Katja Nyberg
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| Full name | Katja Johanna Alice Nyberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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24 August 1979 , Sweden |
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| Nationality | Norwegian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 metres (6.0 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Until 1997 | Sparta IF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997–1998 1998–2005 2005–2006 2006-2010 2010-2012 |
Larvik HK Krim Ljubljana FC Midtjylland Larvik HK |
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| 2001-2008 | Norway | 99 (321) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Katja Johanna Alice Nyberg (born 24 August 1979) is a naturalized Norwegian handball player, currently retired. She has played 99 games for the Norwegian national team.
Katja Nyberg is the daughter of Robert Nyberg, the first Finnish handball player to play professionally abroad. She was born in Stockholm while Robert was living in Sweden. The family later relocated to Finland where she grew up. Nyberg played sports from an early age, mainly javelin throw and other athletics varieties. She started her handball career in Helsinki club Sparta IF with her father as coach.
Nyberg played for Sparta until she was 18. As handball in Finland was not competitive enough, she decided to pursue a professional career abroad. She first moved to Sweden where she played for for one season (1997–1998), then signed a contract with Norwegian club Larvik HK and played there for 7 years (1998–2005).
During her seven seasons in Larvik, Nyberg achieved great success. She was named Player of the Year of the Norwegian league in 2001 and 2005. She also won the Cup Winners' Cup in 2004/05 and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League in 2001/02 and 2003/04. By the time she left the club, she had scored an average of 6.65 goals per match, with 765 goals in 115 matches.
In 2005, Nyberg signed a one-year contract with Slovenian champion Krim Ljubljana. However, her season in Ljubljana was prematurely ended in October of that year when she suffered a serious shoulder injury. It required surgery and kept her away from the handball court for nine months. By that time, her relationship with Gro Hammerseng had already become public and both had expressed their desire to play for the same club. They received offers from other clubs, but ultimately chose Ikast, where Hammerseng was already playing. Nyberg lived in Denmark and played for FC Midtjylland Håndbold for 4 years (2006–2010). On 17 February 2010, she signed a two-year contract with her former club Larvik HK and has played for them since the 2010/11 season.
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