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Biography
Guro Reiten was born on the 26th of July 1994 to the family of Tom Ivar Reiten and Iren Olsen in Sunndalsora, Norway. She is a Norwegian professional footballer. She plays the role of a winger for English Women’s Super League club Chelsea and the Norway national football team. Before joining Chelsea in 2019, she played in Norway for the following teams: Sunndal, Kattem, Trondheims-Ørn, and LSK Kvinner.
Reiten has secured a place in the English football club, Chelsea.
Reiten made her appearance for Norway in 2014 and appeared with the team at the UEFA European Championship 2017, 2019 FIFA World Cup, and UEFA European Championship 2022.
| Full Name: | Guro Reiten |
| Current club: | Super League club Chelsea and the Norwegian women’s national football team |
| Born: | July 26, 1994 |
| Place of Birth: | Sunndalsora, Norway |
| Nationality: | Norwegian |
| Height: | 5 feet 6 inches |
| Parents: | Tom Ivar Reiten (father) and Iren Olsen (mother) |
| Siblings: | Henrik Reiten |
| Husband• Spouse: | N/A |
| Zodiac sign: Leo | |
| Children: | N/A |
| Occupation: | footballer |
| Net Worth: | $5 million. |
Early Life & Education
Reiten grew up in village of Nordmore and as well went to school in Nordmore in 2011. She started playing football at a very young age before joining senior career with her local side Sunndal.
Her childhood was full of amazing moments because she felt loved and secure growing up. She was doing extremely well at school and performed well in academics. She fell in love with football at a very young age and became a footballer. her father also helps in achieving her goals as he always follows her to cheer her up during football tournaments. her role model when growing up was Steven Gerrard. Although, football was not only her focus in life as she also enjoys other things like painting, reading, shopping and watching movies.
Personal Life
On 25 June 2022, two people were killed and twenty-one people were wounded in a mass shooting in Oslo, Norway. Police are treating the incident as an “act of Islamist terrorism”. The target may have been the Oslo LGBTQ pride event, which was hosted by the local branch of the Norwegian Organization for Sexual and Gender Diversity.
Police arrested Zaniar Matapour, a Norwegian citizen from Sanandaj, Iran, who had lived in Norway since 1991. They later confirmed that they had known of Matapour since 2015, saying that he had been radicalized into Islamic extremism. They also said he had a “history of violence and threats”, as well as mental health issues. He has been charged with murder, attempted murder, and terrorism.
After the incident, Reiten came out publicly as a lesbian in an interview with the Norwegian newspaper verdens Gang. although, she did not reveal who she was dating.
Reiten has an older brother named Henrik Reiten.
She is of Norwegian origin and of North Germanic descent. She speaks English and Norwegian.
Career
Reiten started her career at the age of sixteen (16), She joined Toppserien side Kattem in 2011. During her year-and-a-half spell with Kattem, she made a total number of thirty-five (35) league appearances and scored a total number of eleven (11) goals in her second season, becoming the club’s 2012 top scorer.
After Kattem pulled out of the Toppserien, Reiten joined Trondheims-Ørn in 2013. During her four seasons with Trondheims, she made a total number of eight-two (82) league appearances and scored a total number of twenty-five (25) goals. With Trondheims-Ørn, she has also reached the final of the 2014 Norwegian Women’s Cup.
She was later transferred to Toppserien side LSK Kvinner for the 2017 season. During her two-and-a-half seasons with the club, she made a total number of fifty-three (53) league appearances, scoring a total number of fifty-one (51) goals in the process. With LSK Kvinner, Reiten was a back-to-back Toppserien league winner in 2017, also winning the Toppserien’s regular season golden boot in the same season. Reiten and LSK Kvinner repeated both these feats in 2018, including winning the 2018 Norway Women’s Cup. Reiten also went on to win the 2018 Toppserien Player of the Year and Goal of the Year awards. At her time of departing LSK Kvinner, Reiten was the Toppserien’s leading top scorer for the 2019 season.
On 31 May 2019, Reiten signed with the FA Women’s Super League side Chelsea. It was reported that the transfer fee was around £12,000.
Reiten has represented Norway at all youth international levels. She made her full international appearance for Norway in January 2014, against Spain. She was a member of the Norwegian squad at the UEFA European Championship 2017. In March 2019, Reiten was in the Norwegian squad that went on to win the 2019 Algarve Cup. She was subsequently named to the Norwegian 2019 FIFA World Cup squad in May 2019.
Net Worth
Guro Reiten has worked as a footballer right from child. she has accumulated a satisfactory fortune from playing football. Guro Reiten has an astonished net worth of $5 million.
Social Media
Guro Reiten as humble and hardworking as she is discovered that she also has some social media platforms where she can be connected.
- @Guro Reiten (@Guro Reiten) is her Instagram handle.
- @Guro Reiten (@Guro_Reiten) is her Twitter handle.
