Personal information | |||
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Full name | Anja Sønstevold | ||
Date of birth | 21 June 1992 | ||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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LSK Kvinner FK | ||
Number | 22 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007 | SF Grei | ||
2008 | Linderud-Grei | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2010–2014 | Kolbotn | 113 | (10) |
2015– | LSK Kvinner FK | 6 | (3) |
National team‡ | |||
2007 | Norway U15 | 1 | (0) |
2008 | Norway U16 | 11 | (1) |
2009 | Norway U17 | 6 | (0) |
2009–2011 | Norway U19 | 27 | (0) |
2011–2012 | Norway U20 | 9 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Norway U23 | 12 | (1) |
2014– | Norway | 6 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:17, 29 November 2016 (UTC) |
Anja Sønstevold (born 21 June 1992) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for LSK Kvinner FK in the Norwegian Toppserien and for Norway.
Sønstevold played in her youth at SF Grei and Linderud/Grei. In 2010, she joined the Toppserien club Kolbotn, where she played for 4 years, recording 113 top-flight appearances and scoring 10 goals. In 2015, she moved to the current league champions LSK Kvinner FK.
Sønstevold went through several Norwergian youth teams and participated with the U-17 team in the qualification and the finals of the 2009 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship in Nyon, where Norway finish in the fourth place. A year later she was part of the team that played at 2010 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, but failed to reach the finals. In 2011, she was in the team that qualified and reached the final of the 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, when the team finish second after a massive lose for Germany, 8:1. For reaching the semi-finals, the Norwegians had already qualified for the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Japan. Sønstevold was part of the squad that played the tournament. Norway reached the quarter-finals, but again they weredefeated by Germany, 4:0. On 14 January 2014, she got her first senior international cap against Spain in La Manga, Spain. One year later, she was called for the 2015 Algarve Cup. On April 23, 2015, was appointed to the provisional squad of 35 players for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. She was initially dropped from the final squad on May 14, but she was later called into the 23-player roster to replace Caroline Graham Hansen, who had to withdraw to an injury.