Astrid Johannessen

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1978)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Astrid Johannessen

| fullname = Astrid Hitland Johannessen

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|01|10}}

| birth_place = Norway

| height = 1.78 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1=

| youthclubs1= Bergen Nord{{cite web|last1=Langeland |first1=Knut |title=Historie |url=http://www.bergennord.no/index.php/omklubben/styre/historikk |publisher=FK Bergen Nord |language=Norwegian |date=30 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083632/http://www.bergennord.no/index.php/omklubben/styre/historikk |archivedate=4 March 2016 }}

| years1 =

| years2 = 1997–1999

| years3 = 2000

| years4 = 2001

| years5 = 2001–2003

| years6 = 2003–2004

| years7 = 2005

| years8 = 2010

| clubs1 = Sandviken

| clubs2 = Asker

| clubs3 = Arna-Bjørnar

| clubs4 = Asker

| clubs5 = Fulham

| clubs6 = Asker

| clubs7 = Fløya

| clubs8 = Amazon Grimstad

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| nationalyears1= 1997–2003

| nationalteam1= Norway

| nationalcaps1= 19

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| pcupdate = 12:00, 17 September 2011 (UTC)

| ntupdate = 12:00, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

}}

Astrid Hitland Johannessen (born 10 January 1978) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a goalkeeper for the Norway women's national football team.

She was understudy to Bente Nordby on the Norwegian team that hosted UEFA Women's Euro 1997 and then finished fourth at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.{{cite web | url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=4644/teams/team=1882882.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012145117/http://fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=103/edition=4644/teams/team=1882882.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=12 October 2007 | title=FIFA Women's World Cup USA 1999 – Team Norway |publisher=FIFA |accessdate=31 January 2009}}{{cite news|title=Norges VM-tropp|url=http://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/fotball-vm-kvinner-1999/norges-vm-tropp/a/1522572/|publisher=Verdens Gang|date=20 June 1999|language=Norwegian}}

Johannessen won the Toppserien league with her club Asker in 1998 and 1999. She signed for professional English club Fulham in August 2001, agreeing to join in an initial loan deal after the 2001 Norwegian season.{{cite web|url=http://asker-skiklubb.net/askers/fotball/kvinne/2001/ |title=Astrid til Fulham |publisher=Asker Fotboll Kvinner |accessdate=12 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302124239/http://asker-skiklubb.net/askers/fotball/kvinne/2001/ |archivedate=2 March 2012 }}{{cite news|title=New star joins Whites|url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2001/november/30/new-star-joins-whites|publisher=Fulham Official Website|date=30 November 2001}} Fulham won the treble in season 2002–03, but Johannessen and several other players then left when the women's team lost its professional status.{{cite news|last1=Cocozza|first1=Paula|title=Triumph at the end of Fulham road|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/may/06/newsstory.sport6|work=The Guardian|date=6 May 2003}}

In August 2010 Johannessen kept goal for Amazon Grimstad in their 4–1 Cup quarter-final defeat by Røa IL.{{cite web|last1=Kolle|first1=Andreas|url=http://www.dynamitegirls.no/?page_id=1085|publisher=Røa IL|accessdate=2 October 2014|language=Norwegian|title=2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006084705/http://www.dynamitegirls.no/?page_id=1085|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}