Hege Riise
Norwegian football coach (born 1969)
Hege Riise (born 18 July 1969) is a Norwegian football coach and former midfield player. She is considered one of the best footballers of her generation, having won the FIFA Women's World Cup, the Olympic Games, and the UEFA Women's Euro with the Norway women's national football team.
Playing career
Club
As a child, Riise practised football, handball, cross-country skiing and ski jumping. She started playing football at age six in Momoen, albeit on a boys' team until the age of 14. She then played on a girls' team in Høland IL, followed by the competitive senior team Setskog/Høland from 1989.
She won the Norwegian Cup competition with Setskog/Høland in 1992. In late 1995 along with four other Norwegians she joined Nikko Securities Dream Ladies football club in Japan. Nikko won the Japanese league and cup competitions in 1996 and the cup in 1997, after which Riise moved back to Norway to play again with Setskog/Høland.
She joined Asker, in 2000, and again won the cup competition with Asker the same year. Drafted by the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association 2000 foreign draft, Riise was the team's MVP two times and led the Courage to a WUSA Founders Cup title in 2002, before her involvement was curtailed by an anterior cruciate ligament injury.
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