About Lise Klaveness
Lise Klaveness (born 19 April 1981) is a Norwegian lawyer and former footballer who played 73 matches for Norway's national team between 2002 and 2011. She is currently the president of the Norwegian Football Federation. Since assuming her leadership role in March 2022, Klaveness has advocated for change within FIFA. On the eve of the 2022 World Cup, in response to reports of mistreatment of migrant workers, Klaveness protested FIFA's decision to allow Qatar to host the Cup. Klaveness is also a vocal critic of holding the 2034 FIFA World Cup in Saudi Arabia, noting the bidding process is tainted with corruption and the country also violates human rights. == Club career == Her clubs include IL Sandviken, Bjørnar (now Arna-Bjørnar) (2000), FK Athene Moss (2001), Asker (2002–2005, 2008) and, in 2006/07, Umeå IK where she was vice-captain for the 2007 season. At the end of her time in Umeå, she went on holiday to West Africa, where she contracted serious food poisoning with a body temperature of 42 °C. In her own words, "I met the man with the scythe" (i.e. the Grim Reaper). In 2008, she returned to Norway and played again for Asker and was also the club's physical trainer as well as qualifying as a lawyer and beginning full-time work for a law firm in Oslo. At the end of 2008, when Asker became bankrupt, most first-team players, including Klaveness, transferred to Stabæk IF, the nearby top sports club, to set up Stabæk Fotball Kvinner (SFK). Stabæk therefore became the first Norwegian club to have men's and women's teams playing in the two elite divisions, the Tippeligaen and the Toppserien.
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