Ada Hegerberg: Why is Ballon dOr winner NOT playing for Norway at the Womens World Cup?

Ada Hegerberg: Why is Ballon dOr winner NOT playing for Norway at the Womens World Cup?
Ada Hegerberg is one of the brightest young stars in world football – but she will not be playing on the greatest stage of all this summer.The 23-year-old Norwegian has been unstoppable in recent years and scored a hat-trick against Barcelona last month as Lyon won yet another Champions League title.getty3

Norway star Ada Hegerberg will not be playing at the Women’s World Cup

The star striker boasts a career record of 255 goals in just 254 games and was crowned the inaugural recipient of the Ballon d’Or Feminin last year.While she is one of the best around, fans won’t be seeing her play in this summer’s Womens World Cup.Wonderkids who could shine in France at the Women's World Cup

Why is Ada Hegerberg not playing at the Women’s World Cup?

Hegerberg joined French powerhouses Lyon from Turbine Potsdam in 2014 and has netted more than a goal per game since.She famously scored 49 goals in just 32 matches last campaign to pick up the first ever Ballon d’Or award in the womens game.The forward was part of the Norwegian team that played in the 2015 World Cup, where she was nominated for the Best Young Player Award.getty3

Ada Hegerberg was crowned the inaugural recipient of the Ballon d’Or Feminin last year

In total, she has played 66 times for her country, scoring 38 goals.But in the summer of 2017, Hegerberg decided to stop representing the national team in an effort to draw attention to the pay differences between the men’s and women’s game.She continues to stand by this form of protest and as such will not be representing Norway this summer in France.Hegerberg explains: “I’ve always respected men’s footballers for what they earn. The gap is enormous, but at the same time you need to give young women and girls the same opportunity as the men. That’s where we need to do the change.getty3

Ada Hegerberg is a true superstar of the women’s game

“There are federations, there are clubs, there are men in high positions who have that responsibility to put the women in the right place and that’s where I think, I feel, and I know, we have a long way to go.”The Womens World Cup is now well underway and talkSPORT is your home for the showpiece tournament.We’ll have live coverage of every England and Scotland game plus all of the knock-out stage over the coming weeks.

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