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Lene Mykjåland
Personal information
Full name	Lene Mykjåland
Date of birth	20 February 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Kristiansand, Norway
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Striker or midfielder
Youth career
	Randesund IL
Senior career*
Years	Team
2003–2005	Amazon Grimstad
2005–2010	Røa
2010	Washington Freedom
2011–2012	Røa
2013–2016	LSK Kvinner
International career‡
2002	Norway U17
2002–2006	Norway U19
2005–2006	Norway U21
2007	Norway U23
2007–	Norway
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Norway
UEFA Women's Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 November 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:09, 15 July 2016 (UTC)

Lene Mykjåland (born 20 February 1987) is a Norwegian footballer who played for LSK Kvinner and the Norway women's national team, having made her debut for the senior team on 7 March 2007, in a 1–2 loss against Germany.^[1]^[3]

Career

Mykjåland started her career in Randesund IL, a district club in Kristiansand. In 2003, Mykjåland played with Amazon Grimstad and played there until she went on to Røa in September 2005.^[4] Mykjåland was Røa's top scorer in 2007 with 11 goals.

Mykjåland quickly became one of the league's top talents, and has also managed to establish herself on the Norwegian National senior squad, having been called up to both the 2007 Women's World Cup as well as the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China.

On 21 October 2008 Mykjåland and four other Røa players – Marie Knutsen, Guro Knutsen, Marit Fiane Christensen and Siri Nordby – made headlines when they announced in a press release that they would not be returning to the national team due to issues the five had with the national team leadership.^[5] While the press statement never mentioned coach Bjarne Berntsen's name, it was assumed that he was instrumental in their decision to retire from the team. The retirement, which came off in many newspapers as a boycott, created widespread media attention. When Eli Landsem took over the national team after the 2009 European Championship, they ended their boycott and made themselves available again for the national team.^[6] On 15 January 2010, Mykjåland played her first game for Norway since the boycott in a 1–1 draw against England.^[1] In 2011, Mykjåland was included in the squad that was going to play in the 2011 Women's World Cup.^[7]

The Washington Freedom of Women's Professional Soccer announced on 23 December 2009, that they had signed Mykjåland,^[8] and she joined the team on 1 April 2010. After one season in America, she returned to Norway and signed a two-year contract with former team Røa.^[9]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 30 October 2016

Club	Season	Division	League		Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2010	Washington Freedom	WPS	19	4	0	0	19	4
2011	Røa	Toppserien	22	10	2	0	24	10
2012	Røa		15	13	3	1	18	14
2013	LSK Kvinner		9	4	0	0	9	4
2014			21	11	2	2	23	13
2015			17	11	4	2	21	13
2016			19	7	4	4	23	11
Career Total			122	60	15	9	137	69

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	3 May 2008	Sør Arena, Kristiansand, Norway	Israel	4–0	7–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
2.	21 June 2008	Ertl Glas, Amstetten, Austria	Austria	1–0	4–0
3.				3–0
4.				4–0
5.	25 June 2008	City Stadium, Kutno, Poland	Poland	2–0	3–0
6.	20 June 2012	Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg, Norway	Northern Ireland	1–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying
7.	10 April 2016	Vorwärts Stadium, Steyr, Austria	Austria	1–0	1–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2017 qualifying

Honours

Club

Røa

Toppserien: 2007, 2008, 2009
Norwegian Cup: 2006, 2008

LSK Kvinner

Toppserien: 2014, 2015
Norwegian Cup: 2014, 2015

Individual

Top Scorer, Toppserien: 2009 (20 goals)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Lene Mykjåland at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
^ 2015 World Cup
^ "Profile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
^ "Lene Mykjåland joins Røa" (in Norwegian). Bt.no. 14 December 2009. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
^ "Five Røa players rejects Norway" (in Norwegian). Adressa.no. 21 October 2008. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
^ "Røa players again available for selection" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten.no. 11 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
^ "The norwegian World Cup squad" (PDF). NFF (Fotball.no). 24 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
^ "Mykjåland signs for Freedom". Womensprosoccer.com. 23 December 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Mykjåland re-signs for Røa" (in Norwegian). Bt.no. 1 November 2010. Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 28 June 2011.