Runa Vikestad

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Runa Vikestad
Personal information
Full name	Runa Vikestad
Date of birth	(1984-08-13) 13 August 1984
Place of birth	Finnsnes, Norway
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2001–2005	Fløya
2006–2007	Fortuna Hjørring
2007–	Kolbotn
National team
2008–	Norway	15	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Runa Vikestad (born 13 August 1984 in Finnsnes) is a Norwegian football defender, currently playing for Kolbotn Fotball in the Toppserien. She has also played for IF Fløya and Denmark's Fortuna Hjørring.^[1]

From the age of 5 to 16 Vikestad played in boy's football teams at her home in Senja. She was with Fløya when the club gained promotion to the Toppserien in 2002, and the club then finished in 5th place in 2003 and 3rd in 2004 and 2005. In 2006 she moved to Denmark and became a league champion with Fortuna Hjørring. Back in Norway in 2007 with Kolbotn she won the Norwegian Cup, and has captained the club since 2010.

She has been a member of the Norwegian national team on and off since 2004, taking part in the 2009 European Championship^[2] and the 2011 World Cup.^[3] She previously played the 2003 U-19 Euro, where Norway reached the final.^[4] Vikestad made her debut for Norway in 2008 and has of November 2012 been capped 15 times, scoring one goal.^[5]

References

↑ Profile in the Norwegian Football Association's website
↑ Profile in UEFA's 2009 Euro archive
↑ Profile in FIFA.com's 2011 WC section
↑ Third time lucky for France. UEFA
↑ "Runa Vikestad's profil". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 5 November 2012.

v t e Norway squad – 2009 Women's European Championship

1 Hjelmseth 2 Akerhaugen 3 Lund 4 Stensland 5 Giske 6 Huse 7 Rønning 8 S. Gulbrandsen 9 Herlovsen 10 Wiik 11 Larsen Kaurin 12 Knutsen 13 Colombo Nilsen 14 Sandvei 15 Gardsjord 16 Thorsnes 17 Mjelde 18 Vikestad 19 Isaksen 20 Lie 21 Storløkken 22 Pedersen Coach: Berntsen

v t e Norway squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Hjelmseth 2 Berge 3 Mjelde 4 Stensland 5 Lund 6 Hegland 7 Rønning 8 Vikestad 9 Herlovsen 10 Pedersen 11 Kaurin 12 Skarbø 13 Giske 14 Ims 15 Gardsjord 16 Thorsnes 17 Mykjåland 18 Knutsen 19 Haavi 20 Ryland 21 Knutsen Coach: Landsem

Persondata
Name	Vikestad, Runa
Alternative names
Short description	Footballer
Date of birth	13 August 1984
Place of birth	Finnsnes, Norway
Date of death
Place of death

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