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Maren Mjelde

Maren Nævdal Mjelde (born 6 November 1989) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender or midfielder for Toppserien club Arna-Bjørnar and captain of the Norway national team.

Maren Mjelde
Mjelde playing for Chelsea in 2019
Personal information
Full name Maren Nævdal Mjelde
Date of birth (1989-11-06) 6 November 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender, midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Arna-Bjørnar
Number 18
Youth career
1995–2004 Fri IL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2012 Arna-Bjørnar 144 (42)
2013–2014 Turbine Potsdam 31 (2)
2014 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 9 (0)
2015–2016 Avaldsnes IL 44 (9)
2016–2024 Chelsea 79 (13)
2024– Arna-Bjørnar 12 (1)
International career‡
2004-2006 Norway U17 12 (1)
2005-2008 Norway U19 38 (8)
2008 Norway U20 8 (1)
2009 Norway U23 2 (0)
2007– Norway 178 (20)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Norway
UEFA Women's Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Finland Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Sweden Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 03 December 2024

She has won several titles while playing with Chelsea, including the Super League and the FA Cup. In addition, she played for Norway both in the Euro in 2009 and 2013, where Norway got bronze and silver, respectively.

Club career

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Arna-Bjørnar (2005–2012)

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Mjelde was born in Bergen. She joined the Norwegian club, Arna-Bjørnar, as a 15-year-old in 2005. She made her debut in the Toppserien in 2006 at the age of 16 and played a total of 155 league games until 2012, in which she scored 49 goals. The club finished the 2012 Toppserien league in third place, earning the bronze medal that year.[1]

Turbine Potsdam (2013–2014)

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Mjelde transferred to the German club Turbine Potsdam before the 2013 season.[2] She played all the club's matches as captain in the latter part of the season, when they reached the runner-up position in the German Cup and League competitions.[3]

Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC

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In May 2014 she announced that she would be moving to Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in the Swedish Damallsvenskan on July 1, 2014.[3] Mjelde signed a contract in Gothenburg until the end of 2015. She played nine games in the Damallsvenskan.[4]

Avaldsnes IL

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She then returned to Norway to play for Avaldsnes IL. With the club she was runner-up twice and took part in qualifying for the 2016/17 Champions League. With three wins, the club qualified for the round of 16, where they were defeated twice by Olympique Lyon.

Chelsea (2016–2024)

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On 22 November 2016, Mjelde signed for Chelsea on a deal until 2018.[5]

On 16 November 2019, Mjelde scored the only goal in Chelsea's historic win versus Manchester United, the first game ever played between these two women's teams in the Super League.[6]

She suffered a knee injury in March 2021 that kept her out for a year.[7]

On 30 March 2023, Chelsea played the second leg in the quarter finals of the Champions League against Lyon, last year’s winner. The score was 1–1 after full-time, so the match went to extra time and Däbritz scored for Lyon in the 110th minute, so Chelsea had to score. At the end of the added time for the second period, Chelsea got a penalty. Mjelde took the penalty and scored. The penalty was the last kick of the match, so it continued to penalty shoot-out, where Mjelde took the first penalty and scored again. Ann-Katrin Berger saved two penalties, which meant that Chelsea was through to the semi-final. During and after the match, Mjelde’s performance was praised by several, including the DAZN commentator, Emma Hayes and Ian Wright.[8] Hayes said that Mjelde is a Chelsea legend and that you can count on her in the biggest moments.[9]

She won the league with Chelsea in the 2022–23 season.[10]

On 3 May 2024, Mjelde announced her departure from Chelsea at the end of the 2023–24 season, after 7 years at the club.[11]

Return to Arna-Bjørnar (2024–)

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On 13 August 2024, Norwegian club Arna-Bjørnar announced that Mjelde would return to her first professional club and join their squad for the ongoing season.[12]

International career

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Mjelde went through all youth national teams. In 2007 she took part in the European Championship with the U19 team, where she lost 3-0 to England in the semi-finals. Norway qualified for the U20 World Cup in Chile, where they played in all three group games. As third in the group, Norway was unable to qualify for the quarter-finals.

On October 27, 2007, Mjelde made her senior international debut for Norway against Russia. She was selected for 2009 Algarve Cup and then the UEFA Euro 2009, where she made five appearances and reached the semi-finals with her team. In 2010 she finally herself in the senior national team and was used 14 times, again at the Algarve Cup and then in World Cup qualification, where she scored her first goal for Norway against Ukraine.[13] She took part in the 2011 Algarve Cup and the 2011 World Cup.[14]

Mjelde was Norway's vice captain during 2011 and 2012 through the team's qualification campaign for the UEFA Euro 2013 and captained the side in many matches. In the tournament she played at right-back for the first time ever, and captained the team in their match in group B when Norway beat Germany 1–0 on 17 July. Norway lost the final 0–1 to Germany, and Mjelde was included in UEFA's Squad of the Tournament.

Mjelde was selected in Even Pellerud's squad for the 2015 World Cup.[15] She scored the equalizer against Germany in a 1–1 draw in the group stage and played in Norway's second round defeat by England. Mjelde was also part of the squad for the 2015 World Cup . Her direct free kick against Germany was nominated for the most beautiful tournament goal.[16]

At the start of qualifying for the 2017 European Championships, she was appointed captain of the team by new national coach Roger Finjord.

In qualification for the 2019 World Cup, she was one of the eight Norwegians who took part in all eight qualifying games. In the end they became group winners ahead of European champions Netherlands. She had her first tournament success by winning the 2019 Algarve Cup. On May 2 she was nominated for her third World Cup.[17] With 136 international matches, she was the player with the most international matches in the squad. At the World Cup there were five more, in which she led her team onto the field as captain, but was eliminated with them in the quarter-finals against England.

Mjelde was part of the squad that was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.[18]

She played in decisive game for group victory in qualifying for the 2023 World Cup against Belgium, which was won 1-0, meaning the Norwegians qualified for the World Cup.[19] On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the 2023 World Cup.[20] She played in each of her team's games until they were eliminated in the Round of 16 by Japan.[21]

Personal life

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Mjelde's elder brother, Erik Mjelde, is a former footballer.[22]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 5 May 2024[23][24]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental[c] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Arna-Bjørnar 2005 Toppserien 2 0 2 0 – – 4 0
2006 Toppserien 18 0 0 0 – – 18 0
2007 Toppserien 22 3 0 0 – – 22 3
2008 Toppserien 22 8 0 0 – – 22 8
2009 Toppserien 15 6 0 0 – – 15 6
2010 Toppserien 21 6 0 0 – – 21 6
2011 Toppserien 22 11 1 0 – – 23 11
2012 Toppserien 22 8 3 3 – – 25 11
Total 144 42 6 3 – – 150 45
Turbine Potsdam 2012–13 Frauen-Bundesliga 11 0 2 0 – – 13 0
2013–14 Frauen-Bundesliga 20 2 1 0 – 8 2 29 4
Total 31 2 3 0 – 8 2 42 4
Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 2014 Damallsvenskan 9 0 0 0 – – 9 0
Avaldsnes IL 2015 Toppserien 22 4 5 2 – – 27 6
2016 Toppserien 22 5 3 5 – 5 1 30 11
Total 44 9 8 7 – 5 1 57 17
Chelsea 2017 FA WSL 8 2 ? ? – – 8 2
2017–18 FA WSL 17 4 ? ? 5 0 8 0 30 4
2018–19 FA WSL 7 0 ? ? 2 0 5 2 14 2
2019–20 FA WSL 14 4 2 0 5 1 – 21 5
2020–21 FA WSL 15 2 0 0 4 0 3 2 22 4
2021–22 FA WSL 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 8 0
2022–23 WSL 7 1 4 1 1 0 6 2 18 4
2023–24 WSL 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 10 1
Total 79 13 8 1 18 1 26 7 131 22
Career total 307 66 25 11 18 1 39 10 389 88
  1. ^ Includes Norwegian Women's Cup, DFB Pokal, Svenska Cupen Damer, Women's FA Cup
  2. ^ Includes FA Women's League Cup
  3. ^ Includes UEFA Women's Champions League

International

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As of match played 27 February 2024[24]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 2007 1 0
2009 11 0
2010 14 1
2011 12 0
2012 10 4
2013 16 1
2014 15 4
2015 16 2
2016 13 4
2017 15 2
2018 9 1
2019 14 0
2020 4 0
2022 10 1
2023 14 0
2024 2 0
Total 176 20
Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Mjelde goal.
List of international goals scored by Maren Mjelde
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 June 2012 Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg, Norway   Bulgaria 3–0 11–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
2 5–0
3 20 June 2012   Northern Ireland 2–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
4 19 September 2012 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway   Iceland 1–0 2–1 UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
5 26 October 2013 Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg, Norway   Albania 3–0 7–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
6 14 June 2014 Brann Stadion, Bergen, Norway   Greece 3–0 6–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
7 18 June 2014 Estádio Marcolino de Castro, Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal   Portugal 2–0 2–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
8 13 September 2014 Niko Dovana Stadium, Durrës, Albania   Albania 2–0 11–0 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
9 6–0
10 11 June 2015 TD Place Stadium, Ottawa, Canada   Germany 1–1 1–1 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
12 23 October 2015 Color Line Stadion, Ålesund, Norway   Wales 4–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
13 5 March 2016 Het Kasteel, Rotterdam, Netherlands   Netherlands 2–0 4–1 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
14 2 June 2016 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway   Austria 1–1 2–2 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
15 15 September 2016 Aker Stadion, Molde, Norway   Kazakhstan 5–0 10–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
16 7–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying
17 11 July 2017 Stade Louis-Dugauguez, Sedan, France   France 1–1 1–1 Friendly
18 19 September 2017 Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg, Norway   Slovakia 5–0 6–1 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
19 2 March 2018 VRS António Sports Complex, Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal   China 2–0 2–0 2018 Algarve Cup
20 6 September 2022 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway   Albania 3–0 5–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Honours

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Club

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Arna-Bjørnar

  • Kniksens Minnefond 2006
  • Young player of the year 2007

1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

Chelsea

National teams

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U19

Norway's national team

  • Bronze in the Euro 2009
  • Silver in 2013
  • All star team in Euro 2009
  • Algarve Cup 2019

References

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  1. ^ Operational data according to The Football Studio, Women's Norway database (as of June 19, 2014)
  2. ^ Holyman, Ian (28 January 2013). "Norway's Mjelde up for Germany". UEFA.com. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Maren is becoming more and more important": Norwegian Mjelde is leaving Turbine Potsdam in the summer despite having the captain's armband".
  4. ^ "Norges lagkapten Maren Mjelde valde KGFC | Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC". 20 September 2016. Archived from the original on 20 September 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Maren Mjelde: Chelsea Ladies sign Norway captain until 2018". BBC Sport. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  6. ^ "Women's Super League: Chelsea 1–0 Manchester United". 17 November 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Hayes praises 'real top performance' and gives Mjelde injury update". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  8. ^ Lokøy, Christian Dehlie (30 March 2023). "Maren Mjelde reddet Chelsea: – For en leder hun er". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Chelsea 1–2 Lyon (Agg: 2–2) (Penalties 4–3): Maren Mjelde scores controversial spot-kick before Blues hold their nerve". Sky Sports. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Chelsea beat Reading to seal fourth successive WSL title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Maren Mjelde to leave Chelsea at end of the season". chelseafc.com. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Maren Mjelde klar for Arna-Bjørnar: – Fantastisk å ha henne tilbake". ba.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  13. ^ Patkevich, Konstantin (11 September 2010). "Mjelde earns Norway the edge". UEFA.com. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  14. ^ "Uttak kvinnelandslagets tropp til VM Tyskland 2011" (PDF).
  15. ^ "List of Players – Norway" (PDF). FIFA. 5 June 2015. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
  16. ^ "FIFA Frauen-Weltmeisterschaft Kanada 2015™ - Tor des Turniers". 16 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  17. ^ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Her er Norges VM-tropp". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Se Norges EM-tropp". Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian).
  19. ^ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Drømmetreff sendte Norge til VM: - Det er helt fantastisk". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  20. ^ updated, Jessy Parker Humphreys last (6 June 2023). "Norway Women's World Cup 2023 squad: full 23-player team". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  21. ^ "Results & schedules". fifa.com. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  22. ^ "Erik Mjelde har startet jobben i Arna Bjørnar". Toppserien (in Norwegian Bokmål). 18 January 2020. Archived from the original on 25 September 2022. Retrieved 9 May 2022.
  23. ^ "Maren Nævdal Mjelde". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  24. ^ a b "Maren Nævdal Mjelde – Profil". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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