Agnete Synnøve Carlsen (born 15 January 1971) is a former Norwegian

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footballer who played as a

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. With the Norway women's national team, Carlsen won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup and an Olympic bronze medal in 1996. At club level Carlsen played for SK Sprint-Jeløy in Norway, then joined Japanese L. League team Nikko Securities Dream Ladies on a professional contract.

Personal life

Carlsen was born in

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on 15 January 1971.

International career

Carlsen made her debut for the senior

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in June 1988, starting a 2–1 defeat by

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at the 1988 FIFA Women's Invitation Tournament in

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. She scored her first goal in her second appearance, a 3–0 win over the

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in Rijsoord. In July 1989 Carlsen played in Norway's 4–1 defeat by

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in the 1989 European Competition for Women's Football final. The match was played before 22,000 fans in Osnabrück. Two years later, the competition had been rebranded as the UEFA Women's Championship and Carlsen's Norway again lost to the Germans in the final, 3–1 this time. Norway also reached the

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of the inaugural 1991

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, held in China in November 1991. They lost 2–1 to the

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after Michelle Akers' late winning goal in front of 63,000 at Tianhe Stadium in

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. Carlsen got her first winner's medal with the national team when Norway beat hosts

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1–0 in the 1993 UEFA Women's Championship final. She was also part of the squad which won the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup in

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, but was restricted to two substitute appearances during the tournament. At the inaugural Olympic women's football tournament at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, Carlsen was sent-off in Norway's semi-final defeat by the United States. She was suspended for the subsequent bronze medal match in which Norway defeated Brazil 2–0. Carlsen played in Norway's 1997 UEFA Women's Championship campaign, then retired from international football to concentrate on her professional club career in

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. She won 97 caps and scored 17 goals.

International

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* * * 1971 births Living people Norwegian women's footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in football Norway women's international footballers 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Women's World Cup–winning players Norwegian expatriate women's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Toppserien players SK Sprint-Jeløy (women) players Kolbotn Fotball players Athene Moss players Sportspeople from Moss, Norway Footballers from Østfold Expatriate women's footballers in Japan Nadeshiko League players Nikko Securities Dream Ladies players Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics UEFA Women's Championship–winning players Women's association football midfielders Nadeshiko League MVPs {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub