Anette Igland (born 2 October 1971) is a Norwegian former
footballer
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who played for the
Norway women's national football team
The Norway women's national football team () represents Norway in international Women's association football, football, and is controlled by the Norwegian Football Federation. The team is former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one ...
that won silver medals at the
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup was the first FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national football teams. It took place in Guangdong, China from 16 to 30 November 1991. FIFA, football's international governing body sele ...
in China.
At club level she represented the
Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane (; literally "Parish and the Fjords") was a Counties of Norway, county in western Norway, from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsda ...
clubs
Kaupanger IL
Kaupanger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Kaupanger in Sogndal. It has sections for association football, athletics, floorball and skiing.
The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian fo ...
and Bremanger IL. She played 66 times for Bremanger IL and stepped in as chairman of the club in 2011.
Anette's younger sister Ingebjørg Igland was also a footballer and played for Norway's youth national teams.
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1971 births
Living people
Norwegian women's footballers
Norway women's international footballers
1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Women's association football defenders
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