Astrid Johannessen

Education

She was understudy to Bente Nordby on the Norwegian team that hosted Union of European Football Associations Women"s Euro 1997 and then finished fourth at the 1999 Fédération internationale de football association Women"s World Cup in the United States.

Career

She signed for professional English club Fulham in August 2001, agreeing to join in an initial loan deal after the 2001 Norwegian season. In August 2010 Johannessen kept goal for Amazon Grimstad in their 4–1 Cup quarter-final defeat by Røa Illinois.

Achievements

• Johannessen won the Toppserien league with her club Asker in 1998 and 1999. Fulham won the treble in season 2002-2003, but Johannessen and several other players then left when the women"s team lost its professional status.