Personal information | |||
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Place of birth | Norway | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | AaFK Fortuna | ||
Youth career | |||
–2019 | Clausenengen | ||
2019–2022 | Manchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Clausenengen | 16 | (15) |
2022 | Manchester United | 1 | (0) |
2022– | AaFK Fortuna | 16 | (6) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Karna Solskjær is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a forward for AaFK Fortuna.
Career and early life
Karna Solskjær is the daughter of Ole Gunnar Solskjær, both a former player and manager of Premier League club Manchester United.[1]
She started her youth career in Clausenengen FK before moving on to Manchester United U21's.[2] She made her youth international debut in 2021.[3]
She made her senior debut on 30 January 2022 in a 2021–22 Women's FA Cup match against Bridgwater United coming as a substitute for Ivana Fuso.[4][2]
On 9 March 2022, she played 61 minutes before coming off for Keira Barry as Manchester United Women Under-21s were crowned winners of the 2022 WSL Academy Cup following a 4–1 victory over Birmingham City in the final at St George’s Park.[5]
In 2022, Solskjær signed for Norwegian second tier club AaFK Fortuna.[6][7][8]
References
- ↑ Wilson, Charlie (2021-10-07). "Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's daughter scores four goals for Man United team". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
- 1 2 Magnussen, Jostein (30 January 2022). "Her debuterer Karna Solskjær for Manchester United". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ↑ Karna Solskjær at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ↑ A senior #MUWomen debut for Karna Solskjaer #WomensFACup Tweet from Manchester United Women, Retrieved on 30 January 2022
- ↑ Partington, Mikey (9 March 2022). "Birmingham City 1 United Women U21s 4". Manchester United F.C. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- ↑ "Karna Solskjær har signert proffkontrakt! - AaFK Fortuna". AaFK Fortuna (in Norwegian Bokmål). 16 September 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ↑ "Solskjær var ønsket tilbake til Manchester United. Nå har hun bestemt seg om fremtiden". rbnett.no.
- ↑ "Derfor ville Karna Solskjær hjem til Norge". tk.no.
External links
- Karna Solskjær at Soccerway