Silje Jørgensen Anzjøn (born 5 May 1977) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

former

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who debuted for the

Norway women's national football team The Norway women's national football team is controlled by the Football Association of Norway. The team is former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams. The team has had less success since the 2 ...

in 1996, and won 43

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. She played in the national team at the

1999 FIFA Women's World Cup The 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup was the third edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the world championship for women's national soccer teams. It was hosted as well as won by the United States and took place from June 19 to July 10, 1999, at ...

and received a gold medal at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from ...

in Sydney."2000 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Soccer"
(Retrieved 16 May 2008) At club level Jørgensen played 178 times and scored 46 goals in six seasons with

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 ...

of 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 ...

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Norwegian national team profile
* 1977 births Living people Norwegian women's footballers Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Norway Olympic gold medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in football Klepp IL players Toppserien players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players Norway women's international footballers Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Women's association football midfielders Sportspeople from Kristiansand {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub