Dagny Mellgren

Dagny Mellgren
Personal information
Full name	Dagny Mellgren Haugland[1]
Birth name	Dagny Mellgren[2]
Date of birth	19 June 1978
Place of birth	Stavanger, Norway
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[3]
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
0000–1996	Ålgård FK
1996–1997	Klepp IL
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–1998	Klepp IL
1999–2000	Arna-Bjørnar
2001–2003	Boston Breakers
2004–2005	Klepp IL
Total
International career
1996–1997	Norway U20
1998	Norway U21
1999–2005	Norway
Medal record
Women's football
Representing Norway
Summer Olympics
UEFA Women's Championship
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dagny Mellgren Haugland (née Mellgren; born 19 June 1978) from Ålgård is a former Norwegian footballer.[4] She retired in December 2005 while playing for Klepp.[5] She has also played for Boston Breakers, in the WUSA.[4] She scored the golden goal in the final against the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics,[4][6] winning the gold medal for Norway. She retired from football in December 2005.[7]

Personal life

Mellgren and her partner Gert Haugland had a child in September 2006.[7]

References

Dagny Mellgren at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
"Dagny Mellgren". Women's United Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 6 March 2004. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
Dagny Mellgren at Olympedia
"Dagny Mellgren". Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
"Mellgren legger opp – VG Nett om Kvinnefotball". 21 December 2005. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
Lewis, Samantha (28 September 2020). "Julie Foudy remembers USWNT's Sydney 2000 Gold Medal match: 'I can't even watch that game again'". ESPN. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
"Fotballhelt fikk gullgutt" [Football hero got a golden boy]. Seher (in Norwegian). 20 September 2005. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

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[1] Dagny Mellgren at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)

[2] "Dagny Mellgren". Women's United Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 6 March 2004. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

[3] Dagny Mellgren at Olympedia

[snl-4] "Dagny Mellgren". Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 May 2009.

[5] "Mellgren legger opp – VG Nett om Kvinnefotball". 21 December 2005. Retrieved 29 May 2009.

[6] Lewis, Samantha (28 September 2020). "Julie Foudy remembers USWNT's Sydney 2000 Gold Medal match: 'I can't even watch that game again'". ESPN. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[Seher-7] "Fotballhelt fikk gullgutt" [Football hero got a golden boy]. Seher (in Norwegian). 20 September 2005. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.