The first ever women's Ballon d'Or winner — Ada Hegerberg's goals record at Lyon is without comparison in the women's game. She boycotted the Norwegian national team for five years in protest at the treatment of women's football in her country.
Ada Martine Hegerberg was born in Sunndalsøra, Norway in 1995. She is the first ever women's Ballon d'Or winner, receiving the award in 2018. She joined Olympique Lyonnais in 2014 and has since won the UEFA Women's Champions League six times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022) and the Division 1 Féminine multiple times. Her goals record at Lyon is without parallel in European women's club football. She boycotted the Norwegian national team from 2017 to 2022 in protest at conditions for women's players, returning for the 2023 World Cup qualifying campaign. She won the UEFA Women's Champions League top scorer award multiple times. She recovered from a serious knee injury sustained in January 2020 to return at full strength in 2021. Her finishing — two-footed, clinical from any angle — and her consistency in the biggest matches make her the defining centre-forward of European women's club football.
Women's Ballon d'Or 2018
Career Honours
- Women's Ballon d'Or 2018
- UEFA Women's Champions League 2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2022
- Division 1 Féminine top scorer multiple times