Gallery Photos of Ragnhild Gulbrandsen, Norwegian football striker

Ragnhild Gulbrandsen (born 22 February 1977) is a Norwegian football striker from the city of Trondheim who retired from football at the end of 2007. Most of her career was spent with Trondheims-Ørn (Trondheim Eagles) women's football club, with whom she won the Norwegian elite league, the Toppserien, three times and the Cup four times, and was the club's top scorer in 1997, 2000 and 2001. She made 190 appearances for the club from 1997 to 2004, scoring 254 goals.

In 2000 Ragnhild Gulbrandsen played in the Norway team which won Gold at the Sydney Olympics, scoring Norway's second goal in the Final against the USA. She played as a professional in the USA with Boston Breakers 2002-3.

At the end of 2005 she moved to Oslo to work as a journalist, and considered retiring from football. But she joined Asker women's football club, and in the 2006 season when Asker won the Division 1 title, she twice scored six goals in a match. She last played for Asker SK and the Norwegian national team.

At the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 tournament in China in 2007, Ragnhild Gulbrandsen scored six goals for Norway and won the Tournament's Bronze Shoe award as the third top scorer behind Marta of Brazil and Abby Wambach of the USA. Her international career, which was interrupted several times by injury, included 97 appearances for Norway with 38 goals. She now works as a TV journalist in Oslo.

 

 

 

Gallery Photos of Elise Kellond-Knight, Australian football player

Elise Kellond-Knight (born 10 August 1990) is an Australian football (soccer) player, who currently plays for Fortuna Hjørring in the Danish Elitedivisionen and the Australian national team.

At the annual Westfield W-League awards dinner in 2009, Kellond-Knight was jointly awarded the Young Player of the Year Award with Canberra United's Ellyse Perry.

 

Gallery Photos of Martina Müller, German footballer

Martina Müller (born April 18, 1980) is a German footballer. She plays as a striker for VfL Wolfsburg and the German national team.

Müller had played at several smaller clubs at youth level, before joining the reigning German champions FSV Frankfurt in 1998. Because many of club's star players, such as Birgit Prinz and Sandra Smisek, had left that summer, Müller immediately became a regular starter and helped the team avoid relegation. After two years, she moved to SC 07 Bad Neuenahr, where she played for four seasons. In 2005, she joined VfL Wolfsburg, at a time when the club had just been relegated to the second division. With 36 goals, Müller was the second Bundesliga top-scorer the following season, helping Wolfsburg to achieve immediate promotion back to the German top flight.

 

Gallery Photos of Viola Odebrecht, German footballer

Viola Odebrecht (born 11 February 1983) is a German footballer who currently plays for 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam.

In 2005 Odebrecht won the UEFA Women's Cup with 1.FFC Turbine Potsdam, the team for which she signed again for the 2008/09 season.

In 2003 she was a member of the World Cup winning team who went on to take the bronze medal at the Athens Olympics 2004.

After a six year hiatus, Odebrecht returned to the German national side in a Euro 2013 qualifying match against Romania on 22 October, 2011.

 

Gallery Photos of Svenja Huth, German footballer

Svenja Huth (born 25 January 1991 in Alzenau) is a German footballer, currently playing for 1. FFC Frankfurt and the Germany women's national under-20 football team.

 

 

Gallery Photos of Dzsenifer Marozsán, German footballer

Dzsenifer Marozsán (born 18 April 1992) is a German footballer of Hungarian descent. She currently plays for 1. FFC Frankfurt.

She is the youngest ever player to play in the German Bundesliga making her debut with 14 years and 7 months, as well as the Bundesliga's youngest goal scorer at 15 years and 4 months.

 

Gallery Photos of Almuth Schult, German goalkeeper

Almuth Schult (born February 9, 1991) is a German footballer. She plays for Magdeburger FFC and the German national team as a goalkeeper.

At the age of five, Schult begann her career at her local football club FC SG Gartow, before moving to Hamburger SV in 2007. She joined Magdeburger FFC in 2008, where she played in the third-tier Regionalliga. At Magdeburg Schult became a regular starter and achieved promotion with her team to the second Bundesliga, where she played two full seasons. In 2011, Schult signed a three year contract with Bundesliga side SC 07 Bad Neuenahr.

 

 

Gallery Photos of Linda Bresonik, German footballer

Linda Bresonik (born 7 December 1983) is a German footballer. She plays as a midfielder or wing back for FCR 2001 Duisburg and the German national team.

Bresonik began her career at the age of five at TuS 84/10 Essen, before moving to Grün-Weiß Schönebeck in 1995. She joined FCR 2001 Duisburg in 2000 and made her Bundesliga debut for the club. In the 2004–05 season, Duisburg finished runner-up in the league. After a falling out with the club, Bresonik transferred to Bundesliga side SC 07 Bad Neuenahr in 2005, but she only appeared in five matches there. One year later she moved to SG Essen-Schönebeck, where she played for two seasons.

In 2008, Bresonik returned to FCR 2001 Duisburg. During her second stint at the club, she had her biggest success at club level, winning the UEFA Women's Cup in the 2008–09 season. She also won the German Cup twice with Duisburg and finished runner-up in the 2009–10 Bundesliga season.