Melissa Wiik

Lindy Melissa Løvbræk Wiik (born 7 February 1985) is a Norwegian footballer who plays for Urædd FK and the Norway national team.

Melissa Wiik
Personal information
Full name Lindy Melissa Løvbræk Wiik
Date of birth (1985-02-07) 7 February 1985
Place of birth Oslo, Norway
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Urædd FK
Number 10
Youth career
1999–2000 Slemmestad IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2008 Asker 83 (61)
2009 Stabæk 21 (18)
2010–2011 VfL Wolfsburg 20 (10)
2011–2015 Stabæk 58 (15)
2016– Urædd FK 22 (5)
International career‡
2004–2012 Norway 63 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:14, 27 August 2016 (UTC)

Career

Asker played in the elite Toppserien league in Norway, and Wiik was the league's top scorer of the 2007 season, with 22 goals from 22 matches.[1] At the start of 2009 Wiik with most of the other Asker players joined the newly formed Stabæk Fotball Kvinner, continuing in the Toppserien. In January 2010 Wiik signed to play for the German club VfL Wolfsburg, and scored her first three goals for her new club at an indoor tournament on 23 January with over 4000 spectators.[2]

In 2011 Wiik returned to Stabæk FK. In early May she suffered a damaged anterior cruciate ligament, surgery followed in June. Her goal to recover quickly materialized with her in Football training by early October.[3]

Career statistics

Statistics accurate as of match played 10 August 2013

Club Season Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2003 Asker Toppserien 13211143
2004 1611341915
2005 1811562317
2007 2022002022
2008 1615001615
2009 Stabæk 2118002118
2009–10 Wolfsburg Bundesliga 11700117
2010–11 9311104
2011 Stabæk Toppserien 731285
2012 411051
2013 18352235
2014 12333156
2015 17532207
2016 Urædd 22520245
Career Total 2041092521229130

International career

She is a member of the Norway national team.[4] She was named on 9 June to the bronze medalist team Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China.[5] At the opening match on 6 August she scored Norway's second goal in the fourth minute, which ended Norway 2 – USA 0.

International goals
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 March 2005Lagos, Portugal China2–12–12005 Algarve Cup
2.7 March 2007Faro, Portugal Germany2–12–12007 Algarve Cup
3.14 March 2007Lagoa, Portugal Finland1–02–0
4.17 June 2007Ramat Gan, Israel Israel3–03–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
5.21 June 2007Lillestrøm, Norway Austria2–03–0
6.27 October 2007Stavanger, Norway Russia1–03–0
7.7 March 2008Albufeira, Portugal China3–13–12008 Algarve Cup
8.12 March 2008Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal Germany1–02–0
9.3 May 2008Kristiansand, Norway Israel1–07–0UEFA Women's Euro 2009 qualifying
10.3–0
11.7 May 2008Stavanger, Norway Poland3–03–0
12.6 August 2008Qinhuangdao, China United States2–02–02008 Summer Olympics
13.9 AUgust 2008 New Zealand1–01–0
14.24 March 2010Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal Sweden1–02–22010 Algarve Cup

Personal life

She has a relationship with Péter Kovács.[6]

Honours

Club
Stabæk

Individual

References
  1. "Profile at club site". Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
  2. Hallen Cup results
  3. http://www.womensfootball.eu/forum/index.php/topic,6556.msg60435.html#msg60435 Better news from Melissa Wiik
  4. National team statistics
  5. Drømmen gikk i oppfyllelse
  6. Dale, Richard Sveaas (23 April 2008). "Mål-Wiik har fått måltips". Budstikka (in Norwegian).


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