Lene Mykjåland

Who is Lene Mykjåland?

Lene Mykjåland is a Norwegian football striker. She currently plays for Røa. She is also a member of the Norwegian Women's National Football Team, having made her debut for the senior team on 7 March 2007, in a 1–2 loss against Germany.

She started her career in Randesund IL, a district club in Kristiansand. In 2003, Mykjåland played with Amazon Grimstad and played there until she went on to Røa in September 2005. Mykjåland was Røa's top scorer in 2007 with 11 goals.

She quickly became one of the league's top talents, and has also managed to establish herself on the Norwegian National senior squad, having been called up to both the 2007 Women's World Cup as well as the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China.

On 21 October 2008 Lene Mykjåland and four other Røa players — Marie Knutsen, Guro Knutsen, Marit Fiane Christensen and Siri Nordby — made headlines when they announced in a press release that they would not be returning to the national team due to issues the five had with the national team leadership. While the press statement never mentioned coach Bjarne Berntsen's name, it was assumed that he was instrumental in their decision to retire from the team.