| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 26 May 1959 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sør-Odal, Norway | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1978-1987 | Asker | ||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1978-1987 | Norway | 49 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1994-1996 | Asker | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Kari Nielsen (born 26 May 1959) is a former Norwegian footballer, known as the first goal scorer for the Norway women's national football team. [1]
Nielsen was also part of the Norwegian team at the 1987 European Championships. Kari Nielsen scored 14 goals in 49 appearances for Norway. [2]
From 1994 through 1996 she managed Asker. After that she worked on an offshore oil rig. [3]
Openly lesbian, she headed a Norwegian football team at the 2002 Gay Games as player-coach. [4]
