Cecilie Pedersen

Cecilie Pedersen
Personal information
Full name Cecilie Pedersen
Date of birth 14 September 1990 (1990-09-14) (age 21)
Place of birth Bergen, Norway[1]
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Avaldsnes IL
Youth career
Sveio
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
0000–2009 SK Haugar
2009– Avaldsnes IL
National team‡
2009– Norway 22 (7)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:15, 11 September 2011 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10:15, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Cecilie Pedersen (born 14 September 1990) is a Norwegian footballer from Førde in Sveio. She moved from SK Haugar to Avaldsnes IL for the 2009 season [2] on a three year contract that reportedly made her one of the highest paid women footballers in the country. In June 2009 she was called up to the national team for the European Championships,[2] and in the second game, against Iceland, she was the matchwinner with her goal before the break.[3] She scored Norway's third goal in the quarter final against Sweden which Norway won 3–1.

On 6 November 2009, she won the Gullballen, the most prestigious Norwegian football prize.

In 2010 she continued to play for Avaldnses in the 2nd division while also playing in the national team, but later in the season she was in dispute with the club. National team trainer Eli Landsem advised her strongly to transfer to a Toppserien club, and she entered discussions with Arna-Bjørnar in Bergen at the end of 2010. Avaldsnes made financial demands in compensation for her high salary and the hire of her club car, and local businessmen stepped in with offers. However on February 19, 2011 it was announced that the parties had failed to reach agreement because her pay requirements were excessive relative to the pay of the other players.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Media Guide VM2011". NFF. http://www.fotball.no/Documents/PDF/2011/Landslag/Mediaguide_VM2011.pdf?epslanguage=en. Retrieved 2011-09-14. 
  2. ^ a b Eide, Øystein (24 June 2009). "Cecilie Pedersen til EM". Haugesunds avis. http://www.h-avis.no/article/20090624/SPORT/843642060. Retrieved 27 August 2009. 
  3. ^ "Cecilie (18) fra 2. divisjon holder liv i EM-drømmen". dagbladet.no. http://www.dagbladet.no/2009/08/27/sport/fotball/fotball-em_2009/7847570/. Retrieved 27 August 2009. 
  4. ^ Pedersen lost to Arna-Bjørnar
Norway squad – 2009 Women's European Championship
Norway squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup