Kristin Haugstad

Kristin Haugstad
Personal information
Date of birth (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 30)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Øvrevoll Hosle
Number 24
Youth career
Nesodden
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2014 Vålerenga 51 (12)
2014–2017 La Salle Explorers
2015 → Nesodden (loan)
2016 → Vålerenga (loan) 4 (0)
2017 → Amazon Grimstad (loan) 7 (3)
2018 IFK Kalmar 14[1] (1)
2019 Amazon Grimstad 14 (5)
2020–2021 Lyn 24 (1)
2020 → Amazon Grimstad (loan) 8 (5)
2022 Slavia Prague
2023 Røa 26 (4)
2024– Øvrevoll Hosle 8 (1)
International career‡
2009 Norway U15 2 (0)
2010 Norway U16 9 (3)
2011 Norway U17 4 (2)
2011–2013 Norway U19 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 May 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 May 2024

Kristin Haugstad (born 17 January 1994) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a forward for Øvrevoll Hosle.

Life

Haugstad hails from Oksval at Nesodden and is a twin sister of Eirik Haugstad. They both participated in athletics during their youth before committing to football.[2]

Haugstad uses a hearing aid, having had hearing impairment since the age of 22.[3]

Career

Kristin Haugstad made her debut for Vålerenga while they played in the 1. divisjon, winning promotion to the 2012 Toppserien. She was a regular in 2012 and 2013 before leaving in 2014 to attend La Salle University and play for the La Salle Explorers.[4][5]

During the college off-season, she represented her childhood club Nesodden in the summer of 2015, Vålerenga in 2016 and Amazon Grimstad in 2017.[4][2] Graduating from La Salle in December 2017, she joined IFK Kalmar for the 2018 Damallsvenskan.[5][6]

Following a return to Norway and Amazon Grimstad, she joined Lyn in 2020.[4][2] In 2020 she joined Amazon Grimstad for a third time, on loan from Lyn.[7] Spending 2022 with Slavia Prague, she helped win the double in the Czech Republic. Nonetheless, she returned to Norway in 2023 to play for her third Oslo-based club, Røa.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ Kristin Haugstad at Soccerway
  2. ^ a b c Volckersahm, Trond (22 April 2022). "– Jeg savner alltid Oksvalstranda". Akershus Amtstidende (in Norwegian). pp. 16–17.
  3. ^ Thevik, Hanna (11 April 2021). "– Opplever å føle seg dumme". VG (in Norwegian). pp. 12–13.
  4. ^ a b c Kristin Haugstad at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  5. ^ a b "7 Kristin Haugstad". La Salle Explorers. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  6. ^ Wollbraaten, Per (29 January 2018). "Kristin Haugstad til Kalmar". Akershus Amtstidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Amazon slo tilbake etter sjokkminutt". Agderposten (in Norwegian). 28 September 2020. p. 31.
  8. ^ "Zimní posila Slavie Kristin Haugstad" (in Czech). Slavia Prague. 3 March 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  9. ^ Nordbakk, Solfrid Therese (24 March 2023). "I fjor tok Kristin (29) fra Nesodden gull i Tsjekkia – nå skal hun løfte tidligere norsk storhet". Akershus Amtstidende (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 June 2023.