Brit Sandaune

Brit Sandaune

Sandaune in 2003
Personal information
Date of birth	(1972-06-05) 5 June 1972
Place of birth	Skatval, Norway
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position	Defender
Youth career
–1985	IL Fram
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1985–1989	IL Stjørdals-Blink
1990–2004	Trondheims-Ørn	258	(127)
International career
1988	Norway U16	3	(1)
1990–1993	Norway U20	3	(0)
1995–2003	Norway	120	(9)
Medal record Women's football Representing Norway Olympic Games 2000 Atlanta Team competition 1996 Atlanta Team competition
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brit Sandaune (born 5 June 1972) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a defender.

Career

Sandaune has (per 2001) won six league championships and seven Norwegian national championship (with Trondheims-Ørn SK) in women's soccer. She is an Olympic Gold and Bronze medallist.

Sandaune played 120 international matches for Norway, scoring nine goals. With the Norway team she went to the Olympic Games in 1996 in Atlanta, winning Bronze. Four years later at the Sydney Olympics she won Gold with the Norwegian team. In July 2002 Brit reached 100 matches played for the A-team. She got the Fair Play prize in woman soccer in 2000.

At club level Sandaune played a record 507 matches for Trondheims-Ørn, winning the Norwegian cup competition eight times and the Toppserien league seven times between 1993 and 2003.

Personal life

Sandaune is originally from the rural area of Skatval in Stjørdal Municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county. She was educated in economy and administration. She settled in Trondheim Municipality with her cohabitant Roy Nilsen. She works as a pre-school teacher.

See also

• List of women's footballers with 100 or more international caps

External links

• Brit Sandaune at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
• (in Norwegian) Profile on Tronheim-Ørn