Elise Hove Thorsnes (born 14 August 1988) is a Norwegian

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who plays as a

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for

Vålerenga Vålerenga () is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway, belonging to the borough of Gamle Oslo. Vålerenga is located between the neighbourhoods of Gamlebyen, Jordal, Ensjø, Etterstad and Lodalen. Vålerenga is in particular known for i ...

and the Norwegian national team.

Club career

Thorsnes was born in

Leikanger Leikanger () is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center was the village of Hermansverk, which also was th ...

. She made her debut for the former elite team

Kaupanger Kaupanger is a village situated along the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the municipality of Sogndal in Vestland county, Norway. It sits along the Norwegian National Road 5, about southeast of the municipal centre of Sogndalsfjøra and a ...

, and stayed there until her debut for

Arna-Bjørnar Arna-Bjørnar Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Arna, Bergen. It was founded in late 2000 as a merger between the football branches from ''IL Bjørnar'' and ''Arna T&IL'', and replaced Bjørnar IL in the league system from 2001. The ...

in 2006. Thorsnes made her debut at the same time as Erika Skarbø,

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and Trude Johannessen. Arna-Bjørnar finished in 5th place in 2006. Thorsnes was the top scorer in the Toppserien with 19 goals, and was named Young Player of the Year, and was named to the 2006 Toppserien Team of the Year. The 2007 season was less successful for Thorsnes as she only scored 6 goals and Arna-Bjørnar finished in 4th place. In the 2008 season Thorsnes scored 14 goals in the Toppserien, she also scored 11 cup goals in 10 cup games. She helped

to a 5th-place finish and scored against all the top teams (apart from Røa). On 12 December, Thorsnes revealed that she would be signing with

Røa Røa () is a neighbourhood and a former administrative borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. In 2004 the borough of Røa was merged with neighbouring Vinderen to become Vestre Aker borough. Røa is a suburb of Oslo, located approximately 7 kilome ...

. Thorsnes won two championships in her first three seasons in Røa. In 2011, she was the Toppserien's Golden Boot for the second time with 27 goals, a personal record. Following the 2012 season, Thorsnes signed with Stabæk. In the 2013 season Thorsnes won the Golden Boot for the third time, scoring 19 goals. Stabæk finished in first place in the

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and won the

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. After two seasons with Stabæk, Thorsnes joined

Avaldsnes Avaldsnes is a village in Karmøy municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located on the northeastern part of the island of Karmøy (island), Karmøy, along the Karmsundet strait, just south of the town of Haugesund (town), Hauge ...

where she would play for three seasons. In 2017 Thorsnes became the all-time leading goal scorer in the Toppserien. In October 2017, Thorsnes joined

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for the

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season, meaning she would play club football outside of Norway for the first time. Thorsnes scored six goals in nine games with Canberra. On 14 February 2018 Thorsnes signed with the Utah Royals of the

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for their inaugural season. This was a disappointing stint for Thorsnes as she only appeared in nine games, and didn't score any goals. After the season ended Utah declined her contract option, she was placed on Re-Enty wires and wasn't claimed by another team. In November 2018, Thorsnes signed a one-year contract with Toppserien Champions LSK Kvinner for the 2019 season. In 2019 Thorsnes went to

as a guest player for the season, after she is finished there she is going back to her former club

International career

In 2006 Thorsnes made her debut for Norway Women's National Team, but she was not included in the squad for the

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. Thorsnes scored her first goal for Norway against

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at the 2008 Algarve Cup. In 2008 Thorsnes was named to the Norwegian Team for the Beijing Olympics, she appeared in three matches. Norway lost to Brazil in the Quarter-finals. She scored her second international goal in the Quarter-finals of the 2009 European Championships, helping Norway defeat

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3–1.Knuste svenskene
– Aftenposten Thorsnes participated in the 2011 World Cup. She appeared in all three group games for Norway, and scored a goal in Norway's final game, a 2–1 loss to

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. Norway finished third in their group and did not advance to the knockout round. At the 2013 European Championships Thorsnes appeared in every game for Norway as they advanced all the way to the Championship game, where they lost to

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1–0. Thorsnes appeared in her second World Cup in

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. She played in all four games for Norway, who were eliminated in the Round of 16 by

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. Norway had a very disappointing

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in 2017, as they lost all three group games and failed to score a goal. Thorsnes started two games. Thorsnes appeared in six games for Norway in World Cup Qualification, she scored one goal. Norway won their qualifying group and qualified for the 2019 World Cup.

International goals

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Røa *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

: 2009, 2010 ;Stabæk *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

: 2013 ;LSK Kvinner *

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

: 2019 ;Avaldsnes *

: 2017 ;Vålerenga *

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: 2021

Individual

* Toppserien Golden Boot:

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(19 goals),

(27 goals),

(19 goals)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorsnes, Elise 1988 births Living people People from Leikanger Norwegian women's footballers Norway women's international footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Australia Expatriate women's soccer players in Australia Toppserien players Arna-Bjørnar players Røa IL players Stabæk Fotball Kvinner players Avaldsnes IL players Canberra United FC players Vålerenga Fotball Damer players 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup players 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup players Utah Royals players National Women's Soccer League players FIFA Women's Century Club Women's association football forwards 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players Footballers from Vestland UEFA Women's Euro 2017 players Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Norwegian expatriate women's footballers 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen