Guro Knutsen

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Guro Knutsen Mienna

Guro Knutsen Mienna (born Guro Knutsen on January 10, 1985 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian football player who plays for the club Røa IL in the Toppserien league and for the Norway women's national football team.

With her older sister Marie Knutsen she played for Norway in the team that finished fourth at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China.^[1]

Knutsen won the Norwegian league with Røa IL in 2007 and 2008, and also in 2008 won the Royal Cup to complete "The Double". She helped her club to The Double again in 2009, and they won the Cup in 2010 and then the League in 2011.

Knutsen competed with Norway in the 2008 Summer Olympics in China and scored the opening goal in the group match against Japan. Norway was defeated by Brazil in the quarter-finals.

At the end of 2011 Knutsen Mienna had completed 34 senior international matches for Norway, scoring 3 goals.

She is a member of the Christian sports organization Kristen Idrettskontakt (KRIK)^[2] and is a medical student at the University of Oslo. She married Kim André Mienna in April 2009.

References

↑ "FIFA Women's World Cup China 2007 – Norway (NOR)". FIFA. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
↑ "Aftenposten.no - Disse er sterke i troen".

Norway squads

v t e Norway squad – 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup 4th place

1 B. Nordby 2 Stangeland Horpestad 3 Følstad 4 Stensland 5 S. 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 t e Norway women's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics

1 Skarbø 2 Stangeland Horpestad 3 Følstad 4 Stensland 5 S. Nordby 6 M. Knutsen 7 Rønning 8 S. Gulbrandsen 9 Herlovsen 10 Wiik 11 Larsen Kaurin 12 Christensen 13 Storløkken 14 G. Knutsen 15 Lund 16 Thorsnes 17 Mykjåland 18 Colombo Nilsen Coach: Berntsen

v t e Norway squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Hjelmseth 2 Berge 3 Mjelde 4 Stensland 5 Lund 6 Hegland 7 Rønning 8 Vikestad 9 Herlovsen 10 Pedersen 11 Kaurin 12 Skarbø 13 Giske 14 Ims 15 Gardsjord 16 Thorsnes 17 Mykjåland 18 Knutsen 19 Haavi 20 Ryland 21 Knutsen Coach: Landsem

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Name	Knutsen, Guro
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Short description	Association football player
Date of birth	January 10, 1985
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