Frida Maanum - Euro 2022 - Make Your Mark

90min's Make Your Mark series gets to the heart of what made footballers the players they are today.

Be it a family member, a coach, a team or a personality trait, someone or something down the line has been particularly key in a player's journey into professional football.

Ahead of Euro 2022, Norway and Arsenal midfielder Frida Maanum sat down with 90min to discuss who or what has made the most influential mark on her career.

Family

"I would say my whole family. I grew up with my whole family; my brother, sister, mum and dad, and my cousins and aunty and my uncle. My whole family play football and I'm the youngest one in the family. Both my sister and my brother play football and my mum is a really big fan of football and watches a lot of football so I think it all started there.

"My mum played football as well, but not on the top level; she's older so it was not that big when she was younger.

"Both my mum and dad have been driving me thousands of mile to get to training, and they've been with me all the way."

My sister (Hanna)

"When I grew up there wasn't really women's players that I looked up to because it wasn't that big, and you didn't watch women's football on TV when I was younger. So for me obviously my mum was a great role model but on the pitch I would say my sister.

"She's a bit older than me and I always watched her game and how she played, so I would actually say her because I didn't have many role models at that age."

Glenn Kleven

"I would say the coach I had in Norway (with Lyn); his name is Glenn Kleven. He's a great coach and really helped me from when I was 14/15. And now as well when I'm home for holidays, he always coaches me and helps me to develop as a player.

"I think he was really good at seeing what details I had to work on and obviously he's a great person as well that develops me not only as a player but as a person outside the pitch. In that period when you're 15/16 you can really develop a lot, and he helped me in that case so he played a huge role in my career."

Lyn

"In a development case I would say Lyn where I played in Norway where I had Glenn as a coach as well. We had a really good team there as well. But then I developed a lot at Linkopings and being at Arsenal is just amazing."

The 2017 season with Linköpings

"The first year in Linköpings; how I developed as a player and person outside of the pitch; to learn how to live by yourself and handle that situation as well. It made the move to England much easier for me. Obviously it was totally different to Sweden as well, but still I was more safe in myself and not that insecure when I moved to England (compared to how) I was when I moved to Sweden.

"For me it was really difficult (moving away to Linköpings at 18). Moving away from home for the first time - I'd never cooked my own dinner for example, and just to move by yourself, (you) don't know anyone. It was really hard for me but I think I developed a lot that first year and learnt a lot from that part. But obviously it was really difficult."

Euro 2022?

"It will be an exciting Euros I think. It means a lot, obviously it's a great tournament, a huge tournament. I've been in one Euros before in 2017 - we only got to the group stage but I think this group has a lot of quality that can help us to do good.

"It's funny because I have played almost 50 games for the national team but I still feel like I'm young. I still feel like I don't have the experience even though I probably have it because I've been to two major tournaments and played almost 50 matches for the national team. But I still feel like I'm the young one that's trying to learn something.

"[It's my birthday] the day after the last group game, so I really hope we go through! Going through to the quarter finals would be my biggest wish."