Marit Helene Fiane Grødum (née Christensen; born 11 December 1980) is a Norwegian former

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central back. Christensen married

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on 31 August 2013 and changed her name to Marit Helene Fiane Grødum. Her last club was

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of Norway's

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league. She was member of the

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, having made her debut on 16 March 2003, in a match against the

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Club career

She started her career in

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, a local club in

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. As the women's teams of Halsen and rival club Nanset IF joined into one club, FK Larvik, Grødum became one of the key players of the club. Both she and the club made a Toppserien debut in 2000. Grødum scored one goal, but could not help the club avoid relegation. In 2002, Larvik and Grødum returned to Toppserien. Even though Larvik survived their second encounter with Toppserien, Grødum changed team to Asker. The stay in Asker was short, as only one year later Grødum continued her way east and ended up in Røa. Grødum proved to be vital to the club. In her first season in Røa, her team won the

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, both the league and the cup. Over the next years, Røa with Grødum won the league and the cup twice each.

International career

Grødum also became an important part of the national team. When she quit the national team in October 2008, Grødum had made 62 appearances, scoring seven goals. She scored her first goal for Norway on 24 July 2004 in a match against

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. She was part of the squad for the 2005 European Championships, in which Norway claimed silver, falling to

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3–1 in the championship match. She was also part of the team for the 2003 Women's World Cup,

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and the

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held in Beijing, China. On 21 October 2008 Grødum and four other Røa players – Marie Knutsen,

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and

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– made headlines when they announced in a press release that they would not be returning to the national team due to issues the five had with the national team leadership. While the press statement never mentioned

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's name, it was assumed that he was instrumental in their decision to quit the team. The retirement, interpreted by newspapers as a boycott, created widespread media attention. Somewhat involuntarily, Grødum became the spokesperson for the five players, especially in a TV-debate with the Norwegian Football Association and coach Bjarne Berntsen. As of January 2009, the issue seemed far from soluble, but with Bjarne Berntsen's retirement and the arrival of a new chief trainer for the national team, Eli Landsem, Grødum was recalled to the side in December 2009 for training matches against

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and

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, Spain in January 2010. Veteran national

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selected Grødum in Norway's squad for

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in Sweden. She started the

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, where

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's goal gave the Germans their sixth successive European title.

Personal

Grødum is a qualified lawyer and works as a legal adviser to NISO, the Norske Idrettsutøveres Sentralorganisasjon. Norwegian

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speed-skater winner

and Marit became a couple the summer of 2006. Their first child was born in autumn, 2010.http://www.agderposten.no/sport/har-egentlig-lagt-opp-1.6812419

Career statistics

''Statistics accurate as of match played 8 June 2013''

Honors

;

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: Winner

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: Winner 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010

Country

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: Quarter-final *

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: Fourth place * 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing: Quarter-final *

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: Runners-up *

: Runners-up

Individual

* UEFA Women's Championship All-Star Team:

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References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grodum, Marit Fiane 1980 births Living people People from Vestby Norwegian women's footballers Norway women's international footballers Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Norway Røa IL players Amazon Grimstad players Asker Fotball (women) players Toppserien players 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup players Norwegian women lawyers Women's association football central defenders Sportspeople from Viken (county) 21st-century Norwegian lawyers