Mia Lundberg

Highland News & Media

Norwegian footballer Mia Lundberg talks about her move to Scotland to play for Elgin City women’s team.

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00:00Right, Maja. Welcome to Elgin City, first of all.

00:03Thank you very much.

00:04It's a long way from Norway.

00:06Yeah, it is.

00:07Can you tell us a little bit about the journey

00:09which has taken you from your homeland here to Borough Briggs?

00:12It was my dad, actually.

00:14So he's the main reason I'm here,

00:17since we were here on holiday.

00:19And he got in good touch with Chris and Mo,

00:22and then I had to have a gap year.

00:24Okay.

00:25So then just come here to play football.

00:27Fantastic.

00:28Tell me about your football so far,

00:29and who have you played for back in Norway?

00:31I've played for two clubs.

00:33Storhavn, since I was six years old.

00:37That was the club I started in.

00:38And last year I switched to Otterstad.

00:41I will be living with Chris and Dennis.

00:44Okay.

00:45I'm very happy that I can live with them,

00:47because they're a big part of this journey as well,

00:50since it's quite hard to find a place to live.

00:54Yeah, it really does look like a nice area.

00:57So that's a big part as well,

00:59why I chose Elgin.

01:00Because it's a small city,

01:02but big enough to have things to do and stuff.

01:05So it's really nice.

01:06It's not too big for me.

01:07No?

01:08It will get nice to settle down,

01:10and go into the team and everything.

01:13And how have the people of Elgin and of Mariby

01:15been welcoming you so far?

01:17Everyone has been very welcoming,

01:19just from the start,

01:20where I was just texting with Mo and Chris.

01:24And then I came, and then everyone was welcoming.

01:28That's also a big reason that I wanted to come over here,

01:31because I like the team.

01:34I really want to make an impact on the team,

01:35and hope to help them go up the division.

01:38I think they're a really nice group,

01:40where they include everyone and everything.

01:43I'm really looking forward to meeting them,

01:46be friends and play with them.

01:48What I really like about them is,

01:50they set up the trainings,

01:51and let you say straight out what you need and everything.

01:55So that's great.

01:56That's great.

01:57So Sunday, you just can't come along quick enough, I guess?

02:00Yes, no, I'm very excited.

02:02I'm going to training today,

02:04so I'm looking forward to that as well.

02:05Meet the girls.

02:06I moved here mostly for the football.

02:09That's the main thing.

02:10So I will enjoy that.

02:12Of course you will, yeah.

02:13And do you have any ambitions in football?

02:15Have you set yourself any targets in football for the future?

02:19I do have some,

02:20since I want to become a professional footballer,

02:23but it's far away.

02:25But we'll see.

02:28Elgin City could provide you with a stepping stone in that direction?

02:30They can.

02:31For me, just coming to England is like a dream to play abroad.

02:35So it's a big start for me.

02:38They are pretty much different,

02:40especially the people.

02:42Everyone I've met here is very welcoming and stuff,

02:44so I'm very happy about that.

02:47The culture is a bit different.

02:49Yeah, I've been to...

02:51I don't know.

02:53I've only been here for a year,

02:55so it tells you how good I like it.

02:58In Norway, the men's team is not good.

03:01They can't play, so...

03:03Yeah, I don't know.

03:05We have a certain player called Haaland,

03:07who does very...

03:09Yeah, that's very weird,

03:10because we've got Haaland and Ergar,

03:12who play for Arsenal.

03:13So we have an Oscar Blevd as well,

03:16who's now been a big star in City as well.

03:18But we have many good Eurovision players,

03:21but it doesn't seem they've managed to play well together.

03:25So I hope they can be better later.

03:29So you're a Norwegian striker coming to Elgin.

03:31Will they be hoping to score as many goals as Haaland?

03:34That's the goal, yeah.

03:36We'll be really impressed if you can do that anyway.

03:39Yeah, I hope so.

03:41I really want to have an impact on the game.

03:44We'll see what happens.

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