Personal information | |||
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Full name | Justine Kvaleng Kielland | ||
Date of birth | 21 November 2002 | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brann | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2015 | Fossum | ||
2016–2018 | Stabæk | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2023 | Stabæk | 80 | (4) |
2023– | Brann | 10 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2020 | Norway U18 | 1 | (0) |
2022–2023 | Norway U23 | 8 | (1) |
2024– | Norway | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 February 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 February 2024 |
Justine Kvaleng Kielland (born 21 November 2002) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brann.
Kielland hails from Bærum and started her youth career in Fossum IF before going on to the largest club in the area, Stabæk. [1] She made a breakthrough for Stabæk in the 2020 First Division, and was a key player from the 2021 Toppserien onward. After finishing school at the Norwegian School of Elite Sport in 2021, she started a higher education in Oslo to be able to remain in Stabæk. [2] [3]
She was bought by SK Brann Kvinner in the summer of 2023 on a 3,5 year contract. Not having turned 21 years old, she amassed 80 league matches for Stabæk. [4] During Brann's successful 2023–24 Champions League run, Kielland scored against Glasgow in the qualifying rounds [5] as well as an equalizer against St. Pölten during the group stage. [6]
In October 2023, Kielland was called up for Norway for the first time. [7] She remained unused then, but not long after, she made her full international debut against Croatia, being substituted in at half time. [8]
While at Stabæk, she entered a relationship with men's player Oliver Valaker Edvardsen. [9]
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