Career
She played as a forward for Toppserien club Illinois Sandviken and the Norway women"s national football team During her football career Stendal also worked in a bank. She trained as a nurse when injury brought about her premature retirement from football.
Stendal had injured her knee in a match against the United States a month after the Euro 1987 final.
After making her comeback, she broke her leg in a 1991 Norwegian Women"s Cup match against Trondheims-Ørn and was forced to retire.
