Tone Haugen (born 6 February 1964) is a former

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who played as a

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. With the Norway women's national team, Haugen won the

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and an Olympic bronze medal in 1996. At club level she played for

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in Norway, then joined Japanese L. League team

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on a professional contract. Haugen debuted for the Norwegian national team in 1984, and scored 19 goals in her 90

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. In 2000 Haugen took a job as

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of 1. divisjon club Fortuna Ålesund.

Personal life

As an out lesbian, she was in Norway's women's football team for the 2002

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. In 2014, she was working as a municipal

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Ålesund Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrativ ...

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* * * * * * 1964 births Living people Norwegian women's footballers Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in football 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players Norway women's international footballers FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players Norwegian expatriate women's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Japan SK Trondheims-Ørn players Fortuna Ålesund players Toppserien players LGBT association football players Lesbian sportswomen Norwegian LGBT sportspeople Nikko Securities Dream Ladies players Nadeshiko League players Expatriate women's footballers in Japan Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics UEFA Women's Championship-winning players Women's association football midfielders People from Namsos Sportspeople from Trøndelag {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub