Birthe Hegstad (born 23 July 1966) is a Norwegian former

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who played for

Klepp IL Klepp IL is a Norwegian sports club from the municipality of Klepp. It was founded on 1 October 1919, and has sections for football, handball and gymnastics as well as the less active sections for athletics and orienteering. Best known for t ...

and 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 ...

. She played on the Norwegian team that won silver medals at the

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in China. At the final of

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Hegstad scored the only goal against hosts

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. Her clubs include SK Sprint/Jeløy,

IL Jardar Idrettslaget Jardar is a Norway, Norwegian sports club from Bærum, Akershus. It covers the areas Slependen, Jong, Norway, Jong and Tanum, Norway, Tanum. Sports clubs in the area before World War II were IL Tyrving, Tanum IL, and minor clubs su ...

and FK Athene Moss. She also played varsity

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in the United States for

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. After her football career Hegstad became manager of the Coop Mega chain of

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Norway national team profile
* 1966 births Living people Norwegian women's footballers Norway women's international footballers 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Norwegian expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Toppserien players Athene Moss players SK Sprint-Jeløy (women) players Klepp IL players UEFA Women's Championship–winning players Women's association football forwards Footballers from Trondheim 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen {{Norway-women-footy-bio-stub