Hege Hansen (born 24 October 1990) is a Norwegian

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er who plays for

Klepp IL Klepp IL is a Norwegian sports club from the municipality of Klepp. It was founded on 1 October 1919, and has sections for football, handball and gymnastics as well as the less active sections for athletics and orienteering. Best known for t ...

in the

Norwegian First Division The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon and OBOS-ligaen (named sponsor is property developer OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon are p ...

Career

Hansen played from 2006 to 2010 for 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 ...

club

. In August 2010, she switched to

Arna-Bjørnar Arna-Bjørnar Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Arna, Bergen. It was founded in late 2000 as a merger between the football branches from ''IL Bjørnar'' and ''Arna T&IL'', and replaced Bjørnar IL in the league system from 2001. The w ...

and her first match for new club, was against her old club. After five seasons, she returned to Klepp IL for 2015 season.

International career

Hansen was in several Norwegian junior teams. In autumn 2007, she was part of the U-19 team that qualified and reached the final in the

2008 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship The UEFA Women's U-19 Championship 2008 Final Tournament was held in France between 7–19 July 2008. Players born after 1 January 1989 were eligible to participate in this competition. Qualification There were two qualification rounds.< ...

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. They were runners-up, after losing to Italy, for the minimum score, 1:0. She also participated in the team that played the

2009 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship The UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship 2009 Final Tournament was held in Belarus from 13 to 25 July 2009. Players born on or after 1 January 1990 were eligible to participate in this competition. The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2010 FI ...

. Norway qualified for the final tournament, but was unable to surpass the group stage and only scored once. In February 2009, she played two matches for the U-23 team in

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. Three years later, on 17 January 2012 – also in La Manga – she played her first game for the senior team. On 14 May 2015, she was nominated for the final squad for the

2015 FIFA Women's World Cup The 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup was the seventh FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international soccer championship contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was hosted by Canada for the ...

Family

Her father Hugo Hansen and her brother

Cato Hansen Cato Hansen (born 26 May 1988) is a Norwegian football striker. Career He came to Brann from Bryne before the 2009 season. At Bryne, he played 45 times, scoring 10 goals in the Norwegian First Division. On 7 August 2009, Hansen was loaned out ...

were both professional footballers. Her sister, Tuva Hansen, is also a professional footballer.

References

External links

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1990 births Living people People from Time, Norway Women's association football forwards Klepp IL players Arna-Bjørnar players Avaldsnes IL players Toppserien players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Norway women's international footballers Norwegian women's footballers Footballers from Rogaland {{Norway-women-footy-bio-stub