{{Short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1963)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Trude Stendal | fullname = Trude Margaret Stendal | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|5|30}} | birth_place = Bergen, Norway | height = | position = Forward | currentclub = | clubnumber = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = IL Sandviken | years1 = | clubs1 = IL Sandviken | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = | clubs2 = SK Sprint-Jeløy | caps2 = | goals2 = | nationalyears1 = 1981–1990 | nationalteam1 = Norway | nationalcaps1 = 32 | nationalgoals1 = 15 | pcupdate = 15:22, 28 June 2014 (UTC) | ntupdate = 15:22, 28 June 2014 (UTC) | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Team|{{fbw|Norway}}}} {{Medal|W|European Championship|1987}} }} '''Trude Margaret Stendal''' (born 30 May 1963) is a Norwegian former footballer. She played as a forward for Toppserien club IL Sandviken and the Norway women's national football team. She scored twice in the Norwegians' 2–1 win over Sweden in the final of the 1987 European Competition for Women's Football.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Aarre|first1=Eivind|title=1987: Heidi Støre|url=http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=1987/golden-player/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130820095123/http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/season=1987/golden-player/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 August 2013|website=UEFA|access-date=28 June 2014|date=2 February 2012}}</ref> During her football career Stendal also worked in a bank. She trained as a nurse when injury brought about her premature retirement from football.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fauskanger|first1=Kari|title=Nå er det Stendals tur til å heie|url=http://www.bt.no/nyheter/lokalt/Na-er-det-Stendals-tur-til-a-heie-1859114.html|accessdate=28 June 2014|work=Bergens Tidende|date=28 September 2007|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
Stendal had injured her knee in a match against the United States a month after the Euro 1987 final. After making her comeback, she broke her leg in a 1991 Norwegian Women's Cup match against Trondheims-Ørn and was forced to retire.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Arve|last1=Lote|title=EM-helten frå 1987: – Det var eit voldsomt styr|url=http://www.nrk.no/sport/fotball/to-mal-og-finalehelt-i-1987-1.11153283|accessdate=28 June 2014|publisher=NRK|date=28 July 2013|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
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== External links == * [https://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=1848907 Profile] at Football Association of Norway (NFF)
{{UEFA Women's Championship top scorers}}
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