Vilde Bøe Risa (born 13 July 1995) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish Liga F club Atlético Madrid and the Norway national team.
[2] She made her senior top-flight debut on 14 April 2012 as a 63rd-minute substitute for Lisa Naalsund in a 1–1 draw with Røa IL on the opening day of the season.
On 25 September 2019, Bøe Risa made her UEFA Women's Champions League debut, starting in a round of 32 second leg 1–0 win over Bayern Munich.
[23] On 20 July 2021, it was announced Bøe Risa had signed a two-year contract with a further option year with English Women's Super League club Manchester United.
[28] Having qualified as the best placed runners-up from the second round, Bøe Risa was named to the squad for the final tournament and started all three games as Norway were eliminated at the group stage having lost to Germany and Finland before beating Sweden in a dead rubber.
[29] Norway automatically qualified as hosts for the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and Bøe Risa was selected as captain for the home nation.
[32][33] On 19 September 2016, Bøe Risa made her senior international debut for Norway women's national football team as a 65th-minute substitute for Caroline Graham Hansen against Israel during UEFA Euro 2017 qualifying.
[36] During 2018, Bøe Risa made four substitute appearances during 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification as Norway topped their group ahead of reigning European champions Netherlands.
[37] Bøe Risa started all five of Norway's World Cup games in France as the team reached the quarter-final stage before losing 3–0 to England.
[44] Having also been a promising handball player in her youth, Vilde cites her father's coaching as inspiration for her to pursue a career in football and strive to play for the national team.