Lindy Melissa Løvbræk Wiik (born 7 February 1985) is a Norwegian
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
who plays for
Urædd FK and the
Norway national team.
Career
Asker played in the elite
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 ...
league in Norway, and Wiik was the league's top scorer of the 2007 season, with 22 goals from 22 matches. At the start of 2009 Wiik with most of the other Asker players joined the newly formed Stabæk Fotball Kvinner, continuing in the Toppserien. In January 2010 Wiik signed to play for the German club
VfL Wolfsburg, and scored her first three goals for her new club at an indoor tournament on 23 January with over 4000 spectators.
In 2011 Wiik returned to
Stabæk FK. In early May she suffered a damaged anterior cruciate ligament, surgery followed in June. Her goal to recover quickly materialized with her in Football training by early October.
Career statistics
''Statistics accurate as of match played 10 August 2013''
International career
She is a member of the
Norway national team. She was named on 9 June to the bronze medalist team Norway at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
, held in Beijing, China. At the opening match on 6 August she scored Norway's second goal in the fourth minute, which ended Norway 2 –
USA 0.
International goals
Personal life
She has a relationship with
Péter Kovács.
Honours
Club
;Stabæk
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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):
2013
2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years).
2013 was designated as:
*International Year of Water Cooperation
*International Year of Quinoa
Events
January
* January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...
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Norwegian Cup (3): 2011, 2012, 2013
Individual
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Top Scorer, Toppserien (1):
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
(22 goals)
References
External links
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Profileat
Stabæk
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1985 births
Living people
People from Røyken
Footballers from Buskerud
Norwegian women's footballers
Norway women's international footballers
Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Norway
Frauen-Bundesliga players
VfL Wolfsburg (women) players
Expatriate women's footballers in Germany
Asker Fotball (women) players
Stabæk Fotball Kvinner players
Urædd FK players
Toppserien players
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Women's association football forwards
21st-century Norwegian sportswomen
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