Melissa Bjånesøy is an America

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

n-born Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 football striker

Striker

Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...

, currently playing for IL Sandviken

IL Sandviken

IL Sandviken is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood Sandviken in Bergenhus borough, Bergen. It has sections for football and handball.The women's football team currently resides in the Toppserien, having played there since the 2004 season...

 in Norway's Toppserien. In the 2011 season

2011 Toppserien

The 2011 Toppserien is the twenty-fifth season of top-tier women's football in Norway since its establishment in 1987. A total of twelve teams contested the league, consisting of ten who competed the previous season and two promoted from the 1. divisjon...

 she helped Sandviken avoid relegation with 10 goals.

An Under-19 international

Norway women's national football team

The Norway women's national football team represents Norway in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, are former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams...

, she was the top scorer of the 2011 U-19 European Championship with 7 goals. She scored in all five games from the group stage to the final, which Norway lost 8-1 to Germany

Germany women's national football team

The German women's national football team represents Germany in international women's football and is directed by the German Football Association . The team – informally called West Germany in English – played its first international match in 1982...

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