Nora Lie Eghdami

Nora Lie Eghdami
Personal information
Date of birth (1997-04-22) 22 April 1997 (age 27)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brann
Number 18
Youth career
Ørnes
Grand Bodø
Urædd
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2016 Urædd
2017–2019 Kolbotn 52 (9)
2020–2021 LSK 32 (6)
2022– Brann 36 (7)
International career‡
2012 Norway U15 2 (0)
2013 Norway U16 8 (4)
2013–2014 Norway U17 7 (1)
2014–2016 Norway U19 25 (4)
2017–2020 Norway U23 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 25 January 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 January 2024

Nora Lie Eghdami née Eide Lie (born 22 April 1997) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brann.

Career

Lie hails from Ørnes and started her youth career in Ørnes IL. She also played youth football for IK Grand Bodø before her family moved to Porsgrunn during her 9th grade year.[1][2] Lie Eghdami joined the club Urædd FK and attended the Telemark School of Elite Sport, among others together with the Odds BK boys' team players. She dreamt of the prospect of earning a living wage through football, preferably in the French or German league.[3] When no transfer abroad materialized, Lie Eghdami studied jurisprudence at the University of Oslo.[2] She graduated in 2023.[4]

Lie Eghdami was a prolific goalscorer for youth international teams, especially Norway U19, for whom she played 25 times.[5] Lie Eghdami was first called up to the Norway women's national football team in 2017, as Martin Sjögren selected his very first squad as national team manager. Sjögren labelled her "a very exciting player for the future".[6] Having received signals that she was to be called up again in 2019, to a national team training camp at La Manga, she injured herself before the callup came.[7] Lie Eghdami was called up yet again in March 2022.[8]

Lie Eghdami started her senior career in the Norwegian First Division with Urædd FK, and when the team managed to win promotion to the 2016 Toppserien, she stayed with the club for the time being.[9] Urædd struggled in Toppserien, and already in July 2016 she signed for Kolbotn IL. The transfer would take place after the season.[10]

Following two seasons in LSK Kvinner FK, Lie Eghdami signed for reigning champions IL Sandviken, which was to be rebranded as SK Brann Kvinner.[11] Lie Eghdami scored the first goal in the 2022 Norwegian Women's Cup final, which Brann eventually won 3–1 over Stabæk.[12]

She took part in Brann's international breakthrough during the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds, when she scored one of the goals that secured Brann a place in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage.[13] The team even progressed to the next round.[14]

References

  1. ^ Lygren, Ingvild (23 March 2022). "– Hun overgår våre villeste forhåpninger". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). pp. 30–31.
  2. ^ a b Haaland, Bernt-Erik; Larsen, Alexander (10 February 2022). "Tøffe valg for Nora". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). pp. 50–51.
  3. ^ Simonsen, Stian Wåsjø (30 September 2015). "Supertalentet Nora: – Skulle ønske jeg var gutt" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  4. ^ duo.uio.no
  5. ^ Nora Lie Eghdami at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  6. ^ "Sjögren tok ut debutant i sin første landslagstropp". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 3 January 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Hun var et overtråkk unna landslagssamling". Porsgrunns Dagblad (in Norwegian). 9 July 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Fem Brann-spillere på A-landslaget: – Kom veldig overraskende og brått på". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 24 March 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  9. ^ Roksund, Marie (31 October 2015). "Stjernespilleren blir i Urædd" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Eide Lie fra Urædd til Kolbotn" (in Norwegian). NRK. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  11. ^ Opsann, Carina (9 December 2021). "Forlater LSK Kvinner: – Hjertet mitt sa jeg skulle bli, men jeg følte det var nå eller aldri". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Svedal, Maria Gunnarsdotter; Bøthun, Hanna; Johansen, John Inge (18 October 2023). "Brann er historiske med gruppespelplass i Meisterligaen: – Ein magisk kveld" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  14. ^ Waag, Noah (25 January 2024). "Brann sikret kvartfinale etter omdiskutert dommeravgjørelse: – En kjempetabbe" (in Norwegian). Eurosport. Retrieved 25 January 2024.