Career
She also played for the Norway women"s national football team Nordby started her career at Hosle Illinois, but quickly moved to neighbors Røa when she had to play for an all-girls team Nordby has played with Røa almost her entire life, aside from the few years she played in the United States at the University of South Florida, and has tallied 250 appearances for the club
She is Røa"s set-piece specialist (free kicks, corners and penalty kicks) as well as the vice-captain, and in 2008 captained Røa to "the Double" of Norway"s league and Cup titles.
She has even signed a lifetime contract with Røa to demonstrate her commitment to the team She made her debut with the national team on 24 July 2004 in a match against Germany.
Nordby scored her first goal for the national team on 3 May 2008 in a Euro qualification match against Israel. Her second goal came on a penalty against Brazil in the quarterfinals at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Nordby often played leftand right-back on the national team under coach Bjarne Berntsen, who is known to place his players in different positions.
On 21 October 2008 Siri Nordby and four other Røa players—Marie Knutsen, Guro Knutsen, Marit Fiane Christensen and Lene Mykjåland—made headlines when they announced in a press release that they would not be returning to the national team due to issues the five had with the national team leadership. While the press statement never mentioned coach Bjarne Berntsen"s name, it was assumed that he was instrumental in their decision to retire from the team Siri Nordby however, denied that this was directed solely at Berntsen.
The retirement, which came off in many newspapers as a boycott, created widespread media attention.
Her other brother, Geir Nordby, was her coach at Røa Illinois. After the 2012 season she retired from top-flight football, but after a few months she joined Øvrevoll Hosle Illinois, whose women"s team hunted promotion from the Second Division.