About Guro Reiten
Born 1994. Guro Reiten is a Norwegian association football player.
Club career Early career Born in Sunndalsøra, Møre og Romsdal, Reiten began her senior career with local side Sunndal, then in the second division of the Norwegian football.
At age 16, Reiten joined Toppserien side Kattem in 2011. During her year-and-a-half spell with Kattem, she made 35 league appearances and scored 11 goals in her second season, becoming the club's 2012 top scorer.
LSK Kvinner Reiten then transferred to Toppserien side LSK Kvinner for the 2017 season. With the club, she won the league title in 2017 and was the Toppserien's regular season top scorer with 18 goals. Reiten repeated both feats in 2018, this time with 21 goals, as well as winning the 2018 Norwegian Cup, scoring a brace in the final against IL Sandviken. In addition, she won the 2018 Toppserien Player of the Year and Goal of the Year awards. At the time of her departure from LSK Kvinner, Reiten was the Toppserien's leading scorer in the 2019 season.
Chelsea
On 31 May 2019, Reiten signed with the Women's Super League (WSL) side Chelsea. It was reported that the transfer fee was around 100,000 Norwegian kroner. In her first season with Chelsea, Reiten made 23 appearances and scored 7 goals across all competitions. She featured less frequently for Chelsea in the 2020–21 season, mostly coming off the bench, scoring one goal in nineteen league appearances.
In 2022–23, Reiten won her fourth consecutive WSL title with Chelsea and made 39 appearances in all competitions, the most of any player in the squad. She scored 13 goals across the season, including the winning goal in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final against Lyon, and also scored Chelsea's only goal in the 2–1 aggregate semi-final defeat against Barcelona. At the start of the 2023–24 season in October, Reiten scored a 96th-minute equaliser against Manchester City in a 1–1 draw. In the same month, she suffered an ankle ligament injury and was sidelined until December. During this period, she extended her contract with Chelsea until 2026
In the final home game of the 2023–24 season against Bristol City, Reiten scored four goals in an 8–0 win, putting Chelsea one goal ahead of Manchester City on goal difference with two games to go. On the final day of the season, she provided two assists in a 6–0 win against Manchester United to win her fifth successive WSL title as Chelsea won the title on goal difference.
At the time of her departure from Chelsea in March 2026, Reiten had made 207 appearances and scored 59 goals for the club.
Gotham FC On 12 March 2026, Reiten joined National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Gotham FC. Initially joining on loan from Chelsea, she signed for the club on a permanent deal as a free agent on 1 July 2026 after her contract with Chelsea expired, signing a three-year deal until 2029. She made her NWSL debut on 25 April 2026, starting at left-back in place of the injured Lilly Reale in a 3–0 victory over Bay FC.
International career
Youth career Reiten has represented Norway at all youth international levels from under-15 to under-23. As a 13-year-old, she was already selected for the under-15 national team to play a match in Kristiansund. In April 2010, Reiten represented the under-17 team at the 2010 UEFA Under-17 Championship in Switzerland, where Norway were eliminated in the second qualifying round, finishing second in their group behind Germany.
She made her under-19 debut on 30 May 2011 in the opening game of the 2011 UEFA Under-19 Championship against Germany, which her team lost 3–1. The semi-final finish qualified Norway for the 2012 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Japan, where the team was once again defeated by Germany, this time in the quarter-finals, with Reiten appearing in three of Norway's four games at the tournament, including a 4–1 group stage victory over Argentina where she played full 90 minutes. she led Norway at the main tournament in Wales as team captain. The team failed to qualify for the knockout stages after finishing third in Group B, behind Germany and Finland, with three points from three matches, winning the only game of the tournament against Sweden 5–0. Reiten played in all three matches. Three days later, she was included in the starting lineup for the first time, in a 1–1 draw with England, where she played the full 90 minutes. On 13 February, Reiten played her first competitive match against Greece in a 2015 World Cup qualifiers, where she again played the full 90 minutes, before representing Norway at the 2014 Algarve Cup a month later.
After two appearances in the last two World Cup qualifying matches in September 2014, through which Norway qualified for the 2015 World Cup, Reiten had to wait more than two years for her next appearance, and in the meantime she played for the under-23 national team. Reiten also managed to score her first senior goal in the process, against tournament hosts Portugal, scoring her team's second goal in a 2–0 win only three minutes after being substituted in.
Reiten represented Norway at UEFA Euro 2017, where she came on as a substitute in the opening game against the Netherlands. She also played in the last group match against Denmark, however, she was unable to prevent her team from being eliminated without a single point or goal for the first time in a major tournament. After an unsuccessful European Championship campaign, Norway played qualifiers for the 2019 World Cup. Reiten played in all eight matches and scored four goals, including a brace against Northern Ireland in the opening game, as Norway qualified for the World Cup finals with a first-place finish and seven wins from eight games.
Reiten had her first tournament success in 2019 by winning the Algarve Cup. On 2 May, she was included in the squad for the 2019 World Cup, her first World Cup. At the World Cup, she played in all five of Norway's matches. In the opening game against Nigeria, she scored the first goal of the tournament for Norway and was named the best player on the pitch for her goal and assist. A 3–0 defeat to England in the quarter-finals saw her and her team eliminated, also missing out on the 2020 Summer Olympics.
In the Euro 2022 qualifiers, Reiten featured in all six of Norway's matches and scored four goals, including the 1–0 winner against Wales. In the 2023 World Cup qualifiers that followed, she also played in all ten games and netted two goals.
In June 2022, Reiten was called-up to the Norwegian national team for the 2022 European Championship finals. She appeared in all three group matches, starting with a match against Euro newcomers Northern Ireland, in which she scored Norway's last goal in a 4–1 win. They then suffered the heaviest defeat in their international history against England, 8–0. Norway failed to qualify for the knockout rounds of the European Championship for the second consecutive time after losing 1–0 to Austria in the last game, finishing third in their group.
In June 2023, she was named in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the 2023 World Cup. She appeared in all four of Norway's matches at the final tournament, scoring two goals. Two years later, Reiten represented Norway at UEFA Euro 2025.
Personal life Following the 2022 Oslo shooting, Reiten publicly came out as a lesbian in an interview with the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang. In November 2025, her partner Julie Nilssen gave birth to a son.
Career statistics Club
International
Norway Algarve Cup: 2019 Toppserien Goal of the Year: 2018 2022–23 Norwegian Golden Ball: 2022
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Norwegian association football player
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Guro Reiten was born on 26 July 1994 in Sunndalsøra.
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