Dagny Mellgren

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]

Dagny Mellgren
Personal information
Full name Dagny Mellgren Haugland[1]
Birth name Dagny Mellgren[2]
Date of birth (1978-06-19) 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 Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Klepp IL 27 (15)
1999–2000 Arna-Bjørnar 43 (16)
2001–2003 Boston Breakers 59 (36)
2004–2005 Klepp IL 29 (1)
Total 158 (68)
International career
1996–1997 Norway U20 4 (0)
1998 Norway U21 4 (2)
1999–2005 Norway 95 (49)
Medal record
Women's football
Representing  Norway
Summer Olympics
Gold medal – first place2000 SydneyTeam
UEFA Women's Championship
Runner-up2005 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

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

References

  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
  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.
  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.
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