Lise Klaveness
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Lise Klaveness is a Norwegian football player
who has played more than fifty matches for the Norway women's national football team
.
She played on the Norwegian team that finished fourth at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China, but retired from the Norwegian national team at the end of the 2007 season having played 51 matches and scored 6 goals. She was back in the team at the end of 2009 after a new trainer was appointed.
Her clubs include IL Sandviken
, Bjørnar (now Arna-Bjørnar) (2000), FK Athene Moss
(2001), Asker (2002–2005, 2008) and, in 2006/07, Umeå IK
where she was vice-captain for the 2007 season.
At the end of her time in Umeå she went on holiday to West Africa where she contracted serious food poisoning with a body temperature of 42 degrees C. In her own words, "I met the man with the scythe".
In 2008 she returned to Norway and played again for Asker, and was also the club's physical trainer as well as qualifying as a lawyer and beginning full-time work for a law firm in Oslo
.
At the end of 2008 when Asker became bankrupt most first-team players including Klaveness transferred to Stabæk, the nearby top men's football club, to set up Stabæk Fotball Kvinner
(SFK). Stabæk therefore became the first Norwegian club to have men's and women's teams playing in the two elite divisions, the Tippeligaen
and the Toppserien.
In October 2009 she was recalled to the women's national team for two matches in the qualification stage of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
As a specialist in employment law Klaveness is sometimes involved with disputes between football clubs and their employees.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
who has played more than fifty matches for the Norway women's national football team
Norway women's national football team
The Norway women's national football team represents Norway in international women's football. The team, controlled by the Football Association of Norway, are former European, World and Olympic champions and thus one of the most successful national teams...
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She played on the Norwegian team that finished fourth at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup in China, but retired from the Norwegian national team at the end of the 2007 season having played 51 matches and scored 6 goals. She was back in the team at the end of 2009 after a new trainer was appointed.
Her clubs include IL Sandviken
IL Sandviken
IL Sandviken is a Norwegian sports club from the neighborhood Sandviken in Bergenhus borough, Bergen. It has sections for football and handball.The women's football team currently resides in the Toppserien, having played there since the 2004 season...
, Bjørnar (now Arna-Bjørnar) (2000), FK Athene Moss
FK Athene Moss
FK Athene Moss is a Norwegian women's football club from Moss. It is named after Athena in Greek mythology.It was founded in 1996, replacing SK Sprint-Jeløy which was a former successful club from Moss. Athene Moss played in the Toppserien until 2001, when it was relegated...
(2001), Asker (2002–2005, 2008) and, in 2006/07, Umeå IK
Umeå IK
Umeå IK is a prominent women's association football club based in the city of Umeå, Sweden. The club was established in 1917 as a general sports club, and started competing in women's in 1985. In 1996 the team reached the premier division, the Damallsvenskan but was relegated the following year. In...
where she was vice-captain for the 2007 season.
At the end of her time in Umeå she went on holiday to West Africa where she contracted serious food poisoning with a body temperature of 42 degrees C. In her own words, "I met the man with the scythe".
In 2008 she returned to Norway and played again for Asker, and was also the club's physical trainer as well as qualifying as a lawyer and beginning full-time work for a law firm in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
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At the end of 2008 when Asker became bankrupt most first-team players including Klaveness transferred to Stabæk, the nearby top men's football club, to set up Stabæk Fotball Kvinner
Stabæk Fotball Kvinner
Stabæk Fotball Kvinner is Stabæk IF's women's football team, and was started in 2007. Stabæk plays in Toppserien, the top league of Norway. They won the league championship in 2010 and thus qualified to the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League to debut in Europe...
(SFK). Stabæk therefore became the first Norwegian club to have men's and women's teams playing in the two elite divisions, the Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen
Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...
and the Toppserien.
In October 2009 she was recalled to the women's national team for two matches in the qualification stage of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.
As a specialist in employment law Klaveness is sometimes involved with disputes between football clubs and their employees.