Kristin Lie

Kristin Lie

Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-12-13) 13 December 1978 (age 43)
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team
Number	15
Youth career
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1999	Verdal
1999–2013	Trondheims-Ørn
2014–
National team
2007–2009	Norway	16	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Kristin Lie (born 13 December 1978) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a striker for . She was also capped while playing for Norway.

Career[]

Lie was born in Steinkjer and grew up in Namdalseid in Nord Trøndelag, where she started her football career with three local clubs, , 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 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[]

• Profile at club site

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