Leni Larsen Kaurin

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Personal information
Leni Larsen Kaurin

Date of birth	March 21, 1981 (1981-03-21) (age 27)
Place of birth
Playing position	Midfielder or Forward
Club information
Current club	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
Number	26
Youth clubs
	Skarbøvik IF Fortuna Ålesund
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1998-? -2007 2007-	Asker Team Strømmen Asker 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
National team²
2001-	Norway	34 (3)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 13 December 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Leni Larsen Kaurin (born 21 March 1981) is a Norwegian football striker from the village of Skarbøvik near Ålesund in West Norway. She plays in the Norwegian national team and joined 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam from Asker FK, Oslo, at the end of 2007. She is the only Norwegian woman footballer playing in Germany.

Kaurin played 37 international matches for Norway's age-limited teams before her debut in the senior national team in 2001. From the beginning of 2006 she began playing regularly for Norway.

In September 2007 Kaurin played a leading role on the right wing in Norway's campaign at the FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 tournament in China, where the team achieved fourth place. She is known for her ability to escape defenders and pass accurately into the penalty area, and as a result she assists in the scoring of many goals.

Leni Larsen Kaurin enjoys snowboarding and studies astrology, and has expressed an interest in working in the fire service.

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v • d • e Norway squad - 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 4th place

1 Nordby • 2 Stangeland Horpestad • 3 Følstad • 4 Stensland • 5 Nordby • 6 Huse • 7 Rønning • 8 S.Gulbrandsen • 9 Herlovsen • 10 Wiik • 11 Larsen Kaurin • 12 Skarbø • 13 Colombo Nilsen • 14 Knutsen • 15 Giske • 16 R.Gulbrandsen • 17 Mykjåland • 18 Knutsen • 19 Fiane Christensen • 20 Klaveness • 21 Storløkken • Coach: Berntsen

v • d • e 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam – current squad

1 Schumann • 3 M. Kerschowski • 5 Peter • 6 Sainio • 7 I. Kerschowski • 8 Kameraj • 9 Wich • 10 Bornhoff • 11 Hagemann • 13 Brosius • 14 Zietz • 15 Podvorica • 17 Notthoff • 20 Schmidt • 21 Kuznik • 22 Draws • 23 Schlanke • 25 Angerer • 26 Larsen Kaurin • 27 Werth • 29 Marxkord • 31 Mittag • 33 Schiewe • Coach: Schröder