Gunhild Følstad

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Personal information
Gunhild Følstad
Full name	Gunhild Bentzen Følstad
Date of birth	November 3, 1981 (1981-11-03) (age 26)
Place of birth	Trondheim,
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Trondheims-Ørn
Number	3
Youth clubs
	Overhalla IL
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2000-	Trondheims-Ørn
National team²
2002-	Norway	58 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 19 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Gunhild Følstad is a Norwegian football defender from Overhalla near Namsos. The daughter of a football trainer, she lives in Trondheim and currently plays for Trondheims-Ørn and the Norwegian national team for which she had 58 appearances at the end of 2007.

Følstad plays as a central defender for her club and is a strong, quick and reliable player who plays equally well at right- or left-back in the national team. Her throw-in to the six-yard box from the sideline is useful weapon.

She is a qualified physiotherapist and her hobbies are skiing, reading and music. At the Women's World Cup tournament in China in September 2007 Følstad played in matches watched by 50,000 spectators.

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v • d • e Norway squad - 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Nordby • 2 Sandaune • 3 Stangeland • 4 Knudsen • 5 Bredland • 6 Riise • 7 Rønning • 8 Gulbrandsen • 9 Rapp • 10 Lehn • 11 Pettersen • 12 Vesterbekkmo • 13 Tønnessen • 14 Mellgren • 15 Fiane Christensen • 16 Følstad • 17 Ørmen • 18 Fosse • 19 Edner • 20 Klaveness • Coach: Steen

v • d • e Norway squad - 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 4th place

1 Nordby • 2 Stangeland Horpestad • 3 Følstad • 4 Stensland • 5 Nordby • 6 Huse • 7 Rønning • 8 S.Gulbrandsen • 9 Herlovsen • 10 Wiik • 11 Larsen Kaurin • 12 Skarbø • 13 Colombo Nilsen • 14 Knutsen • 15 Giske • 16 R.Gulbrandsen • 17 Mykjåland • 18 Knutsen • 19 Fiane Christensen • 20 Klaveness • 21 Storløkken • Coach: Berntsen