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Heidi Elin Støre (born 4 July 1963) is a Norwegian former
footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
who played as a
midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
. As captain for the Norway national team, she won the
1995 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup, the second edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, was held in Sweden and won by Norway women's national football team, Norway, who became the first European nation to win the Women's World Cup. The tournament fea ...
.


Career

Støre was born in
Sarpsborg Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsborg is part of the fifth largest urban area in Norway when paired with neigh ...
. She played for the clubs Sprint-Jeløy (Norway),
Trollhättan Trollhättan () is the 23rd-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County. It is situated by Göta älv, near the lake Vänern, and has a population of approximately 50,000 in the city proper. It is locate ...
(Sweden),
Kolbotn Kolbotn is an urban area in Norway's Nordre Follo county. Kolbotn is in the centre of the traditional district, Oppegård. The population is about 6,000. Kolbotn has several elementary schools, four middle schools and a high school. Town is loca ...
(Norway), Nikko (Japan) and
Athene Moss FK Athene Moss was a Norwegian women's football club from Moss. It is named after Athena in Greek mythology. It was founded in 1996, replacing SK Sprint-Jeløy which was a former successful club from Moss. Athene Moss played in the Toppserien u ...
(Norway). She made her debut for the Norway national team in 1980, and played 151 matches for the national team. She was world champion with the Norwegian team in 1995, received a silver medal in 1991, and won the unofficial world championship tournament in 1988. She was European champion from 1987 and 1993, and received silver medals in 1989 and 1991. She won an Olympic bronze medal with the Norwegian team in 1996. Støre ended her active career in 1997, but returned as administrator of women's football in 2005. She was appointed leader of the department ''Toppfotball kvinner'' of the
Football Association of Norway The Norwegian Football Federation ( nb, Norges Fotballforbund, nn, Noregs Fotballforbund; NFF) is the governing body of football in Norway. It was formed in 1902 and organises the men's and women's national teams, as well as the league systems f ...
from 2013.


Honours

Norway *
FIFA Women's World Cup The FIFA Women's World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior women's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA), the sport's international governing bo ...
:
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; runner-up
1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...
Individual *
Kniksen Award The Kniksen Award ( no, Kniksenprisen), established in 1990, honors the best players in the Norwegian football premiership. The award is named after the legendary Norwegian football player Roald Jensen, nicknamed "Kniksen". Categories Categor ...
: 1993 with Norway


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* 1963 births Living people People from Sarpsborg Sportspeople from Viken (county) Norwegian women's footballers Women's association football midfielders Norway women's international footballers 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players UEFA Women's Championship-winning players FIFA Women's World Cup-winning captains Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Toppserien players Athene Moss players Nadeshiko League players SK Sprint-Jeløy (women) players Kolbotn Fotball players Nikko Securities Dream Ladies players FIFA Century Club Norwegian expatriate women's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Expatriate women's footballers in Japan {{Norway-women-footy-bio-stub