Melissa Bjånesøy

Melissa Linn Bjånesøy Berman ( born April 18, 1992 Chicago, USA) is an American-born Norwegian football player who plays for IL Sandviken in the Norwegian Topp series. She is a member of the Norwegian women 's national soccer team, where she made her debut on January 12, 2013 game against South Korea.

Career

In 2009 she moved to IL Sandviken, but came in the first year during the descent from the highest Norwegian league not used. After chances of promotion, she made her debut on 10 April 2011 at the age of 19 years in the highest Norwegian league. Your first goal in the top division they made ​​16 April 2011 in the 1-3 defeat against Kolbotn IL, as they met in the 8th minute game to make it 1-0. With 10 goals in the 2011 season, she helped to avoid relegation of IL Sandviken from the highest Norwegian league.

National

In 2010 she was appointed to the Norwegian U- 19 team. With this team a year later they reached the final of the U-19 European Championship, but lost it 1:8 against Germany and became vice European champion. With seven goals scored it was top scorer at the tournament. Her first senior international goal came - Melissa Bjånesøy equal in their second international match on January 14, 2013 in a 1-0 win over China, where they met in the 88th minute. With the Norwegian national team, she participated in the European Football Championship Women 2013 in Sweden and reached the final, which was lost with 0:1.

Achievements

• Second Place at European Championships 2013
• Second place at U-19 European Championships 2011