Karina Sævik

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.

Karina Sævik

Sævik with VfL Wolfsburg in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth	(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 29)
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
	Kopervik
	Haugar
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011–2012	Haugar
2013–2015	Avaldsnes	40	(3)
2015–2019	Kolbotn	81	(24)
2019–2020	Paris Saint-Germain	11	(0)
2020–2021	VfL Wolfsburg	14	(2)
2021	VfL Wolfsburg II	2	(5)
2021–2022	Avaldsnes	29	(3)
2022–	Vålerenga	76	(39)
International career‡
2011	Norway U15	3	(0)
2011–2012	Norway U16	8	(2)
2012–2013	Norway U17	7	(0)
2013–2015	Norway U19	26	(4)
2015–2019	Norway U23	14	(1)
2019–	Norway	63	(8)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 July 2025

Club career

Sævik was born in Kopervik, Karmøy, on 24 March 1996.^[1] She started her career in Kopervik IL^[2]

and also played seenior football for SK Haugar.^[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]

International career

She was selected to the team representing Norway at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[6][7]

On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.^[8]

On 16 June 2025, Sævik was called up to the Norway squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 May 2021

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Total
		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

International

As of match played 10 July 2025^[10]

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
	2025	6	0
Total		63	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

Honours

VfL Wolfsburg

• DFB-Pokal: 2020–21

Vålerenga

• Toppserien: 2023

Norway

• Algarve Cup: 2019

Individual

• Toppserien Player of the Year: 2023
• Toppserien Goal of the Year: 2019