agnete Synnøve Carlsen (born 15 January 1971) is a former Norwegian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. With the Norway women's national team, Carlsen won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup and an Olympic bronze medal in 1996. At club level Carlsen played for SK Sprint-Jeløy in Norway, then joined Japanese L. League team Nikko Securities Dream Ladies on a professional contract.
Carlsen made her debut for the senior Norway women's national football team in June 1988, starting a 2–1 defeat by Brazil at the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament in China. She scored her first goal in her second appearance, a 3–0 win over the Netherlands in Rijsoord.
In July 1989 Carlsen played in Norway's 4–1 defeat by West Germany in the 1989 European Competition for Women's Football final. The match was played before 22,000 fans in Osnabrück. Two years later, the competition had been rebranded as the UEFA Women's Championship and Carlsen's Norway again lost to the Germans in the final, 3–1 this time. Norway also reached the final of the inaugural 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup, held in China in November 1991. They lost 2–1 to the United States after Michelle Akers' late winning goal in front of 63,000 at Tianhe Stadium in Guangzhou.
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