Ada Hegerberg

Ada Hegerberg
Ada Hegerberg in 2019
Personal information
Full name Ada Martine Stolsmo Hegerberg[1]
Date of birth (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995 (age 28)
Place of birth Molde, Norway
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Lyon
Number 14
Youth career
Sunndal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2011 Kolbotn 31 (15)
2012–2013 Stabæk 18 (25)
2013–2014 Turbine Potsdam 25 (11)
2014– Lyon 153 (170)
International career
2009–2010 Norway U15 3 (1)
2010 Norway U16 8 (7)
2010–2011 Norway U17 5 (3)
2011 Norway U19 12 (10)
2011–2012 Norway U20 9 (5)
2011– Norway 81 (47)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Norway
UEFA Women's Championship
Runner-up 2013 Sweden
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 March 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 February 2024

Ada Martine Stolsmo Hegerberg (born 10 July 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the Norway national team. She is widely regarded as one of the best footballers in the world.[2][3]

Hegerberg has represented Norway at the youth international level, and made her debut for the senior team in 2011. In 2013, she was a part of the silver medalist team at the 2013 UEFA European Championship. She was on team Norway at the 2015 FIFA World Cup, the 2017 UEFA European Championship and the 2022 UEFA European Championship.

Hegerberg was awarded the 2016 UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award on 25 August 2016, and in 2017 and 2019 was named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year. In 2018 she was the first-ever recipient of the Ballon d'Or Féminin. She holds the record for most goals in a UEFA Women's Champions League season (15), and is currently the all-time highest goalscorer in UEFA Women's Champions League (60).

  1. ^ "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Japan 2012 List of Players Norway" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ Armour, Nancy. "Biggest event in international soccer is missing world's best player". USA TODAY. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Why you won't see Ada Hegerberg, the world's best player, at the Women's World Cup". ESPN.com. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

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