Guro Bergsvand Explained

Guro Bergsvand
Birth Date:3 March 1994
Birth Place:Oslo, Norway
Height:1.75 m
Position:Defender
Currentclub:Brighton & Hove Albion
Clubnumber:5
Youthclubs1:Heming[1]
Youthclubs2:Lyn
Collegeyears1:2014–2017
College1:California Golden Bears[2]
Collegecaps1:45
Collegegoals1:4
Years1:2011–2013
Clubs1:Lyn
Years2:2014
Clubs2:Stabæk
Caps2:6
Goals2:0
Years3:2015–2017
Clubs3:Lyn
Caps3:11
Goals3:3
Years4:2018–2019
Clubs4:Stabæk
Caps4:46
Goals4:1
Years5:2020–2023
Clubs5:Brann
Caps5:53
Goals5:9
Years6:2023–
Clubs6:Brighton & Hove Albion
Caps6:32
Goals6:1
Nationalyears1:2010
Nationalteam1:Norway U16
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0
Nationalyears2:2012–2013
Nationalteam2:Norway U19
Nationalcaps2:16
Nationalgoals2:0
Nationalyears3:2019
Nationalteam3:Norway U23
Nationalcaps3:3
Nationalgoals3:0
Nationalyears4:2021–
Nationalteam4:Norway
Nationalcaps4:31
Nationalgoals4:4
Pcupdate:18 May 2024
Ntupdate:13 July 2024

Guro Bergsvand (born 3 March 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a defender for English Women's Super League club Brighton & Hove Albion and the Norway women's national team.[3] She got her debut at the national team at the age of 27, and she scored in her first match. After the 2021 season in Toppserien, she was named the players' role model of the year. The jury said that she, among others, was an inspiration for all young players that meet adversity, doubt themselves and need evidence for what might seem impossible, is actually possible.[4]

Club career

Bergsvand started playing football for Heming, before she changed to Lyn at a young age.[5] She was part of the team that took Lyn from division three to the first divisjon, and she became the captain of the team.[6] Before the 2014 season, she went to Stabæk, where she played six matches during the spring in Toppserien,[7] before she moved to the USA to play football for California Golden Bears at the University of California, Berkeley.[8] The summer of 2015, she played a few matches for Lyn in 1.divisjon before she returned to USA.

In USA, she tore both her meniscus and one of the cruciate ligaments in the knee after she twisted it. The first time she was back again, she fell and fractured her kneecap. The injuries prevented her from playing the rest of that season in 2015, and the following season.

In 2017, she had again a short stay in Lyn in the first division and she finished her college studies.

After returning to Norway, she signed for Stabæk in 2018.[9] After just half of the season, one of the ligaments in the same knee that was previously injured, ruptured. She managed to get back from this injury as well and played the remaining 13 matches in Toppserien and one match in the Norwegian Women's Cup for Stabæk.[10] The Summer of 2019, Sandviken wanted to sign her, but she said no since it didn't feel right to leave Stabæk, which at that point was at the bottom of the league. Røa, Vålrenga and Kolbotn were all also among clubs that wanted to sign her.[11]

After it became clear that Stabæk would be relegated, it became official that Bergsvand left the club and signed for Sandviken.[12] She was in 2021 part of the team who won Toppserien for the first time in Sandviken's history. After the season, NTB, Norske Fotballkvinner and Sportkollektivet all placed her on the team of the season.[13] [14] [15] She extended the contract with Sandviken, who changed name to Brann, after the 2021 season.[16]

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 5 January 2023, Bergsvand signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with Brighton & Hove Albion.[17]

International career

She has played matches for U16, U19, U23, and the national team.[18] For the U-19 team, she played in the three group matches of the 2013 European Women's U-19 Football Championship .

The first time she was part of the national team was at the age of 27 in September 2021. She got her debut against Armenia, 16 September 2021, and she also scored the first goal of the match in her debut.[19] [20] At the 2022 Algarve Cup, she was used in all games involving Norway. She was also used in all three preliminary round matches at the 2022 European Championship, coming on as a substitute twice and starting once. As in third place in the group, the Norwegians were eliminated after the group matches, just like in 2017. Qualified on September 2, 2022, she and her team defeated Belgium 1-0 in the decisive game to win the group for the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.[21]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway202163
2022131
202370
202450
Total314

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 16 September 2021 1–0 10–0 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
2. 26 October 2021 1–0 4–0
3. 30 November 2021 8–0 10–0
4. 25 June 2022 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway 2–0 2–0 Friendly

Honours

Sandviken

Individual

Personal life

Guro Bergsvand is the daughter of the retired football player Jo Bergsvand.

She has a degree in Media studies from the University of California, Berkeley.[22] In addition to being a football player, she also works as a marketing consultant.[23] She says that she needs to do something outside just playing football, otherwise she would get bored.

Notes and References

  1. News: To lokale på kretslagssamling. 11 March 2009. Aftenposten Aften. 10. no.
  2. Web site: 7 Guro Bergsvand. California Golden Bears. 16 September 2021.
  3. Web site: Fotballforbund . Norges . Guro Bergsvand - Profil . 2022-05-19 . fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund . no.
  4. Web site: 2021-12-15 . Den lange veien til "årets spillerforbilde": - Vet ikke om jeg klarer mer . 2022-05-19 . Toppserien . nb-NO.
  5. Web site: Haaland . Bernt-Erik . 2020-02-27 . (+) Pappa er Vålerenga-legende, men Guro vil vinne gull i Bergen . 2022-05-19 . Bergensavisen . no.
  6. Web site: Jacobsen . Arild . 2013-05-12 . Bergsvand jublet for Lyn . dead . 2022-02-15 . Nordre Aker Budstikke . no . 2021-05-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508100951/https://nab.no/bergsvand-jublet-for-lyn/19.10081 .
  7. Web site: Guro Bergsvand . 2022-05-19 . Stabæk . 2 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230502153138/https://www.stabak.no/lag/kvinner/laget/spillerarkiv/guro-bergsvand . dead .
  8. Web site: Guro Bergsvand - Women's Soccer . 2022-05-19 . California Golden Bears Athletics . en.
  9. Web site: Bergsvand Signs With Stabaek . 2022-05-19 . California Golden Bears Athletics . en.
  10. Web site: Fotballforbund . Norges . Toppserien 2019 - Terminliste . 2022-05-19 . fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund . no.
  11. Web site: Bergersen . Tormod . 2019-08-14 . Sandviken fikk nei i midtstopper-jakten . 2022-05-19 . Bergensavisen . no.
  12. Web site: Holmlund . Tor Bjørnar . 2019-11-27 . Rykket ned, forlater Stabæk . 2022-05-19 . www.budstikka.no . no .
  13. Web site: 2021-12-02 . Her er Årets lag på NTB-børsen! . 2022-05-19 . Toppserien . nb-NO.
  14. Web site: ALarsen . KristianMoe . 2021-11-15 . Årets lag i Toppserien 2021 . 2022-05-19 . Norske Fotballkvinner . nb-NO . 26 May 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220526145849/https://www.nfkvinner.no/2021/11/arets-lag-i-toppserien-2021/ . dead .
  15. Web site: av . Skrevet . oss! . reas Kristoffer Berge 01 12 2021 17:36-OPPDATERT 03 12 2021 16:40 Tips oss 40833313 Tips . 2021-12-01 . Årets lag i Toppserien 2021 . 2022-05-19 . Sportskollektivet . no.
  16. Web site: 2021-09-29 . Stor jubel i Sandviken. Guro Bergsvand forlenger sin kontrakt med oss. . 2022-05-19 . Sandviken Toppfotball . nb-NO . 2022-05-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220518170239/https://sandvikentoppfotball.no/nyheter/stor-jubel-i-sandviken-guro-bergsvand-forlenger-sin-kontrakt-med-oss/ . dead .
  17. Web site: Guro Bergsvand signs for Albion . www.brightonandhovealbion.com.
  18. Web site: AS . TV 2 . 2021-09-15 . På vei mot seriegull og debut for landslaget: - So far, so good . 2022-05-19 . TV 2 . no.
  19. Web site: Austerheim . Daniel . 2021-09-25 . Sandvikens Guro Bergsvand om landslaget: - Trodde jeg var for gammel . 2022-05-19 . Nettavisen . no.
  20. Web site: NTB . 2021-09-16 . Bergsvand passerte faren med pangdebut . 2022-05-19 . Nettavisen . no.
  21. Web site: updated . Jessy Parker Humphreys last . 2023-06-06 . Norway Women's World Cup 2023 squad: full 23-player team . 2023-06-20 . fourfourtwo.com . en.
  22. Web site: Guro Bergsvand er med videre . 2022-05-19 . Stabæk . 16 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220216011051/https://www.stabak.no/lag/kvinner/nyheter/ts19-guro-bergsvand-med-videre . dead .
  23. Web site: 2020-03-03 . Bli kjent med Guro! . 2022-05-19 . Sandviken Toppfotball . nb-NO .