Hedda Strand Gardsjord, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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association football player
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Place of Birth: Oslo, Eastern Norway, Norway
About Hedda Strand Gardsjord
- Hedda Strand Gardsjord (born 28 June 1982) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a right-back for Toppserien club Røa IL and the Norway national team. In January 2009 Gardsjord debuted for the Norway women's national football team in a 5–1 defeat by rivals Sweden in Marbella.
- She was 26 years old and had never played for Norway's youth teams.
- Her national team chance came about when five club mates quit international football, following a furious bust-up with coach Bjarne Berntsen.She was picked for Norway's UEFA Women's Euro 2009 squad and continued to be selected by Berntsen's replacement Eli Landsem.
- This included a place at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup, where Gardsjord played twice as Norway crashed out in the first round.
- She took an indefinite break from the national team in early 2012, after struggling to balance the demands of travel and training with her other career as a landscape architect.
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