Kristin Lie
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 13 December 1978 | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Youth career | |||
Namdalseid | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Beitstad | |||
–1999 | Verdal | 10 | (0) |
1999–2013 | Trondheims-Ørn | 263 | (90) |
2014–2017 | Egge | 21 | (41) |
2022- | Sørlia | 6 | (5) |
International career | |||
2007–2009 | Norway | 16 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Kristin Lie (born 13 December 1978) is a Norwegian footballer who played as a striker for Egge. She was also capped while playing for Norway.
Career
[edit]Lie was born in Steinkjer and grew up in Namdalseid in Nord Trøndelag, where she started her football career with three local clubs, Namdalseid, Beitstad and Verdal. She joined Trondheims-Ørn in 1999.
Lie was the team's top scorer in four consecutive seasons from 2006 to 2009 and also became top scorer in the 2007 Toppserien.[1]
With Trondheims-Ørn, Lie won the Toppserien in 2000, 2001 and 2003, and the Norwegian Women's Cup in 1999, 2001 and 2003. The team also became runner-up in the Toppserien in 1999, 2004 and 2006, as well as in the 2010 Norwegian Women's Cup.
Lie signed a two-year contract extension to continue with Trondheims-Ørn in February 2012, and after 15 seasons with the club she played her last match at home when she got seven minutes as a substitute against Klepp in October 2013. Her last match before her retirement from top football was the last match of the 2013 Toppserien season, away against Lillestrøm.[1]
For Norway, Lie played 12 matches and scored seven goals for the Under-21 team between 1999 and 2001.[2] In 2007, the same year as she became top goalscorer in the Toppserien, she made her debut for the senior national team against Finland.[1] She was a member of the Norwegian squad for the 2009 UEFA Women's European Championship, and played a total of 16 matches for the Norway, scoring one goal, between 2007 and 2009.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ørn-veteran spiller sin siste kamp" (in Norwegian). NRK. Norwegian News Agency. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
- ^ a b "Kristin Lie's profil". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 31 October 2013.