Karina Sævik

Karina Sævik
	Sævik with VfL Wolfsburg in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth	24 March 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth	Kopervik, Karmøy, Norway
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, winger
Team information
Current team	Vålerenga
Number	21
Youth career
	Haugar
Senior career*
Years	Team
2013–2015	Avaldsnes
2015–2019	Kolbotn
2019–2020	Paris Saint-Germain
2020–2021	VfL Wolfsburg
2021	VfL Wolfsburg II
2021–2022	Avaldsnes
2022–	Vålerenga
International career‡
2011	Norway U15
2011–2012	Norway U16
2012–2013	Norway U17
2013–2015	Norway U19
2015–2019	Norway U23
2019–	Norway
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 November 2024; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 December 2024

Karina Sævik (born 24 March 1996) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a winger for Toppserien club Vålerenga and the Norway national team. She was selected to the team representing Norway at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[1]^[2]

Personal life

Sævik was born in Kopervik, Karmøy, on 24 March 1996.^[3]

Sævik played for the club Avaldsnes IL from 2013 to 2015. She played for Kolbotn Fotball from 2016 to June 2019 and for Paris Saint-Germain from July 2019.^[4]

On 16 September 2020, German club Wolfsburg announced the signing of Sævik on a two-year deal.^[5]

On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.^[6]

As of 17 May 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Avaldsnes IL	2013	Toppserien	9	0	2	0	–		11	0
	2014		20	2	3	0	–		23	2
	2015		11	1	1	2	–		12	3
	Total		40	3	6	2	0	0	46	5
Kolbotn Fotball	2015	Toppserien	11	1	1	0	–		12	1
	2016		22	3	4	2	–		26	5
	2017		22	4	2	2	–		24	6
	2018		16	9	3	2	–		19	11
	2019		10	7	1	2	–		11	9
	Total		81	24	11	8	0	0	92	32
Paris Saint-Germain	2019–20	Division 1 Féminine	11	0	0	0	4	1	15	1
VfL Wolfsburg	2020–21	Frauen-Bundesliga	14	1	2	2	4	0	20	3
Avaldsnes IL	2021	Toppserien	0	0	0	0	–		0	0
Career total			146	28	19	12	8	1	173	41

As of match played 3 December 2024^[7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Norway	2019	13	2
	2020	5	0
	2021	9	2
	2022	7	0
	2023	13	4
	2024	10	0
Total		57	8

Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sævik goal.

List of international goals scored by Karina Sævik
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	6 March 2019	Estádio Municipal Bela Vista, Parchal, Portugal	Poland	3–0	3–0	2019 Algarve Cup
2	8 October 2019	Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands	Faroe Islands	7–0	13–0	UEFA Women's Euro 2022 qualifying
3	16 September 2021	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Armenia	3–0	10–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
4	25 November 2021	Arena Kombëtare, Tirana, Albania	Albania	4–0	7–0	2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
5	15 February 2023	Stade Raymond Kopa, Angers, France	Uruguay	1–0	1–0	2023 Tournoi de France
6	11 April 2023	Gamla Ullevi, Gothenburg, Sweden	Sweden	2–1	3–3	Friendly
7	22 September 2023	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Austria	1–0	1–1	2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League
8	5 December 2023	NV Arena, Sankt Pölten, Austria	Austria	1–2	1–2	2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League

VfL Wolfsburg

Vålerenga

Norway

Individual

^ "Her er Norges VM-tropp". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 June 2019.
^ "Karina Sævik au Paris Saint-Germain". FR (in French). 5 August 2019.
^ Holm, Jan. "Karina Sævik". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
^ "Karina Sævik". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
^ "Neuzugang aus Paris". Retrieved 16 September 2020.
^ updated, Jessy Parker Humphreys last (6 June 2023). "Norway Women's World Cup 2023 squad: full 23-player team". fourfourtwo.com. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
^ Karina Sævik at Soccerway

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