Celin Bizet Dønnum

Celin Bizet Dønnum
Bizet in 2025
Personal information
Full name Celin Bizet Dønnum
Birth name Celin Bizet Ildhusøy
Date of birth (2001-10-24) 24 October 2001 (age 25)
Place of birth Frogner i Sørum, Norway
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Manchester United
Number 11
Youth career
Frogner
Skedsmo
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016 Skedsmo 9 (7)
2017–2021 Vålerenga 69 (8)
2017–2019 → Vålerenga 2 25 (18)
2019 → Grei (loan) 3 (2)
2021–2022 Paris Saint-Germain 6 (0)
2022–2024 Tottenham Hotspur 42 (6)
2024– Manchester United 27 (2)
International career‡
2017 Norway U16 9 (6)
2018 Norway U17 7 (1)
2018–2020 Norway U19 24 (14)
2021–2023 Norway U23 5 (2)
2021– Norway 31 (7)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 October 2025
‡ National team caps and goals as of 10 July 2025

Celin Bizet Dønnum (Norwegian: [ˈseːliːn bizɛ ˈdœnːʉm]; née Celin Bizet Ildhusøy (Norwegian: [ˈɪldhʉːsøy]); born 24 October 2001) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Women's Super League club Manchester United and the Norway national team.

Career

Hailing from Frogner i Sørum, Bizet made her senior debut for Skedsmo on the third tier in 2016. Ahead of the 2017 season she transferred to Vålerenga, where she made her Toppserien debut against Avaldsnes in April 2017. She scored her first goal in May 2018 against Grand Bodø. In 2019 she was briefly on loan at Grei. With Vålerenga she was a losing cup finalist in 2017 and 2019, before winning the double in 2020.

After a good 2020 season, there were several speculations about a transfer abroad, but Bizet penned a new contract with Vålerenga in January 2021. She was also called up to national team training camp in the autumn of 2020.

In July 2021, Bizet signed for Paris Saint-Germain in the top flight of French football.

On 10 August 2022, Paris Saint-Germain transferred Bizet to Tottenham Hotspur in the top flight of English football, where she signed a contract until 2025.

On 4 September 2024, Bizet signed for Manchester United on a three-year deal. She made her debut on 21 September, as a 66th-minute substitute in an opening day 3–0 win at Old Trafford.

International career

On 7 June 2022, Bizet was called up to the Norway squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.

On 16 June 2025, Bizet was called up to the Norway squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025.

Personal life

Bizet is the daughter of a former Norwegian footballer, Kjell Gunnar Ildhusøy and a Cuban mother. In June 2025, she married fellow footballer Aron Dønnum in a ceremony in Italy. They both took the surname Bizet Dønnum. They had been a couple for three years.

On 4 December 2025, it was announced that Bizet and her husband were expecting their first child together. On 15 June 2026, Bizet announced the birth of their son.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 28 October 2026
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Skedsmo 2016 2. divisjon 97———97
Vålerenga 2 2017 2. divisjon 138———138
2018 2. divisjon 54———54
2019 2. divisjon 76———76
Total 2518———2518
Vålerenga 2017 Toppserien 6040——100
2018 Toppserien 17132——203
2019 Toppserien 19251——243
2020 Toppserien 18230—30242
2021 Toppserien 9300——93
Total 698153—308711
Grei (loan) 2019 1. divisjon 3200——32
Paris Saint-Germain 2021–22 D1 Féminine 6000—2080
Tottenham Hotspur 2022–23 Women's Super League 2222030—272
2023–24 Women's Super League 2045040—294
Total 4267070—566
Manchester United 2024–25 Women's Super League 2224430—296
2025–26 Women's Super League 5000003181
2026–27 Women's Super League 000010—10
Total 272444031387
Career total 181432671108122651

International

As of match played 10 July 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Norway 202111
2022104
202340
2024102
202560
Total317
Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bizet goal.
List of international goals scored by Celin Bizet
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
130 November 2021Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia Armenia9–010–02023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
220 February 2022Estádio Algarve, Loulé, Portugal Italy1–21–22022 Algarve Cup
323 February 2022Estádio Algarve, Loulé, Portugal Portugal2–02–02022 Algarve Cup
47 April 2022Sandefjord Arena, Sandefjord, Norway Kosovo5–15–12023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
57 October 2022Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Brazil1–21–4Friendly
623 February 2024Opus Arena, Osijek, Croatia Croatia3–03–02023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League play-offs
75 April 2024Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway Finland1–04–0UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying

Honours

Vålerenga

Paris Saint-Germain

Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester United

References

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  2. ↑ Celin Bizet Dønnum at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  3. ↑ Celin Bizet Dønnum at Soccerway (archived)
  4. ↑ Boger, Christian (7 January 2021). "Stortalentet Celin Bizet Ildhusøy (19) legger proffplanene på hylla foreløpig". Vårt Oslo (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  5. ↑ VAVEL.com (18 July 2021). "French champions continue to push on with Bizet addition". VAVEL. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Celin Bizet Ildhusøy arrives from PSG" (Press release). Tottenham Hotspur F.C. 10 August 2022. Archived from the original on 12 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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  10. ↑ "Her er Norges EM-tropp" [Here is Norway's European Championship squad] (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. 16 June 2025. Archived from the original on 16 June 2025. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
  11. ↑ Baardsen, Joachim (31 July 2020). "VIF-Celin (18) vil bli verdens beste". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  12. ↑ AS, TV 2 (20 June 2025). "Stjerneparet giftet seg i Italia". TV 2 (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 23 June 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  14. ↑ Larsen, Magnus Gjestrum (8 June 2022). "Bekrefter forhold". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "Bizet Donnum shares an exciting announcement". www.manutd.com. 4 December 2025. Retrieved 13 December 2025.
  16. ↑ "Norway - C. Bizet Ildhusøy - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". Archived from the original on 1 December 2021.
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  21. ↑ Sanders, Emma (18 May 2025). "Chelsea seal treble with FA Cup win over Man Utd". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 18 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.