Ada Hegerberg

In the Coupe de France Féminine Final, Hegerberg scored the tying goal in the 47th minute, eventually culminating in a 2–1 victory over Montpellier.

Ada Martine Stolsmo Hegerberg (born 10 July 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the Norway national team.

She is widely regarded as one of the best footballers in the world.

In 2007, their family moved to Kolbotn, where the sisters later joined Kolbotn IL.

Hegerberg became the first player to score a hat-trick against PSG since Julie Morel in October 2008.

She made her debut for Kolbotn in 2010.

Hegerberg has represented Norway at the youth international level, and made her debut for the senior team in 2011.

On 6 August 2011, she scored three goals in seven minutes as Røa were beaten 4–1, with Andrine scoring the last goal.

Aged 16, this made her the youngest player ever to have scored a hat-trick in Toppserien.

While still 16 years old, she finished as Kolbotn's top scorer in the 2011 Toppserien season and was voted as the league's Young Player of the Year.

Ahead of the 2012 season, both Hegerberg sisters joined Stabæk.

During a match against Fart 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, and Ada won the Statoil "Talent of the Month" award for the second time in May 2012.

She became top goalscorer in the 2012 Toppserien with 25 goals in 18 matches.

She also contributed two goals in the semi-final of the 2012 Norwegian Women's Cup, when Amazon Grimstad were beaten 3–0.

Stabæk's 4–0 final victory over Røa saw Hegerberg score a hat-trick.

In their first season in Germany, the Hegerbergs and Turbine finished second in both the 2012–13 Bundesliga and the 2012–13 DFB-Pokal.

In 2013, she was a part of the silver medalist team at the 2013 UEFA European Championship.

In 2013, she and her sister signed contracts with the German side 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam until 30 June 2014, where they became teammates of their countrywoman Maren Mjelde.

Hegerberg scored in her Bundesliga debut when SC Freiburg was beaten 3–1.

In the summer of 2014, she transferred to Lyon.

Hegerberg had a very successful first season in France.

She scored 26 goals in 22 league games, leading Lyon to a ninth consecutive Division 1 Féminine title.

She was on team Norway at the 2015 FIFA World Cup, the 2017 UEFA European Championship and the 2022 UEFA European Championship.

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 was awarded the 2016 UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe Award on 25 August 2016, and in 2017 and 2019 was named BBC Women's Footballer of the Year.

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 the Coupe de France with Lyon.

In UEFA Women's Champions League action, Lyon went on to win the competition behind Hegerberg's 13 goals in 9 matches, to complete a treble.

Ballon d'Or

In 2018 she was the first-ever recipient of the Ballon d'Or Féminin.

She holds the record for most goals in a UEFA Women's Champions League season (15), and is currently the all-time highest goalscorer in UEFA Women's Champions League (60).

Hegerberg was born in Molde, but grew up in Sunndalsøra where she played for Sunndal Fotball along with her older sister Andrine.

On 3 December 2018, Hegerberg became the first ever winner of the Ballon d'Or Féminin.

There was controversy during the ceremony, however, as the host, DJ Martin Solveig, asked Hegerberg upon receiving the award if she wanted to dance in celebration and "knew how to twerk", who in turn responded "no".

His comments were criticised as sexist in the media; he later apologised for his remark.

In November, Hegerberg reached an agreement on a contract extension to stay with the club through the 2019 season.