Frida Maanum

Frida Leonhardsen Maanum (born 16 July 1999) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or defender for FA WSL club Arsenal[1] and the Norway national team.

Frida Maanum
Maanum with Linköping in 2020
Personal information
Full name Frida Leonhardsen Maanum
Date of birth (1999-07-16) 16 July 1999
Place of birth Norway
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder, defender
Team information
Current team
 Arsenal
Number 12
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Lyn 45 (8)
2017 Stabæk 11 (2)
2017–2021 Linköping 80 (22)
2021– Arsenal 71 (18)
International career‡
2014–2015 Norway U16 12 (3)
2014–2016 Norway U17 24 (5)
2016–2017 Norway U19 10 (1)
2017 Norway U23 2 (0)
2017– Norway 66 (11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 May 2023
Maanum on Linköpings FC versus IK Uppsala, September 27, 2020

Club career

2014–2016: Lightning

Maanum played youth football for Bærumløkka, Stabæk, and eventually Lyn.[2] She was part of a talented age-specific team in Lyn, together with Heidi Ellingsen and Andrea Wilmann, among others. The team won both the Dana Cup and the Norway Cup in 2014.[3] In the autumn of 2014, she made her debut for Lyn's A team in the 1st division. As a 16-year-old, in 2015 she was on a training stay at the big Germany club VfL Wolfsburg, where she received very good feedback.

2017: Stabæk

In the winter of 2017, she went to Stabæk in the Toppserien. She played all the games for Stabæk in the spring season, before it became known in August that she announced a transfer to Swedish Linköpings FC after only half a season in Stabæk.[4]

2017–2021: Linköping

She joined Linköpings FC in Sweden in 2017, at the age of 18. She would win the 2017 Damallsvenskan title in her first season with the club. In her first season in Linköping, she helped win the series championship in the Damallsvenskan.[5] She became a key player in the Swedish top club. She scored three goals in ten games during the 2021 Damallsvenskan season, serving as the club's captain. She scored in her final game for the club in June 2021, a 4–1 victory over Örebro.[6] Before the 2021 season, at the age of 21, she was named the team's captain. When the local newspaper Corren in May 2021 named the 30 best Linköping players of all time, they placed Maanum in 14th place.[7]

2021–: Arsenal

On 27 July 2021 it was announced that Maanum had signed a deal to join English FA WSL side Arsenal.[8][9] She quickly established herself in the first team of her new club, and Arsenal coach Jonas Eidevall stated, "I knew she was good, but she was better than I expected."[10] On 5 October 2021, she scored her first goal for Arsenal in a Champions League match against Barcelona.[11] Despite a very good start at her new club, there was significantly less playing time the following spring.[12] She was nevertheless nominated as "young player of the year" in the Women's Super League 2021/22.[13]

National team career

Maanum has national matches for U16, U17, U19, U23, and the Norwegian senior national team.

At the age of 17, she was selected for the squad at the UEFA European Championship 2017 in Netherlands.[14][15][16] At this point, she had only played 10 matches at the top level in Norway. She made her debut on the senior national team on 11 July 2017, when she started the dress rehearsal before the Euro against France. Less than a week later on her 18th birthday, 16 July 2017, she started Norway's opening match at the Euro against the host country the Netherlands.[17]

In October 2020, she scored the game-winning goal against Wales to qualify Norway for the 2022 Euros.[18]

She was also in Norway's squad for the World Cup in France 2019 and the Euro in England 2022.[19][20]

In November 2022 she was again part of Norway's team who held England to a draw with her equaliser. England's Lionesses had been unbeaten in 2022 and this friendly was their last match of the year.[21]

Personal life

Maanum is in a relationship with Swedish footballer Emma Lennartsson.[22]

Career statistics

Club
As of 22 April 2022
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lyn 2014 1. divisjon 7000–70
2015 20410–214
2016 18400–184
Total 4581000468
Stabæk 2017 Toppserien 11221–133
Linköping 2017 Damallsvenskan 6110–71
2018 2256260347
2019 2262032278
2020 20700–207
2021 0011–11
Total 7019103928924
Arsenal 2021–22 FA WSL 21350121344
2022–23 15632842612
Total 369822056416
Career total 1623818421318639

International
Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Maanum goal.
List of international goals scored by Frida Maanum
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
13 September 2019Brann Stadion, Bergen, Norway England1–12–1Friendly
28 October 2019Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands Faroe Islands9–013–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
327 October 2020Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales Wales1–01–0UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
425 November 2021Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania Albania1–07–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
55–0
630 November 2021Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Armenia4–010–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
77 April 2022Sandefjord Arena, Sandefjord, Norway Kosovo3–05–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
87 July 2022St Mary's Stadium, Southampton, England Northern Ireland2–04–1UEFA Women's Euro 2022
915 November 2022Pinatar Arena, Murcia, Spain England1–11–1Friendly
1011 April 2023Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden Sweden1–13–3Friendly
113–3

Honours

Linköping

Arsenal

Norway

References
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  2. "Norske Frida klar for Arsenal". www.gunners.no. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  3. Jacobsen, Arild (3 August 2014). "Lyns finalehelt drømmer om Tyskland". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  4. "Frida Maanum til Linköping FC". Stabæk (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  5. "Minde og Maanum svenske seriemestere: – Over all forventning". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 29 October 2017. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  6. "Frida Leonhardsen-Maanum målskytt i sista matchen". 28 June 2021.
  7. "RANKING: LFC:s bästa spelare genom tiderna, plats 11-20". corren.se. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  8. McKenzie, Courtney (27 July 2021). "Arsenal announce the signing of Frida Maanum". Her Football Hub. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  9. "Frida Maanum klar for Arsenal: – Kult å måle seg mot de beste". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 27 July 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  10. Hjellen, Bjørnar (21 October 2021). "Maanum overraska Arsenal-trenaren: – Det har verkeleg imponert meg". NRK (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  11. "Første Arsenal-scoring for Maanum i stortap". www.vg.no (in Norwegian Bokmål). 5 October 2021. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  12. Bosher, Luke. "Hemp, Toone up for PFA young player award". The Athletic. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  13. Bosher, Luke. "Hemp, Toone up for PFA young player award". The Athletic. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  14. "Norway – F. Maanum – Profile with news, career statistics and history – Soccerway". www.soccerway.com.
  15. UEFA.com. "Frida Maanum – Norway – WEURO". UEFA.com.
  16. Ihle, Fredrik Økstad Sandberg, Marthe (28 June 2017). "17-åring med i kvinnelandslagets EM-tropp". dagbladet.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  17. Ertesvåg, Oda Ruggesæter (16 July 2017). "Frida Maanum EM-debuterer på 18-årsdagen". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  18. "Frida Maanum takes Women's Euro 2022 qualification out of Wales's hands". TheGuardian.com. 27 October 2020.
  19. Fotballforbund, Norges. "Her er Norges VM-tropp". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  20. AS, TV 2 (7 June 2022). "Dette er Norges tropp til EM - går for medalje". TV 2 (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 January 2023.
  21. Downey, Sophie (15 November 2022). "England end 2022 unbeaten but Norway battle back for draw despite red card". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  22. L-Mag.de: Das sind die 59 lesbischen Stars der Fussball-EM 2022 (German), July 2022
  23. Sanders, Emma (5 March 2023). "Arsenal 3–1 Chelsea: Gunners fight back to win Women's League Cup final". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
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