Guro Knutsen Mienna (born Guro Knutsen on 10 January 1985) is a Norwegian former

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who played for

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of the

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league and for the

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. She played alongside her older sister Marie Knutsen in the Norwegian team that finished fourth at the

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in China. Knutsen Mienna won the Norwegian league with

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

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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

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. 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

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and scored three goals for Norway. She is a member of the Christian sports organization ''

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'' (KRIK) and is a medical student at the

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. She married Kim André Mienna in April 2009. Knutsen Mienna missed Røa's entire 2013 season due to

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and announced her retirement from football in January 2014.

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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 {{Norway-women-footy-bio-stub