Guro Pettersen

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Guro Pettersen

| image =

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|8|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tromsø, Norway

| height = 1.75 m

| position = Goalkeeper

| currentclub = Stabæk

| clubnumber = 25

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Fløya

| years1 = 2008–2012

| clubs1 = Fløya

| caps1 = 30

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2012–2013

| clubs2 = Stabæk

| caps2 = 4

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2014–2015

| clubs3 = Vålerenga

| caps3 = 34

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2016–2017

| clubs4 = Stabæk

| caps4 = 2

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2017

| clubs5 = → Fortuna Hjørring (loan)

| caps5 = 0

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2017

| clubs6 = → Arna-Bjørnar (loan)

| caps6 = 1

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2018–2019

| clubs7 = Vålerenga

| caps7 = 20

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2020–2021

| clubs8 = Piteå

| caps8 = 28

| goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2022–2024

| clubs9 = Vålerenga

| caps9 = 25

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2024

| clubs10 = Werder Bremen

| caps10 = 0

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2024–2025

| clubs11 = Damaiense

| caps11 =

| goals11 =

| years12 = 2025–

| clubs12 = Stabæk

| caps12 = 0

| goals12 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 2007–2008

| nationalteam1 = Norway U17

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2008–2010

| nationalteam2 = Norway U19

| nationalcaps2 = 11

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2011–2014

| nationalteam3 = Norway U23

| nationalcaps3 = 8

| nationalgoals3 = 0

| nationalyears4 = 2022–

| nationalteam4 = Norway

| nationalcaps4 = 7

| nationalgoals4 = 0

| club-update = 23:27, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

| nationalteam-update = 9 July 2023 (UTC)

}}

Guro Pettersen (born 22 August 1991) is a Norwegian professional footballer who most recently played as a goalkeeper for Toppserien club Stabæk. She has represented Norway internationally in youth teams and made her debut for the Norway national team on 7 April 2022 at the age of 30.{{Cite web |last=Fotballforbund |first=Norges |title=Guro Pettersen - Profil |url=https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?p=n&fiksId=2520055 |access-date=10 May 2022 |website=fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund |language=no}}

Club career

Pettersen started her career in Fløya in 2008, moving south in 2012 to Stabæk and Vålerenga (two periods in each). Between 2007 and 2014 she also played for Norwegian age-specific national teams.{{NFF|2520055}}

She first got national media attention, when tweeting that she should show the Stabæk manager "some of my other qualities", in order to dethrone Ingrid Hjelmseth as first-choice goalkeeper. The tweet alluded to the Stabæk manager allegedly having a romantic affair with one of the other players. According to the reports, Pettersen got this attention unwillingly because she was hacked.{{cite news|url=https://www.itromso.no/sport/article6417347.ece|title=Skapte Twitter-storm etter sex-melding|last=Eidissen|first=Lars|date=8 October 2012|work=iTromsø|publisher=Hanssen, Kine|language=no|access-date=1 January 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.tv2.no/a/3895441|title=Lagvenninnene sto bak Stabæk-keeperens sex-tweet|last=Stokstad|first=Morten|date=8 October 2012|publisher=TV 2|language=no|access-date=1 January 2022}} She was immediately approached by men's magazines to do photo shoots.{{cite news|url=https://www.nordlys.no/fotball/keeper-guro-onskes-som-lettkledd-forsidepike/s/1-79-6276461|title=Keeper-Guro ønskes som lettkledd forsidepike|last=Pettersen|first=Tord Olander|date=9 October 2012|work=Nordlys|language=no|access-date=1 January 2022}} She later alleged that the hosts of a football podcast she was guesting, asked her if she had ever slept with a male professional footballer. The podcast was never aired. Pettersen participated in debates on the gender inequality in football.{{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/tromsogfinnmark/_-du-foler-deg-som-en-idiot-nar-programlederne-spor-hvem-du-har-hatt-sex-med-1.13841284|title=– Du føler deg som en idiot når programlederne spør hvem du har hatt sex med|last=Strøm|first=Petter|date=28 December 2017|publisher=NRK|language=no|access-date=1 January 2022}}

In the winter of 2017, during the Norwegian off-season, she was loaned out to Danish club Fortuna Hjørring for the remainder of the 2016–17 Elitedivisionen.{{cite news|url=https://www.aftenposten.no/sport/fotball/i/8mRAd2/guro-pettersen-klar-for-champions-league-klubb|title=Guro Pettersen klar for Champions League-klubb|last=Eilertsen|first=Tobias Stein|date=3 February 2017|work=iTromsø (via Aftenposten)|language=no|access-date=1 January 2022}} She was benched twice in the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League, but did not make a mark in Hjørring{{Soccerway|guro-pettersen/77143}} and was loaned out to Arna-Bjørnar for the remainder of 2017.{{cite news|url=https://www.bygdanytt.no/sport/i/VVogd/hun-er-roedtroeyenes-nye-keeper|title=Hun er rødtrøyenes nye keeper|date=8 July 2017|work=Bygdanytt|language=no|access-date=1 January 2022}}

Ahead of the 2020 season, she joined Swedish club Piteå. She decided on the move in order to fight her way onto the Norway national team. She was called up several times in the 2010s, but last in 2015, before Martin Sjögren took over as head coach. She was eventually called up to the national team in September 2020.{{cite news|url=https://www.adressa.no/sport/fotball/i/0KB4o2/guro-29-fra-tromsoe-tilbake-paa-landslaget-for-foerste-gang-paa-fem-aar-viser-at-man-aldri-maa-gi-opp|title=Guro (29) fra Tromsø tilbake på landslaget for første gang på fem år: – Viser at man aldri må gi opp|last=Eilertsen|first=Tobias Stein|date=7 September 2020|work=iTromsø (via Adresseavisen)|language=no|access-date=1 January 2022}} In 2010 and 2021 she was benched club times for the national team.

In May 2021 Pettersen scored a goal for Piteå in open play, clearing the ball from the midfield. At the end of the season she was given the Goal of the Year award in the 2021 Damallsvenskan. At the time, the Twitter video of the goal had been watched 100,000 times.{{cite news|url=https://www.tv2.no/sport/14361279/|title=Norsk keeper vant årets mål i Sverige: – Tenkte denne kommer til å gå viralt|last=Warland|first=Jone|date=16 November 2021|publisher=TV 2|language=no|access-date=1 January 2022}} She did however leave Piteå after the season, to commence her third spell in Vålerenga.{{cite news|url=https://www.tv2.no/a/14397784/|title=Opplysninger til TV 2: Guro Pettersen klar for Vålerenga|last=Syversen|first=Christina Paulos|date=11 December 2021|publisher=TV 2|language=no|access-date=1 January 2022}}

On 1 February 2024, Pettersen joined Frauen-Bundesliga club Werder Bremen.{{cite web |title=Werder holt norwegische Nationaltorhüterin Guro Pettersen |url=https://www.kicker.de/werder-verpflichtet-norwegische-nationaltorhueterin-pettersen-993742/artikel |website=kicker |access-date=1 February 2024 |language=German |date=1 February 2024}} Werder Bremen signed her as a replacement for Catalina Pérez who had sustained a long-term injury.

International career

Pettersen made her senior team debut on 7 April 2022.

Pettersen was part of the squad that was called up to the UEFA Women's Euro 2022.{{cite web |title=Se Norges EM-tropp |url=https://www.fotball.no/landslag/norge-a-kvinner/2022/her-er-norges-em-tropp/ |website=Norges Fotballforbund |language=no}}

On 19 June 2023, she was included in the 23-player Norwegian squad for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023.{{Cite web |last=updated |first=Jessy Parker Humphreys last |date=6 June 2023 |title=Norway Women's World Cup 2023 squad: full 23-player team |url=https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/norway-women-world-cup-2023-squad-team-roster-players |access-date=20 June 2023 |website=fourfourtwo.com |language=en}}