Ann Kristin Aarønes

Ann Kristin Aarønes
Born	(1973-01-19) January 19, 1973 Ålesund Municipality, Norway
Occupation	Football player (retired)
Years active	1990–2001
Known for	Leading scorer at 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup; member of Norway women's national football team

Ann Kristin Aarønes (born 19 January 1973) is a retired Norwegian football player. Throughout her career, she represented Spjelkavik IL, Trondheims-Ørn, the Norway national team, and later joined New York Power in the Women's United Soccer Association during its debut season in 2001.

Club career

During her tenure with Trondheims-Ørn from 1993 to 2000, Aarønes achieved notable success by winning six Norwegian Women's Cup trophies alongside five league titles in the Toppserien.

Prior to the launch of WUSA's first season in 2001, she was assigned to New York Power together with fellow Norwegian Gro Espeseth. Unfortunately, injuries restricted her participation to a single season, after which she retired from professional football.

International career

Aarønes made her international debut for the Norway women's national team in September 1990 at Old Trafford, playing to a goalless draw against England during the qualifiers for the 1991 UEFA Women's Championship.

Over the course of her international career spanning from 1990 until 1999, she earned 111 caps and netted 60 goals. She emerged as the leading scorer at the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, a tournament Norway ultimately won, highlighted by a hat-trick against Canada. Additionally, Aarønes contributed to Norway securing bronze at the inaugural women's football event at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. She was also part of the squad that claimed the European Championship title in 1993 following a runner-up finish in 1991. Her international appearances extended to UEFA Women's Euro 1997 and the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup, where she was selected for the All-Star team despite Norway not retaining their championship.

International goals

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No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	23 May 1992	Modum, Norway		6–0	6–0	UEFA Women's Euro 1993 qualifying
2.	26 September 1992	Kolbotn, Norway		1–0	8–0
3.				5–0
4.	4 September 1993	Gvarv, Norway		1–0	6–1	UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying
5.				3–1
6.				4–1
7.	16 October 1993	Bergen, Norway		7–0	8–0
8.	16 March 1994	Portimão, Portugal		2–0	6–0	1994 Algarve Cup
9.				3–0
10.	18 March 1994	Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal		1–1	6–1
11.				5–1
12.	20 March 1994	Faro, Portugal		1–0	1–0
13.	21 May 1994	Vantaa, Finland		'1'–?	'2'–'2'	UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying