Hedda Strand Gardsjord (born 28 June 1982) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a right-back for Toppserien club Røa IL and the Norway national team.
.jpg) With Røa in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hedda Strand Gardsjord[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Oslo, Norway[2] | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Røa IL | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bærums Verk | |||
| IL Jutul | |||
| 2002–2005 | VCU Rams | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000– | Røa IL | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2009– | Norway | 32 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:38, 7 March 2015 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12:38, 7 March 2015 (UTC) | |||
In January 2009 Gardsjord debuted for the Norway women's national football team in a 5–1 defeat by rivals Sweden in Marbella. She was 26 years old and had never played for Norway's youth teams. Her national team chance came about when five club mates quit international football, following a furious bust-up with coach Bjarne Berntsen.[3]
She was picked for Norway's UEFA Women's Euro 2009 squad and continued to be selected by Berntsen's replacement Eli Landsem. This included a place at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, where Gardsjord played twice as Norway crashed out in the first round. She took an indefinite break from the national team in early 2012, after struggling to balance the demands of travel and training with her other career as a landscape architect.[4]
References
External links
- Hedda Strand Gardsjord – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Profile at Røa IL (in Norwegian)