Reidun Seth (born 9 June 1966) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

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, world champion and olympic medallist, a

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and a goalkeeper trainer. She debuted for the

Norwegian national team Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway * Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including ...

in 1984, and played 71 matches for the national team. She received a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in

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. Clubs include

IL Jardar Idrettslaget Jardar is a Norwegian sports club from Bærum, Akershus. It covers the areas Slependen, Jong and Tanum. Sports clubs in the area before World War II were Tanum IL, and minor clubs such as Jongsåsen IF, Pil and Uredd. IL Jarda ...

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, Trollhättans IF and

Nymark IL Nymark Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Årstad, Bergen. It has sections for association football, cycling and athletics. It was founded on 21 April 1921, and was a member of Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund until that association ceased to ...

. Reidun Seth joined Bergen club

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 1999 and retired after the 2002 season. Since then she has worked as a full-time keeper trainer in Bergen and has among her students Norway's keeper, Erika Skarbø. Following Skarbø's absence due to injury in early 2009 Seth announced that she would be available to play for Arna-Bjørnar in the elite

Toppserien The Toppserien is the top level of women's association football in Norway. It was founded in 1984. History Women's league football was introduced on a county basis in 1977. These leagues acted as qualification for the regional (South) league in ...

league as the club's reserve goalkeeper to first keeper Precious Dede. She played the full 90 minutes in the club's 3–0 win over

Trondheims-Ørn Rosenborg Ballklub Kvinner (previously known as Sportsklubben Trondheims-Ørn) is a Norwegian women's professional football club in Trondheim, Trøndelag. History The club was founded as a multi-sports club on May 18, 1917, and became a m ...

on 4 July 2009 at the age of 43 years and 25 days. A year later, on 27 June 2010, Seth was again in action in the Arna-Bjørnar goal for 20 minutes, after first-keeper Erika Skarbø was injured.Reidun (44) back in goal
/ref> Seth played her last Toppserien match of 2010 on 18 September 2010 at the age of 44 years and 101 days, a 4–0 win for Arna-Bjørnar over Linderud-Grei. She has made herself available as a reserve keeper for the 2011 season.

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* 1966 births Living people Norwegian women's footballers Norway women's international footballers Women's association football goalkeepers Arna-Bjørnar players Footballers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Norwegian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Olympic medalists in football 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup players 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup players FIFA Women's World Cup-winning players Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics UEFA Women's Championship-winning players Öxabäcks IF players Damallsvenskan players {{Norway-Olympic-medalist-stub