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| Full name | Ada Martine Stolsmo Hegerberg[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1995-07-10)10 July 1995 (age 30) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Molde, Norway | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Sunndal | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Kolbotn | 31 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Stabæk | 18 | (25) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Turbine Potsdam | 25 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014– | Lyon | 173 | (176) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Norway U15 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Norway U16 | 8 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Norway U17 | 5 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Norway U19 | 12 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | Norway U20 | 9 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011– | Norway | 95 | (51) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 7 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 28 October 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
Ada Martine Stolsmo Hegerberg (born 10 July 1995) is a Norwegian professionalfootballer who plays as astriker for thePremière Ligue clubLyon andcaptains theNorway national team. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest strikers of all time and one of the best female footballers in the world.[2][3]
Hegerberg has representedNorway at the youth international level, and made her debut for the senior team in 2011. In 2013, she was a part of the silver medalist team at the2013 UEFA European Championship. She was on team Norway at the2015 FIFA World Cup, the2017 UEFA European Championship and the2022 UEFA European Championship.
Hegerberg was awarded the 2016UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award on 25 August 2016, and in 2017 and 2019 was namedBBC Women's Footballer of the Year. In 2018 she was the first-ever recipient of theBallon d'Or Féminin. She holds the record for most goals in aUEFA Women's Champions League season (15), and is currently the all-time highest goalscorer inUEFA Women's Champions League (66).
Hegerberg was born inMolde,[4] but grew up inSunndalsøra where she played forSunndal Fotball along with her older sisterAndrine.[5] In 2007, their family moved toKolbotn, where the sisters later joinedKolbotn IL.[6]
She made her debut for Kolbotn in 2010.[7] On 6 August 2011, she scored three goals in seven minutes asRøa were beaten 4–1, with Andrine scoring the last goal. Aged 16, this made her the youngest player ever to have scored ahat-trick inToppserien.[8] While still 16 years old, she finished asKolbotn's top scorer in the2011 Toppserien season[7] and was voted as the league's Young Player of the Year.[9]
Ahead of the 2012 season, both Hegerberg sisters joinedStabæk.[10] During a match againstFart in May 2012, she scored five goals during the first half of Stabæk's 8–2 win. At this stage the sisters were considered to be two of the biggest talents in Norwegian women's football,[11] and Ada won theStatoil "Talent of the Month" award for the second time in May 2012.[12] She became top goalscorer in the2012 Toppserien with 25 goals in 18 matches.[7] She also contributed two goals in the semi-final of the2012 Norwegian Women's Cup, whenAmazon Grimstad were beaten 3–0.[13] Stabæk's 4–0 final victory over Røa saw Hegerberg score a hat-trick.[14]
In 2013, she and her sister signed contracts with the German side1. FFC Turbine Potsdam until 30 June 2014, where they became teammates of their countrywomanMaren Mjelde.[15] Hegerberg scored in herBundesliga debut whenSC Freiburg was beaten 3–1.[16] In their first season in Germany, the Hegerbergs and Turbine finished second in both the2012–13 Bundesliga and the2012–13 DFB-Pokal.[17]
In the summer of 2014, she transferred toLyon.[18] Hegerberg had a very successful first season in France. She scored 26 goals in 22 league games, leading Lyon to a ninth consecutiveDivision 1 Féminine title. In theCoupe de France Féminine Final, Hegerberg scored the tying goal in the 47th minute, eventually culminating in a 2–1 victory over Montpellier.[19]
2015–16 season
Hegerberg returned to Lyon for the 2015–16 campaign. On 27 September, she scored a hat-trick in Lyon's 5–0 victory against rival PSG. Hegerberg became the first player to score a hat-trick against PSG since Julie Morel in October 2008. In November, Hegerberg reached an agreement on a contract extension to stay with the club through the 2019 season. Lyon retained the league title for the tenth time in a row on 8 May 2016. Hegerberg finishing the season as the top scorer of the league with 33 goals in 21 appearances. One week later, Hegerberg secured theCoupe de France with Lyon. InUEFA Women's Champions League action, Lyon went on to win the competition behind Hegerberg's 13 goals in 9 matches, to complete atreble.
Ballon d'Or
On 3 December 2018, Hegerberg became the first ever winner of theBallon d'Or Féminin. There was controversy during the ceremony, however, as the host, DJMartin Solveig, asked Hegerberg upon receiving the award if she wanted to dance in celebration and "knew how totwerk", who in turn responded "no". His comments were criticised as sexist in the media; he later apologised for his remark. Regarding the incident, Hegerberg later commented: "He came to me afterwards and was really sad that it went that way. I didn’t really consider it sexual harassment or anything in the moment. I was just happy to do the dance and win the Ballon d’Or." Concerning her award, she also added: "It’s incredible. This is a great motivation to continue working hard and we will continue to work together to win more titles. I wanted to end with some words for young girls around the world: believe in yourselves."[20] In a later interview, she said, "I know the importance of having role models to look up at," and called the decision ofFrance Football to have a Ballon d'Or for women "a huge step forward".[21]
2018–19 season
Head to head withParis Saint-Germain all season long, Lyon crushed their rivals 5–0 on 13 April 2019, with a goal and an assist for Hegerberg, a major individual performance. Lyon secured the title ten days later. After scoring the only goal of theCoupe de France semi-final againstGrenoble Foot 38, Hegerberg was involved in two of the three goals in the final againstLille OSC, winning yet another competition.
On 18 May 2019, Hegerberg delivered a Player of the Match performance in the2019 UEFA Women's Champions League Final. With a hat-trick in just 16 minutes, she became the first player to score three goals in aUWCL final. Lyon completed the treble againstBarcelona with a 4–1 victory,[22] winning a fourthUWCL trophy in a row, a unique performance in modern football. By the end of the season, Hegerberg had won 13 out of 15 trophies possible in her stay with Lyon.
Injury
On 30 October 2019, she became theUEFA Women's Champions League all-time top scorer, after scoring her 53rd goal in her 50th appearance.[23]
Hegerberg sustained an injury before Lyon were due to playStade de Reims on 26 January 2020. It was later confirmed via an MRI scan that she had ruptured her anterior cruciate ligament.[24] On 28 January, the club announced that she would miss at least the remainder of the season.[25] In the wake of the COVID-19 breakthrough, the season was stopped only a few weeks after.
On 18 December 2020, she signed a contract extension with Lyon keeping her at the club through June 2024.[26] It was said in a later press release from the club that Hegerberg would not be available before the start of the 2021–22 season.
Comeback
On 5 October 2021, Hegerberg made her Lyon comeback after 21 months on the sideline, playing the final 12 minutes in Lyon's 3–0 win overBK Häcken in the opening match of theUEFA Champions League group stage.[27] She scored her first goals post-injury on 14 November 2021, with a brace against arch-rival Paris Saint-Germain, in one of the biggest games inwomen's football.
In April 2022, she was instrumental in the qualification of her team to thefinal of the Champions League, being credited with an assist in a 3–2 victory at home against Paris Saint-Germain, and scoring the opening goal in a 2–1 win away, in a national record 43,000 fans at theParc des Princes.[28] In the final, she scored a goal and had an assist in a 3–1 win over Barcelona,[29] to win her sixth title in the competition.
On 17 April 2024, Hegerberg extended her contract with Lyon until the summer of 2027.[30]
At the age of 15, Hegerberg was on team Norway under-19 that played at the2011 UEFA U-19 Championship.[31] She was also included in the squad for the final tournament, where Norway reached the final.[5] Hegerberg was a member of the Norwegian team that reached the quarter-finals at the2012 FIFA U-20 World Cup. She and Andrine scored the goals in a 2–1 win overCanada in the group stage.[32]
She made her senior debut forNorway as a substitute in a 3–1 defeat toNorthern Ireland inLurgan on 19 November 2011.[9]
Hegerberg made her championship debut on team Norway that played at the2013 UEFA European Championship; a 1–1 draw withIceland on 11 July 2013.[33] She scored her first goal in the tournament asSpain were defeated 3–1 in the quarter-final[34] and played the entire 90 minutes as Norway lost thefinal 1–0 toGermany.[35]
Hegerberg was on team Norway at the2015 World Cup.[36] She scored three goals in three group stage games, highlighted by a two-goal performance in Norway 3–1 overIvory Coast.[37] Hegerberg was nominated for the Best Young Player Award for her efforts.[38]
In January 2016, Hegerberg was awarded the 2015 Norwegian Gold Ball, given to the best footballer in Norway. The previous time it was awarded to a woman was 20 years earlier.
Protest
In the summer of 2017, Hegerberg decided to stop representing the national team as a form of protest due to a dispute with theNFF about how they treatwomen's football.[39] Despite some improvements including the doubling of the remuneration pot for women, Hegerberg felt there was "still a long way to go" so has continued to refuse to be called up and missed the2019 World Cup.[40] She described her time with the national team "deeply depressing", giving her "nightmares", and leaving her "mentally broken".[41]
Return
In March 2022, Hegerberg ended her five year exile from the national team.[42] On her first game back on 7 April, Hegerberg scored a hat-trick in a 5–1 win againstKosovo in the2023 World Cup qualification.[43] A large influence in Hegerberg's decision to return to national play was the appointment of new NFF presidentLise Klaveness, with whom Hegerberg spoke in depth about the vision of women's football moving forward.[44][45]
On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for theWorld Cup 2023.[46] In the match againstSwitzerland she was in the starting lineup, but suffered a groin injury during warm-up sprints, and exited the field before the match began.[47] She returned two games later, coming on as a 74th minute substitute forCaroline Graham Hansen in the Round of 16 againstJapan, but the game was lost 3–1.[48]
On 16 June 2025, Hegerberg was called up to the Norway squad for theUEFA Women's Euro 2025.[49]
In June 2019, Hegerberg marriedThomas Rogne.[50]
In May 2020, in an online interview withESPN, Hegerberg said that women's football would suffer due toCOVID-19 because it is the sport's "weakest link". "We're kind of at the stage where we're still in need of that help and when you see football as a whole and the men's football is struggling you can also imagine yourself how the women's football is affected of this." Hegerberg stressed not losing track of women's football, especially as positives have emerged in terms of support for the game: "We need to raise our voices obviously to keep the subject warm."[51]
Hegerberg is one of the most in-demand athletes in the world. After being awarded the Ballon d'Or in 2018, she became an ambassador for the watchmakerHublot, as well as the financial technology companyMastercard. During the summer of 2019, after attending events such as theUEFA Champions League Final and theFrench Open for her sponsor Mastercard, she became the global ambassador of theDanone Nations Cup, the biggest international tournament of U12, for both girls and boys. In the summer of 2020, after six years collaborating with sports equipment supplierPuma,Nike and herself announced a long-term partnership. The American giant immediately elevated Hegerberg in multiple marketing campaigns, reinforcing its will to support activism, Hegerberg being known as a gender equality and sustainability activist.
Hegerberg has had a massive media impact over the past years, widely considered as the number one spokesperson for her sport, given the numerous interviews she gave for women's football.
On 19 November 2020, the US-based streaming platform ESPN+ published a documentary about Hegerberg:My Name is Ada Hegerberg.[52][53]
Hegerberg has been named one of the most powerful women in sport by a number of media, including Sports Illustrated.[54]
| Club | Season | Division | League | National cup[a] | Continental[b] | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
| Kolbotn | 2010 | Toppserien | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 3 | ||
| 2011 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | 23 | 12 | ||||
| Stabæk | 2012 | Toppserien | 18 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 34 | |
| Total | 48 | 40 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 49 | |||
| Turbine Potsdam | 2012–13 | Bundesliga | 11 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | |
| 2013–14 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 9 | |||
| Total | 25 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 14 | |||
| Lyon | 2014–15 | Division 1 Féminine | 22 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 34 | |
| 2015–16 | 21 | 33 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 54 | |||
| 2016–17 | 22 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 27 | |||
| 2017–18 | 20 | 31 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 53 | |||
| 2018–19 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 33 | 29 | |||
| 2019–20 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 23 | |||
| 2020–21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 28 | 17 | |||
| 2022–23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | |||
| 2023–24 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 21 | |||
| 2024–25 | Première Ligue | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 22 | 7 | ||
| 2025–26 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | |||
| Total | 176 | 177 | 27 | 34 | 71 | 65 | 274 | 276 | |||
| Career total | 249 | 228 | 37 | 42 | 79 | 69 | 356 | 339 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | |||
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 13 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 11 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 16 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 13 | 12 | |
| 2017 | 11 | 3 | |
| —[a] | |||
| 2022 | 8 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | |
| Total | 95 | 51 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 March 2013 | Estádio Municipal Bela Vista,Parchal, Portugal |  Japan | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2013 Algarve Cup |
| 2 | 13 March 2013 | Municipal Stadium,Lagos, Portugal |  Sweden | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2013 Algarve Cup |
| 3 | 6 April 2013 | Colovray Sports Centre,Nyon, Switzerland |  Switzerland | 1–2 | 1–3 | Friendly |
| 4 | 1 June 2013 | Linköping Arena,Linköping, Sweden | Sweden | 1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 5 | 22 July 2013 | Guldfågeln Arena,Kalmar, Sweden |  Spain | 3–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2013 |
| 6 | 14 January 2014 | La Manga Club Football Stadium,La Manga, Spain | Spain | 2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 7 | 13 February 2014 | Komotini Municipal Stadium,Komotini, Greece |  Greece | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 8 | 10 April 2014 | Den Dreef,Leuven, Belgium |  Belgium | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 9 | 14 June 2014 | Brann Stadion,Bergen, Norway | Greece | 1–0 | 6–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 10 | 13 September 2014 | Niko Dovana Stadium,Durrës, Albania |  Albania | 5–0 | 11–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 11 | 6–0 | |||||
| 12 | 27 November 2014 | Randaberg Stadion,Randaberg, Norway |  New Zealand | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 13 | 15 January 2015 | La Manga Club Football Stadium, La Manga, Spain |  Republic of Ireland | 1–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
| 14 | 2–1 | |||||
| 15 | 4 March 2015 | VRSA Sports Complex,Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal |  United States | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2015 Algarve Cup |
| 16 | 23 May 2015 | Stayen,Sint-Truiden, Belgium | Belgium | 2–2 | 2–3 | Friendly |
| 17 | 7 June 2015 | TD Place Stadium,Ottawa, Canada |  Thailand | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 18 | 15 June 2015 | Croix-Bleue Medavie Stadium,Moncton, Canada |  Ivory Coast | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 19 | 2–0 | |||||
| 20 | 17 September 2015 | Firhill Stadium,Glasgow, Scotland |  Scotland | 2–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 21 | 22 September 2015 | Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium,Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan |  Kazakhstan | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2017 UEFA Women's Euro qualification |
| 22 | 2–0 | |||||
| 23 | 23 October 2015 | Color Line Stadion,Ålesund, Norway |  Wales | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2017 UEFA Women's Euro qualification |
| 24 | 22 January 2016 | La Manga Club Football Stadium, La Manga, Spain |  Romania | 4–0 | 6–0 | Friendly |
| 25 | 5–0 | |||||
| 26 | 5 March 2016 | Sparta Stadion Het Kasteel,Rotterdam, Netherlands |  Netherlands | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| 27 | 4–1 | |||||
| 28 | 6 April 2016 | Ramat Gan Stadium,Ramat Gan, Israel |  Israel | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2017 UEFA Women's Euro qualification |
| 29 | 7 June 2016 | Newport Stadium,Newport, Wales | Wales | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2017 UEFA Women's Euro qualification |
| 30 | 2–0 | |||||
| 31 | 15 September 2016 | Aker Stadion,Molde, Norway | Kazakhstan | 1–0 | 10–0 | 2017 UEFA Women's Euro qualification |
| 32 | 19 September 2016 | Høddvoll Stadion,Ulsteinvik, Norway | Israel | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2017 UEFA Women's Euro qualification |
| 33 | 2–0 | |||||
| 34 | 3–0 | |||||
| 35 | 29 November 2016 | Stadion an der Gellertstraße,Chemnitz, Germany |  Germany | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 36 | 22 January 2017 | La Manga Club Football Stadium, La Manga, Spain |  England | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 37 | 1 March 2017 | Estádio Municipal Bela Vista,Parchal, Portugal |  Iceland | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2017 Algarve Cup |
| 38 | 10 April 2017 | Skagerak Arena,Skien, Norway | Switzerland | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 39 | 7 April 2022 | Sandefjord Arena,Sandefjord, Norway |  Kosovo | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification |
| 40 | 2–0 | |||||
| 41 | 4–1 | |||||
| 42 | 25 June 2022 | Ullevaal Stadion,Oslo, Norway | New Zealand | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 43 | 6 April 2023 | Estadi Municipal de Can Misses,Ibiza, Spain | Spain | 1–1 | 2–4 | Friendly |
| 44 | 1 December 2023 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway |  Portugal | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League |
| 45 | 2–0 | |||||
| 46 | 3–0 | |||||
| 47 | 23 February 2024 | Opus Arena,Osijek, Croatia |  Croatia | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-offs |
| 48 | 25 October 2024 | Loro Boriçi Stadium,Shkodër, Albania | Albania | 4–0 | 5–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs |
| 49 | 29 October 2024 | Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | Albania | 3–0 | 9–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs |
| 50 | 2 July 2025 | St. Jakob-Park,Basel, Switzerland | Switzerland | 1–1 | 2–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 |
| 51 | 16 July 2025 | Stade de Genève,Geneva, Switzerland |  Italy | 1–1 | 1–2 | UEFA Women's Euro 2025 |
Stabæk[58]
Lyon[58]
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