Dagny Mellgren

Dagny Mellgren

Personal information
Full name	Dagny Mellgren Haugland[1]
Birth name	Dagny Mellgren[2]
Date of birth	(1978-06-19) 19 June 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth	Stavanger, Norway
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[3]
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
0000–1996	Ålgård FK
1996–1997	Klepp IL
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1998	Klepp IL	27	(15)
1999–2000	Arna-Bjørnar	43	(16)
2001–2003	Boston Breakers	59	(36)
2004–2005	Klepp IL	29	(1)
Total		158	(68)
International career
1996–1997	Norway U20	4	(0)
1998	Norway U21	4	(2)
1999–2005	Norway	95	(49)
Medal record Women's football Representing  Norway Summer Olympics 2000 Sydney Team UEFA Women's Championship Runner-up 2005 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dagny Mellgren Haugland (née Mellgren; born 19 June 1978) from Ålgård is a former Norwegian footballer.^[4]

Career

She retired in December 2005 while playing for Klepp.^[5] She has also played for Boston Breakers, in the WUSA.^[4] She scored the golden goal in the final against the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics,^[4][6] winning the gold medal for Norway. She retired from football in December 2005.^[7]

Personal life

Mellgren and her partner Gert Haugland had a child in September 2006.^[7]

Career statistics

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Conpetition
1.	26 June 1999	Chicago, United States	Japan	4–0	4–0	1999 FIFA Women's World Cup
2.	12 March 2000	Lagoa, Portugal	Finland	2–0	2–0	2000 Algarve Cup
3.	16 March 2000	Portimão, Portugal	China	1–0	3–0
4.				2–0
5.				3–0
6.	4 June 2000	Moss, Norway	England	1–0	8–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying
7.				5–0
8.	17 September 2000	Canberra, Australia	Nigeria	1–0	3–1	2000 Summer Olympics
9.	28 September 2000	Sydney, Australia	United States	3–2	3–2 (a.e.t.)
10.	11 March 2001	Albufeira, Portugal	Finland	1–0	5–1	2001 Algarve Cup
11.				2–0
12.	25 June 2001	Ulm, Germany	France	3–0	3–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2001
13.	28 June 2001	Reutlingen, Germany	Italy	1–1	1–1
14.	8 September 2001	Lillestrøm, Norway	Ukraine	3–0	4–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
15.	11 September 2001	Kongsvinger, Norway	Czech Republic	1–0	5–0
16.	13 October 2001	Cannes, France	France	3–0	3–0
17.	1 March 2002	Albufeira, Portugal	England	1–0	3–1	2002 Algarve Cup
18.	3 March 2002	Ferreiras, Portugal	Sweden	1–0	3–3
19.	5 March 2002	Lagos, Portugal	United States	2–1	3–2
20.	9 May 2002	Halden, Norway	France	1–0	3–1	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
21.				2–1
22.				3–1
23.	23 January 2003	Yiwu, China	United States	1–1	1–3	2003 Four Nations Tournament
24.	26 January 2003	Wuhan, China	Germany	1–0	2–2
25.	14 March 2003	Olhão, Portugal	Sweden	1–0	1–1	2003 Algarve Cup
26.	18 March 2003	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	Canada	1–0	1–0
27.	20 March 2003	Quarteira, Portugal	France	1–0	1–0
28.	11 May 2003	Kristiansand, Norway	Belgium	3–0	6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
29.	20 September 2003	Philadelphia, United States	France	2–0	2–0	2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
30.	27 September 2003	Foxborough, United States	South Korea	2–0	7–1
31.				3–0
32.	16 November 2003	Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain	Spain	1–0	2–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
33.	10 November 2004	Reykjavík, Iceland	Iceland	2–0	7–2	UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying
34.	13 November 2004	Oslo, Norway	Iceland	1–0	2–1
35.				2–1
36.	12 June 2005	Preston, England	Italy	4–1	5–3	UEFA Women's Euro 2005
37.	19 June 2005	Blackburn, England	Germany	1–2	1–3
38.	27 August 2005	Lillestrøm, Norway	Ukraine	1–0	4–1	2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
39.				3–1

References

1. Dagny Mellgren at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
2. "Dagny Mellgren". Women's United Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 6 March 2004. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
3. Dagny Mellgren at Olympedia (archive)
4. "Dagny Mellgren". Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
5. "Mellgren legger opp – VG Nett om Kvinnefotball". 21 December 2005. Retrieved 29 May 2009.
6. Lewis, Samantha (28 September 2020). "Julie Foudy remembers USWNT's Sydney 2000 Gold Medal match: 'I can't even watch that game again'". ESPN. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
7. "Fotballhelt fikk gullgutt" [Football hero got a golden boy]. Seher (in Norwegian). 20 September 2005. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2023.