Football - RIISE Hege

She is Norway's most capped women's player with 188 caps. (theguardian.com, 09 Mar 2021; thefa.com, 15 Feb 2021)

She was part of the Norway team that won the 1993 European Championship in Italy, the 1995 World Cup in Sweden and the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. (thefa.com, 15 Feb 2021)

She won the Japanese league title in 1996 and the Japanese cup in 1996 and 1997 during her time playing for Nikko Securities Dream Ladies FC in Japan. (bbc.co.uk, 10 Mar 2021)

She was assistant coach of the US women's national team that finished runners-up at the 2011 World Cup in Germany and gold medal winners at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (thefa.com, 19 Jan 2021)

She coached LSK Kvinner to six consecutive Norwegian league titles [2014-19] and five Norwegian Cups during her time as assistant coach and head coach at the club. (thefa.com, 15 Feb 2021)

In 2003 she was named the Best Female Norwegian Player of All-Time by the Norwegian Football Association. (thefa.com, 15 Feb 2021; forbes.com, 08 Feb 2021)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of US team Carolina Courage on two occasions. (thefa.com, 15 Feb 2021)

She received the Golden Ball at the 1995 World Cup in Sweden as the best player of the tournament. (thefa.com, 15 Feb 2021)

She was named Player of the Tournament at the 1993 European Championship in Italy. (thefa.com, 15 Feb 2021)

2021

She is also the interim head coach of the England women's national football team.

She coached Norwegian women's side Team Strommen from 2007 to 2008 before taking up the role of assistant coach for the US women's national football team between 2009 and 2012. She was assistant coach of Norwegian women's team LSK Kvinner from 2012 to 2016, and was head coach of the team between 2016 and 2020. She has also coached the Norway women's U23 national team.