Signe Gaupset

Signe Gaupset
Personal information
Date of birth (2005-06-18) 18 June 2005 (age 19)
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brann
Number 16
Youth career
–2018 Rival
2019–2020 Molde
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Brann 32 (3)
International career‡
2021 Norway U16 7 (2)
2022 Norway U17 8 (8)
2022–2023 Norway U19 8 (6)
2024– Norway 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 February 2024

Signe Gaupset (born 18 June 2005) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brann.

Career

Gaupset hails from Molde and started her youth career in Rival and went on to the largest club in the city, Molde. She became a prolific goalscorer for youth international teams.[2] Her scoring Norway's only goal at the 2022 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship did not prevent Norway from being eliminated.[3]

At a young age, she trained before school, after school and after dinner. High quantities of training may have contributed to an injury which made her miss half the 2023 season.[4]

Gaupset joined IL Sandviken in 2021, some time before her 16th birthday, and remained in the club when it was rebranded as SK Brann Kvinner in 2022.[2] Gaupset made her national breakthrough in the 2022 Norwegian Women's Cup final, where she scored the two goals that put Brann ahead 3–1 to Stabæk.[5][6]

She then made her international breakthrough during the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage. First, she was praised as "a sensation" during Brann's loss to Lyon.[7] One week later, in the reverse match against Lyon, Gaupset scored the equalizing goal in extra time.[8] Lastly, against Slavia Prague one of her crosses was converted to an own goal; with this being the only goal in the match, Brann progressed to the next round.[9]

In February 2024, Gaupset was called up to Norway's senior team in Gemma Grainger's first squad as national team manager.[10] She made her debut as a substitute against Croatia.[2]

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 October 2024 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Albania 7–0 9–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs

References

  1. ^ NRK
  2. ^ a b c Signe Gaupset at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ "Fiasko for J17-landslaget i EM – tapte alle kampene" (in Norwegian). NRK. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. ^ Jørnholt, Malin; Martinsen, Erlend Havsgård; Hansen, Kjell Jøran (3 July 2023). "Stortalentet tok spesielle grep – då måtte foreldra dra i bremsen" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  5. ^ Hagen, Mathias; Jørnholt, Malin; Hagen, Andreas; Hansen, Jonathan Simchai (5 November 2022). "17-åring herjet for Brann – sikret cupgull" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  6. ^ "17-årige Gaupset ble den store helten i cupfinalen: – Stort å være med på" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  7. ^ Svedal, Maria Gunnarsdotter; Fossåskaret, Siv; Øystese, Oddgeir; Nessler, Simon Zetlitz (14 December 2023). "Det renn inn med skryt for 18-åring etter storkampen mot Lyon" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Brann reddet uavgjort mot Lyon på overtid: – En helt syk følelse" (in Norwegian). NRK. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  9. ^ Waag, Noah (25 January 2024). "Brann sikret kvartfinale etter omdiskutert dommeravgjørelse: – En kjempetabbe" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  10. ^ Folvik, Herman (16 February 2024). "Supertalentet Signe Gaupset inn i landslaget i Graingers første tropp". VG (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. Retrieved 16 February 2024.