Ragnhild Gulbrandsen

Ragnhild Øren Gulbrandsen (born 22 February 1977) is a Norwegian journalist and former football striker from the city of Trondheim who retired from football at the end of 2007. Most of her playing career was spent with Trondheims-Ørn (Trondheim Eagles) women's football club, with whom she won the Norwegian elite league, the Toppserien, three times and the Cup four times, and was the club's top scorer in 1997, 2000 and 2001. As of April 2012, Gulbrandsen's 141 Toppserien goals made her third in the all-time goalscorer statistics.

In 2000 Gulbrandsen played in the Norway team which won gold at the Sydney Olympics, scoring Norway's second goal in the 3–2 final win against the USA. She played as a professional in the US with Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) club Boston Breakers in 2002 and 2003.

At the end of 2005 Gulbrandsen moved to Oslo to work as a journalist, and considered retiring from football. But she joined Asker women's football club, and in the 2006 season when Asker won the Division 1 title, she twice scored six goals in a match. She last played for Asker SK and the Norway national football team.

At the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 tournament in China in 2007, Gulbrandsen scored six goals for Norway and won the Tournament's Bronze Shoe award as the third top scorer behind Marta of Brazil and Abby Wambach of the US. Her international career, which was interrupted several times by injury, included 97 appearances for Norway at all levels, with 38 goals. She later found employment as a journalist for Budstikka.

Ragnhild's father Odd Gulbrandsen played professional football for Rosenborg BK. She is not related to the contemporary Norwegian footballer Solveig Gulbrandsen.

International goals No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 17 June 1998 Ulefoss, Norway 1–0 3–2 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 2. 3–1 3. 11 September 1999 Strusshamn, Norway 1–0 4–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2001 qualifying 4. 7 May 2000 Moss, Norway 4–0 5–0 5. 28 September 2000 Sydney, Australia 2–1 3–2 2000 Summer Olympics 6. 15 March 2001 Portimão, Portugal 1–0 1–0 2001 Algarve Cup 7. 17 March 2001 Quarteira, Portugal 1–0 4–3 8. 2–3 9. 3–3 10. 2 October 2004 Porsgrunn, Norway 1–0 2–0 UEFA Women's Euro 2005 qualifying 11. 10 November 2004 Reykjavík, Iceland 4–0 7–2 12. 5–0 13. 25 March 2006 Athens, Greece 1–0 3–0 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification 14. 3–0 15. 20 June 2006 Halden, Norway 1–0 4–0 16. 2–0 17. 23 September 2006 Rimini, Italy 1–0 2–1 18. 30 August 2007 Mainz, Germany 2–1 2–2 Friendly 19. 12 September 2007 Hangzhou, China 1–1 2–1 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 20. 15 September 2007 1–0 1–1 21. 20 September 2007 2–0 7–2 22. 5–0 23. 6–0 24. 30 September 2007 Shanghai, China 1–4 1–4