Gøril Kringen

Gøril Kringen

Personal information
Full name	Gøril Kringen
Date of birth	28 January 1972
Place of birth	Trondheim, Norway[1]
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[2]
Playing position	Defender
Youth career
	IL Stjørdals-Blink
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1990–2005	Trondheims-Ørn
National team^‡
1995–2001	Norway	72	(0)
Teams managed
2006–2010	Trondheims-Ørn
Honours Women's football Representing  Norway Olympic Games 2000 Atlanta Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:16, 7 October 2014 (UTC). † Appearances (goals) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:16, 7 October 2014 (UTC)

Gøril Kringen (born January 28, 1972) is a Norwegian football coach who works as the Football Association of Norway's (NFF) head of women's football. As a player, she was an Olympic champion with the Norway women's national football team. She played club football for Trondheims-Ørn, and holds the record for total matches played for the club (515).

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 squad. She was on the Norwegian team that hosted UEFA Women's Euro 1997 and then finished fourth at the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup in the United States.^[3]

She collected a total of 72 caps for Norway and won gold at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.^[4] She was Norway's captain in their UEFA Women's Euro 2001 campaign,^[5] which ended with a 1–0 defeat by hosts Germany in the semi-final.

Coaching career

She coached Trondheims-Ørn (2006–2010) and has also coached Norway's Under-23 team. In 2012 Kringen served as an assistant coach at Ranheim Fotball in the Norwegian [men's] First Division. She was the first woman to coach a team in the top two levels of the Norwegian football league system.^[6]

In May 2013 Kringen was appointed the Football Association of Norway's (NFF) head of women's football.^[7]

References

1. "Gøril Kringen". Sports Reference. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
2. "Kringen Goril". FIFA. Archived from the original on 30 September 2000. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
3. "Norges VM-tropp" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 20 June 1999. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
4. "2000 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Soccer" (Retrieved on May 16, 2008)
5. Bohlin, Gøran (28 June 2001). "Forberedt på grisespill" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
6. Heilmann, Håkon Rysst; Øfsti, Anders Werner (10 January 2012). "Her blir Gøril Kringen historisk" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 7 October 2014.
7. Haavik, Yngve (27 May 2013). "Kringen ansatt som fagsjef for kvinnefotball" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

External links

• Goeril Kringen – FIFA competition record
• Norwegian national team profile (Norwegian)
• Trondheims-Ørn club profile (Norwegian)