Hege Riise

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Hege Riise (born July 18, 1969 in Lørenskog) is female soccer player from Norway, whose name is pronounced as Ree-Seh. She is 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 Women's World Cup. Drafted by the Carolina Courage in the Women's United Soccer Association 2000 Foreign Draft, she has been 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.


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