Janne Stange (born 24 June 1986) is a Norwegian

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who grew up on the west-coast island of

Karmøy Karmøy is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is southwest of the town of Haugesund in the traditional district of Haugaland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kopervik. Most of the municipality lies on t ...

near

Haugesund Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...

. Later she moved to Oslo, and in the top women's league, the

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, she played for Asker, and then in 2009 for

Stabæk Fotball Kvinner Stabæk Fotball Kvinner is Stabæk IF's women's football team, started on 23 October 2008 with a core of players from Asker. Asker had lost its licence to play in the top league after a failure to meet financial targets, and Stabæk's chairman ...

, mainly as a left-back. For the 2010 season she transferred to neighbouring club

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, and on 13 November she became a champion when Røa won the Cup Final, with Stange playing on the left wing. In 2011 Røa continued their success, winning the Toppserien league title. She attended Norges Toppidrettsgymnas and the

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. Early in 2012, after ten seasons in top football, Stange left Røa to return to Karmøy to play for her former club Avaldsnes in division-1.

References

1986 births Living people Norwegian women's footballers People from Karmøy BI Norwegian Business School alumni Stabæk Fotball Kvinner players Røa IL players Women's association football defenders Sportspeople from Rogaland {{Norway-footy-defender-stub