Ingrid Ryland (born 29 May 1989) is a Norwegian

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who plays for

Toppserien The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984. History Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in 1 ...

club Brann. and the Norway national team. She previously played for

team

Arna-Bjørnar Arna-Bjørnar Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Arna, Bergen. It was founded in late 2000 as a merger between the football branches from ''IL Bjørnar'' and ''Arna T&IL'', and replaced Bjørnar IL in the league system from 2001. The w ...

from 2007 until 2014. In January 2015 her transfer to

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club

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was announced. Liverpool failed miserably to defend their WSL title and Ryland was among four players to be released by the club at the end of the

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season. She subsequently returned to Norway to sign for

Avaldsnes IL Avaldsnes Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Avaldsnes, Karmøy, Rogaland. It was founded on 16 June 1937. The club has sections for football and handball. Women's football The women's team began play in 1989, winning the 1st Division of ...

. She was called up to be part of the national team for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013. In the

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against

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, Ryland was an unused substitute. Anja Mittag's goal gave the Germans their sixth successive European title.

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Norway national team profile
* * * 1989 births Living people Norwegian women's footballers Norway women's international footballers Liverpool F.C. Women players Toppserien players Avaldsnes IL players Arna-Bjørnar players SK Brann Kvinner players Norwegian expatriate women's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate women's footballers in England Women's Super League players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players Women's association football fullbacks 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players {{Norway-women-footy-bio-stub