Quick Facts
Biography
Guro Reiten (born 26 July 1994) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for English club Chelsea and the Norway national team. Before joining Chelsea in 2019, she played in Norway for Sunndal, Kattem, Trondheims-Ørn and LSK Kvinner.
She made her debut for Norway in 2014 and appeared at UEFA Women's Euro 2017 and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
Club career
Sunndal
Born in Sunndalsøra, Møre og Romsdal, Reiten grew up in the village of Nordmøre and began her senior career with her local side Sunndal, then in the second division of the Norwegian football.
Kattem
At age 16 Reiten left her home and joined the Toppserien team 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.
Trondheims-Ørn
After Kattem pulled out of the Toppserien, Reiten joined Trondheims-Ørn in 2013. During her four seasons with Trondheims, Reiten made 82 league appearances and scored 25 goals. With Trondheims-Ørn, she has also reached the final of the 2014 Norwegian Women's Cup.
LSK Kvinner
She then transferred to Toppserien side LSK Kvinner for the 2017 season. During her two-and-a-half seasons with the club, she made 53 league appearances, scoring 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 Kvinner, Reiten was the Toppserien's leading top scorer for the 2019 season.
Chelsea
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.
International career
Reiten has represented Norway at all youth international levels. She made her full international debut for Norway in January 2014, against Spain. She was a member of the Norwegian squad at UEFA Women's Euro 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 Women's World Cup squad in May 2019.
International goals
- Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first.
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 March 2017 | Bela Vista Municipal Stadium, Parchal, Portugal |  Portugal | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2017 Algarve Cup |
| 2 | 15 September 2017 | Nye Fredrikstad Stadion, Fredrikstad, Norway |  Northern Ireland | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2019 World Cup qualification |
| 3 | 4–1 | |||||
| 4 | 19 September 2017 | Sarpsborg Stadion, Sarpsborg, Norway |  Slovakia | 3–0 | 6–1 | |
| 5 | 31 August 2018 | NTC Senec, Senec, Slovakia | 2–0 | 4–0 | ||
| 6 | 8 June 2019 | Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims, France |  Nigeria | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 7 | 30 August 2019 | Seaview, Belfast, Northern Ireland | Northern Ireland | 1–0 | 6–0 | UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying |
| 8 | 4 October 2019 | Borisov Arena, Barysaw, Belarus |  Belarus | 4–1 | 7–1 | |
| 9 | 8 November 2019 | Viking Stadion, Stavanger, Norway | Northern Ireland | 3–0 | 6–0 |
Career statistics
- As of 2 March 2020
| Club | Season | Division | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Kattem | 2011 | Toppserien | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 13 | 0 | |||
| 2012 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 0 | 24 | 12 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 12 | ||
| Trondheims-Ørn | 2013 | Toppserien | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 23 | 6 | |||
| 2014 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 24 | 8 | |||||
| 2015 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 24 | 3 | |||||
| 2016 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 25 | 9 | |||||
| Total | 82 | 25 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 26 | ||
| LSK Kvinner | 2017 | Toppserien | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 25 | 19 | |||
| 2018 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 6 | — | 4 | 0 | — | 30 | 27 | ||||
| 2019 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 2 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 17 | 15 | ||||
| Total | 53 | 51 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 61 | ||
| Chelsea | 2019–20 | FA WSL | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 21 | 6 | ||
| Total | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 185 | 92 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 226 | 105 | ||
Honours
Team
- 2014 Norwegian Women's Cup runner-up
- 2017 Toppserien winner
- 2018 Toppserien winner
- 2018 Norwegian Women's Cup winner
- 2019 Algarve Cup winner
- 2019 Toppserien winner
- 2019-20 FA WSL winner
- 2019-20 FA Women's League Cup winner
Individual
- 2017 Toppserien Golden Boot
- 2018 Toppserien Golden Boot
- 2018 Toppserien Player of the Year
- 2018 Toppserien Goal of the Year