Gøril Kringen (born 28 January 1972) is a

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former football player and

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, who has also worked as the

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's (NFF) head of women's football. As a player, she was an Olympic champion with the

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. She played club football for

Trondheims-Ørn Rosenborg Ballklub Kvinner (previously known as Sportsklubben Trondheims-Ørn) is a Norwegian women's professional football club in Trondheim, Trøndelag. History The club was founded as a multi-sports club on May 18, 1917, and became a me ...

, and holds the record for total matches played for the club (515).

Playing career

Playing for

SK Trondheims-Ørn Rosenborg Ballklub Kvinner (previously known as Sportsklubben Trondheims-Ørn) is a Norwegian women's professional football club in Trondheim, Trøndelag. History The club was founded as a multi-sports club on May 18, 1917, and became a mem ...

, Kringen won the Norwegian league seven times between 1994 and 2003. She also won the

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eight times with Trondheims-Ørn. Kringen made her senior national team debut in July 1995—a 2–0 win over Australia—but she was not selected for Norway's victorious

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, who became the first European nation to win the Women's World Cup. The tournament featured 12 women's national teams from si ...

squad. She was on the Norwegian team that hosted

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and then finished fourth at the

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in the United States. She collected a total of 72

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for Norway and won gold at the

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in Sydney."2000 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Soccer"
(Retrieved on May 16, 2008) She was Norway's captain in their

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campaign, which ended with a 1–0 defeat by hosts

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in the semi-final.

Coaching career

Kringen coached Trondheims-Ørn (2006–2010) and has also coached Norway's Under-23 team. In 2012 Kringen served as an assistant coach at

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in the Norwegian en'sFirst Division. She was the first woman to coach a team in the top two levels of the

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. In May 2013 Kringen was appointed the

's (NFF) head of women's football.

References

External links

*
Norwegian national team profile

Trondheims-Ørn club profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kringen, Goril 1972 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 Norwegian women's football managers Norway women's international footballers Toppserien players SK Trondheims-Ørn players 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers from Trondheim Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Women's association football defenders IL Stjørdals-Blink players