Hege Riise

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Hege Riise (born July 18, 1969 in Lørenskog) is female footballer from Norway.

She is a former captain of the Norwegian National Team, making her debut for her country in 1990. Riise won the golden medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with her team, as well as the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Drafted by the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association 2000 Foreign Draft, she was the Carolina Courage's MVP two times and led the Courage to a WUSA Founders Cup title in 2002. In 2003 the Norwegian Football Association named Riise the best female Norwegian footballer ever.

Riise retired as a player at the end of the 2006 season and is now the trainer of Team Strømmen, a women's football club which plays in the Toppserien.

v • d • e Norway squad - 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup Runners up 1 Seth • 2 Zaborowski • 3 Stenberg • 4 Espeseth • 5 Nyborg • 6 Carlsen • 7 Haugen • 8 Støre • 9 Riise • 10 Medalen • 11 Hegstad • 12 Nordby • 13 Strædet • 14 Humlestøl • 15 Igland • 16 Svensson • 17 Scheel • 18 Strømsvold • Coach: Pellerud

v • d • e Norway squad - 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Champions 1 Nordby • 2 Svensson • 3 Espeseth • 4 A.Nymark Andersen • 5 N.Nymark Andersen • 6 Riise • 7 Haugen • 8 Støre • 9 Sandberg • 10 Medalen • 11 Aarønes • 12 Seth • 13 Myklebust • 14 Gunnerød • 15 Leinan • 16 Pettersen • 17 Waage • 18 Frustøl • 19 Carlsen • 20 Sternhoff • Coach: Pellerud

v • d • e Norway squad - 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup 4th place 1 Nordby • 2 Sandaune • 3 Kringen • 4 Jørgensen • 5 Viker • 6 Riise • 7 Frustøl • 8 Knudsen • 9 Aarønes • 10 Medalen • 11 Pettersen • 12 Johannessen • 13 R.Gulbrandsen • 14 Nymark Andersen • 15 Mellgren • 16 S.Gulbrandsen • 17 Rapp • 18 Tønnessen • 19 Ørmen • 20 Lehn • Coach: Høgmo

v • d • e Norway squad - 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup 1 Nordby • 2 Sandaune • 3 Stangeland • 4 Knudsen • 5 Bredland • 6 Riise • 7 Rønning • 8 Gulbrandsen • 9 Rapp • 10 Lehn • 11 Pettersen • 12 Vesterbekkmo • 13 Tønnessen • 14 Mellgren • 15 Fiane Christensen • 16 Følstad • 17 Ørmen • 18 Fosse • 19 Edner • 20 Klaveness • Coach: Steen

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