Career
Riise started playing football at age six and played in a boys" team until age 14. In late 1995 along with four other Norwegians she joined Nikko Securities Dream Ladies football club in Japan. In 2003 the Norwegian Football Association named Riise the best female Norwegian football player ever.
Returning to Norway in 2005 Hege Riise joined Team Strømmen of Oslo and became the club"s playing assistant trainer in 2006.
She played her last top-level match with Team Strømmen on 28 October 2006 aged 37 and retired from football as a player. Riise made her international debut with the Norwegian national team in 1990.
She retired from international football in September 2004 with 188 caps and 58 goals. Riise retired as a player at the end of the 2006 season with 188 international caps to her cr, the record for all Norwegian football players.
In 2007 she became the chief trainer at Team Strømmen, in the Norwegian women"s premier league, the Toppserien.
In the 2008 season, Team Strømmen were runners-up in both the league and the Cup competitions. On 28 January 2009, Riise was appointed Assistant Trainer to the United States of America women"s national team Hege Riise has announced her wish to become the chief trainer of the Norwegian women"s team at some future unspecified date.
