The Drop In: Lise Klaveness and how to fix football
Football Ramble
Stak Production
4.6 • 9.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Today, we’re joined by one of the women who is shaking up football’s elite.
12 months ago, President of Norway’s Football Association Lise Klaveness delivered a devastating speech at the annual FIFA Congress criticising the awarding of the World Cup to Qatar and all the repercussions that followed. We drop in with Lise a year on and she lifts the lid for us on how football is really run.
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| 0:28.5 | Welcome back to the drop-in, everybody. |
| 0:38.2 | This season we've brought you guests from all backgrounds and careers in the world of |
| 0:43.1 | football because we're trying to show you the different corners of football and uncover |
| 0:48.3 | how it's run, what it looks like and how it feels to be a part of it. |
| 0:52.5 | Betfair's guest has one of the most fascinating careers of all and she will lift the lid on |
| 0:58.1 | how football is run. |
| 1:00.3 | Lisa Klaveness is the president of Norway's Football Association. |
| 1:05.2 | She was a footballer herself with over 70 caps for her national side. |
| 1:09.8 | She was a technical director then for both the men's and the women's teams between 2018 |
| 1:15.4 | and 2022, so she was close with players like Adda Heggerberg and Erling Harland as well |
| 1:22.2 | as Martin Erdergård. |
| 1:23.2 | Now she's running to be elected to Uaifers Executive Committee, but interestingly there's |
| 1:29.9 | one spot that is reserved for a woman and she hasn't chosen to contest that. |
| 1:35.3 | Ever since her speech at FIFA's Congress in Doha this time last year, she's been known |
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