Bente Kvitland

Bente Kvitland

Personal information
Full name	Bente Kvitland
Date of birth	23 June 1974
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	Rissa IL
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1991–1994	Stadsbygd
1995–1997	Verdal
1998	Byåsen
1999–2004	Trondheims-Ørn	99	(3)
2005	Asker	18	(1)
National team^‡
1999–2002	Norway	37	(1)
Honours Women's football Representing  Norway Olympic Games 2000 Atlanta Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:38, 7 December 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17:38, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Bente Kvitland (born June 23, 1974) is a Norwegian former footballer who was an Olympic champion with the Norway women's national football team. She played club football in the Toppserien for Trondheims-Ørn and Asker.

Kvitland grew up in Skaugdalen, Rissa.^[1] In 1991 she began playing club football for Stadsbygd and spent three seasons with Verdal from 1995 until 1997.^[2] She played for Trondheims-Ørn from 1999 until 2004, winning the Toppserien and the Norwegian Women's Cup on three occasions each. After winning another Cup with Asker in 2005, Kvitland retired from football to focus on her employment as a prison officer (Norwegian: fengselsbetjent) in Oslo.^[3]

In October 1999 Kvitland made her senior national team debut—a 4–0 win in Portugal—but she had not been selected for Norway's 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squad.^[4] In Kvitland's fourth appearance she scored a free kick from 30 metres, the second goal in Norway's 3–0 2001 UEFA Women's Championship qualification win over England at Carrow Road on March 7, 2000.^[5]

She collected a total of 37 caps for Norway and was an alternate on the squad that won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.^[6] She played in Norway's UEFA Women's Euro 2001 campaign,^[7] which ended with a 1–0 semi-final defeat by hosts Germany in Ulm.

International appearances

As of 7 December 2014.

Norway national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1999	5	0
2000	12	1
2001	13	0
2002	11	0
Total	37	1

International goals

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first.

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Competition	Scored
1	7 March 2000	Carrow Road, Norwich	England	3–0	UEFA Euro 2001 Qual.	1

References

1. "Møteprotokoll" (PDF). Rissa Kommune (in Norwegian). 19 April 2012. p. 11. Retrieved 7 December 2014. Bente Kvitland vokste opp i Skaugdalen, Rissa. I løpet av karrieren spilte hun for Stadsbygd, Trondheims-Ørn og Asker.
2. "Blid og beskjeden" (in Norwegian). Adresseavisen. 29 September 2000. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
3. "Fotballen på hylla" (in Norwegian). Fosna-Folket. 6 January 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
4. "Norges VM-tropp" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 20 June 1999. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
5. Eidissen, Børje Klæboe (7 March 2000). "Jentene mot EM" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
6. "2000 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Soccer" (Retrieved on May 16, 2008)
7. Bohlin, Gøran (28 June 2001). "Forberedt på grisespill" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

External links

• Bente Kvitland – FIFA competition record
• Norwegian national team profile (Norwegian)
• Trondheims-Ørn club profile (Norwegian)