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Hege Riise was born on 18 July, 1969 in Lørenskog, Norway, is a Norwegian football coach (born 1969). Discover Hege Riise's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?

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Age 54 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 18 July 1969
Birthday 18 July
Birthplace Lørenskog, Norway
Nationality United States

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Hege Riise Height, Weight & Measurements

At 54 years old, Hege Riise height is 5ft 6in .

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Hege Riise Net Worth

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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.

Riise started playing football at age six and played on a boys' team until age 14.

1990

Riise made her international debut with the Norwegian national team in 1990.

1992

She won the Norwegian Cup competition with Setskog-Høland in 1992.

1993

Norway won the UEFA Women's Championship in 1993.

Two years later with Norway she won the Women's World Cup and was awarded the Golden Ball after the competition.

1995

In late 1995 along with four other Norwegians she joined Nikko Securities Dream Ladies football club in Japan.

1996

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.

2000

She joined Asker FK, 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.

Riise's biggest achievement with Norway was winning the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, to become one of only three women in the world to win the Olympics, the World Cup and the European Championship (with Gro Espeseth and Bente Nordby).

2003

In 2003 the Norwegian Football Association named Riise the best female Norwegian footballer ever.

2004

She retired from international football in September 2004 with 188 caps and 58 goals.

2005

Returning to Norway in 2005 Hege Riise joined Team Strømmen of Oslo and became the club's playing assistant trainer in 2006.

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 retired as a player at the end of the 2006 season with 188 international caps to her credit, the record for all Norwegian footballers.

2007

In 2007, she became the chief trainer at Team Strømmen, in the Norwegian women's premier league, the Toppserien.

2008

In the 2008 season, Team Strømmen were runners-up in both the league and the Cup competitions.

2009

On 28 January 2009, Riise was appointed Assistant Trainer to the U.S. women's national team.

Riise was appointed interim head coach of the England women's national football team in January 2021.

Her tenure bridged the gap between the resignation of Phil Neville, who had originally agreed to see out his contract, and his already-agreed-upon replacement, the incumbent Netherlands head coach Sarina Wiegman due to start in September 2021.

Due to the reduced international schedule as a result of the COVID-19, Riise only took charge of three friendlies: defeating Northern Ireland 6–0 in her debut before losing to France and Canada.

On 10 March 2021, she was also announced as the manager for Team GB at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The team progressed as group winners with seven points in three games before being eliminated in the first knockout round by Australia 4–3 in extra-time.

After her stint in the United Kingdom, Riise fulfilled a prior agreement to take charge of the Norway women's national under-19 football team.

In the 2022 UEFA Under-19 Championship, Norway won their group and came second overall, after being defeated 2-1 in the final by Spain.

On 3 August 2022, Riise was officially appointed as Norway head coach replacing Martin Sjögren.

The rest of the coaching team consists of the assistant coaches Monica Knudsen and Ingvild Stensland, and the goalkeeping coach Jon Knudsen.

On 1 September 2023, Riise stood down from her role as Norway head coach following an unsuccessful 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup campaign.

She subsequently moved into a different role at the Norwegian Football Federation (NFF).

Norway Under-19