Guro Knutsen Mienna (born Guro Knutsen on 10 January 1985) is a Norwegian former
footballer
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who played for
Røa IL
Røa IL is a Norwegian sports club from Røa in the borough of Vestre Aker, Oslo. It was founded on 11 November 1900, and has sections for football, gymnastics, bandy, and cross-country skiing. Football, bandy, and Nordic skiing have been do ...
of the
Toppserien
The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984.
History
Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in 1 ...
league and for the
Norway women's national football team
The Norway women's national football team is controlled by the Football Association of Norway. The team is former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. The team has had less success since the 2 ...
.
She played alongside her older sister
Marie Knutsen in the Norwegian team that finished fourth at the
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup
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in China.
Knutsen Mienna won the Norwegian league with
Røa IL
Røa IL is a Norwegian sports club from Røa in the borough of Vestre Aker, Oslo. It was founded on 11 November 1900, and has sections for football, gymnastics, bandy, and cross-country skiing. Football, bandy, and Nordic skiing have been do ...
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 Mienna 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
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in the quarter-finals.
In October 2008 Knutsen Mienna was one of five Røa players who announced their refusal to play for the national team under the management of
Bjarne Berntsen
Bjarne Berntsen (born 21 December 1956) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He is the elder brother of fellow football coach Alf Ingve Berntsen.
Playing career
Bjarne Berntsen began his football career at local club Figgjo IL. He ...
. She was recalled by Berntsen's successor
Eli Landsem and was selected for the
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany. Knutsen Mienna won a total of 36 senior
caps
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and scored three goals for Norway.
She is a member of the
Christian sports organization ''
Kristen Idrettskontakt
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'' (KRIK)
and is a medical student at the
University of Oslo
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. She married Kim André Mienna in April 2009.
Knutsen Mienna missed Røa's entire 2013 season due to
pregnancy
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Pregnancy usually occur ...
and announced her retirement from football in January 2014.
References
External links
*
Norwegian national team profile
Røa club profile
*
1985 births
Living people
Norwegian women's footballers
Norwegian Christians
Footballers from Trondheim
Røa IL players
2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Norway women's international footballers
2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players
Toppserien players
Olympic footballers of Norway
Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Women's association football midfielders
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