Riise in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hege Riise[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-07-18)18 July 1969 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Lørenskog, Norway | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Momoen | |||
| Høland | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1995 | Setskog/Høland | ||
| 1995–1997 | Nikko Securities Dream Ladies | ||
| 1997–1999 | Setskog/Høland | ||
| 2000 | Asker | 18 | (3) |
| 2001–2003 | Carolina Courage | 39 | (12) |
| 2004–2006 | Team Strømmen | 52 | (9) |
| International career | |||
| 1990–2004 | Norway | 188 | (58) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2008 | Team Strømmen | ||
| Norway U23 | |||
| 2009–2012 | United States (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2016 | LSK Kvinner (assistant) | ||
| 2016–2020 | LSK Kvinner | ||
| 2021 | England (interim) | ||
| 2021 | Great Britain Olympic | ||
| 2021–2022 | Norway U19 | ||
| 2022–2023 | Norway | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hege Riise (born 18 July 1969) is a Norwegianfootball coach and formermidfield[3] player. She is considered one of the best footballers of her generation, having won theFIFA Women's World Cup, theOlympic Games, and theUEFA Women's Euro with theNorway women's national football team.[4]
As a child, Riise practised football, handball,cross-country skiing andski jumping. She started playing football at age six inMomoen, albeit on a boys' team until the age of 14. She then played on a girls' team inHøland IL, followed by the competive senior teamSetskog/Høland from 1989.[5]
She won the Norwegian Cup competition with Setskog/Høland in 1992. In late 1995 along with four other Norwegians she joinedNikko 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 theCarolina Courage in theWomen's United Soccer Association2000 foreign draft, Riise was the team'sMVP two times and led the Courage to aWUSA Founders Cup title in 2002, before her involvement was curtailed by ananterior cruciate ligament injury.[2] In 2003 theNorwegian Football Association named Riise the best female Norwegian footballer ever.
Returning to Norway in 2005 Hege Riise joinedTeam Strømmen of Oslo and became the club's playing assistant trainer in 2006. She played her last top-level match with Team Strømmen on 28 October 2006 aged 37 and retired from football as a player.
Riise made her international debut with theNorwegian national team in 1990. Norway won theUEFA Women's Championship in1993. Two years later, with Norway, she won theWomen's World Cup and was awarded the Golden Ball after the competition.
Riise's biggest achievement with Norway was winning the gold medal at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney, to become one of only three women (all Norwegian) in the world to win the Olympics, the World Cup and the European Championship (withGro Espeseth andBente Nordby).
She retired from international football in September 2004 with 188 caps and 58 goals.[6]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 29 July 1990 | Winnipeg,Canada | 2–? | 2–4 | Friendly | |
| 2. | 14 November 1990 | Kristiansand,Norway | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Women's Euro 1991 qualifying | |
| 3. | 26 May 1991 | Skien, Norway | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |
| 4. | 1 September 1991 | Medford,United States | 1–? | 2–1 | ||
| 5. | 19 November 1991 | Guangzhou,China | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
| 6. | 23 May 1992 | Modum, Norway | 5–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 1993 qualifying | |
| 7. | 14 August 1992 | Medford, United States | 2–1 | 3–1 | Friendly | |
| 8. | 26 September 1992 | Kolbotn, Norway | 6–0 | 8–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 1993 qualifying | |
| 9. | 8–0 | |||||
| 10. | 10 October 1992 | Oslo, Norway | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 11. | 7 November 1992 | Raalte,Netherlands | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 12. | 18 March 1994 | Vila Real de Santo António,Portugal | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1994 Algarve Cup | |
| 13. | 4 June 1994 | Budapest,Hungary | 4–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 1995 qualifying | |
| 14. | 10 February 1995 | Kristiansand, Norway | 6–? | 6–2 | Friendly | |
| 15. | 17 March 1995 | Portimão, Portugal | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1995 Algarve Cup | |
| 16. | 25 April 1995 | Oslo, Norway | 1–? | 2–1 | Friendly | |
| 17. | 6 June 1995 | Karlstad,Sweden | 3–0 | 8–0 | 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
| 18. | 8 June 1995 | 2–0 | 2–0 | |||
| 19. | 10 June 1995 | Gävle, Sweden | 2–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 20. | 13 June 1995 | Karlstad, Sweden | 3–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 21. | 18 June 1995 | Solna, Sweden | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 22. | 2 August 1995 | Philadelphia, United States | 2–0 | 12–1 | 1995 Women's U.S. Cup | |
| 23. | 9–? | |||||
| 24. | 11–? | |||||
| 25. | 12–? | |||||
| 26. | 19 September 1995 | Ulefoss, Norway | 15–0 | 17–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 1997 qualifying | |
| 27. | 2 February 1996 | Tampa, United States | 2–2 | 2–3 | Friendly | |
| 28. | 4 February 1996 | Jacksonville, United States | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
| 29. | 2–1 | |||||
| 30. | 11 March 1996 | Silves, Portugal | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1996 Algarve Cup | |
| 31. | 13 March 1996 | Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 32. | 25 May 1996 | Espoo,Finland | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||
| 33. | 6 July 1996 | Kolbotn, Norway | 3–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 34. | 23 July 1996 | Washington, D.C., United States | 3–2 | 3–2 | 1996 Summer Olympics | |
| 35. | 16 February 1997 | Sundsvall, Sweden | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly | |
| 36. | 12 March 1997 | Olhão, Portugal | 6–0 | 6–0 | 1997 Algarve Cup | |
| 37. | 16 March 1997 | Loulé, Portugal | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||
| 38. | 28 May 1997 | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly | ||
| 39. | 1 October 1997 | Oslo, Norway | 3–0 | 6–1 | 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |
| 40. | 21 January 1998 | Guangzhou, China | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1998 Four Nations Tournament | |
| 41. | 17 March 1998 | Loulé, Portugal | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1998 Algarve Cup | |
| 42. | 19 March 1998 | Lagos, Portugal | 2–0 | 4–1 | ||
| 43. | 17 June 1998 | Ulefoss, Norway | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |
| 44. | 23 June 1999 | Landover,United States | 4–1 | 7–1 | 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup | |
| 45. | 26 June 1999 | Chicago, United States | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 46. | 30 June 1999 | San Jose, United States | 3–0 | 3–1 | ||
| 47. | 6 February 2000 | Fort Lauderdale, United States | 1–0 | 3–2 | Friendly | |
| 48. | 9 February 2000 | Boca Raton, United States | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||
| 49. | 17 September 2000 | Canberra,Australia | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2000 Summer Olympics | |
| 50. | 19 June 2001 | Hønefoss, Norway | 3–0 | 9–1 | Friendly | |
| 51. | 11 September 2001 | Kongsvinger, Norway | 4–0 | 5–0 | 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification | |
| 52. | 1 March 2002 | Ferreiras, Portugal | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2002 Algarve Cup | |
| 53. | 5 March 2002 | Lagos, Portugal | 1–1 | 3–2 | ||
| 54. | 17 February 2003 | La Manga,Spain | 2–1 | 3–3 | Friendly | |
| 55. | 20 February 2003 | 2–0 | 4–0 | |||
| 56. | 14 March 2004 | Guia, Portugal | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2004 Algarve Cup | |
| 57. | 16 March 2004 | Olhão, Portugal | 3–0 | 3–0 | ||
| 58. | 20 March 2004 | Faro, Portugal | 1–1 | 1–4 |
Riise retired as a player at the end of the 2006 season with 188 international caps to her credit,[7] the record for all Norwegian footballers. In 2007, she became the chief trainer atTeam Strømmen, in the Norwegian women's premier league, theToppserien. In the 2008 season, Team Strømmen were runners-up in both the league and the Cup competitions.
On 28 January 2009, Riise was appointed Assistant Trainer to theU.S. women's national team.[7]
Riise was appointed interim head coach of theEngland women's national football team in January 2021. Her tenure bridged the gap between the resignation ofPhil Neville, who had originally agreed to see out his contract, and his already-agreed-upon replacement, the incumbentNetherlands head coachSarina Wiegman due to start in September 2021.[8] Due to the reduced international schedule as a result of theCOVID-19, Riise only took charge of threefriendlies: defeatingNorthern Ireland 6–0 in her debut before losing toFrance andCanada.[9][10] On 10 March 2021, she was also announced as the manager forTeam GB at the delayed2020 Tokyo Olympics.[11] The team progressed asgroup winners with seven points in three games before being eliminated in the first knockout round byAustralia 4–3 inextra-time.[12]
After her stint in the United Kingdom, Riise fulfilled a prior agreement to take charge of theNorway women's national under-19 football team.[13] In the2022 UEFA Under-19 Championship, Norway won their group[14] and came second overall, after being defeated 2-1 in the final bySpain.[15]
On 3 August 2022, Riise was officially appointed asNorway head coach replacingMartin Sjögren.[16] The rest of the coaching team consists of the assistant coachesMonica Knudsen andIngvild Stensland, and the goalkeeping coachJon Knudsen.[16]
On 1 September 2023, Riise stood down from her role as Norway head coach following an unsuccessful2023 FIFA Women's World Cup campaign. She subsequently moved into a different role at theNorwegian Football Federation (NFF).[17]
Norway Under-19