Vidar Riseth

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Vidar Riseth
Riseth pictured in 2006
Personal information
Full name Vidar Riseth[1]
Date of birth (1972-04-21) 21 April 1972 (age 52)[2]
Place of birth Frosta, Norway
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s) Centre-back, midfielder
Youth career
0000–1990 Neset
1991–1992 Rosenborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Rosenborg 11 (2)
1993–1996 Kongsvinger 56 (20)
1995–1996 → Luton Town (loan) 11 (0)
1996–1998 LASK Linz 69 (11)
1998–2000 Celtic 56 (3)
2000–2003 1860 Munich 43 (3)
2003–2007 Rosenborg 104 (12)
2007–2009 Lillestrøm 32 (2)
2009 → Strømsgodset (loan) 7 (0)
2010 Kongsvinger 14 (0)
Total 403 (53)
International career
1997–2007 Norway 52 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vidar Riseth (born 21 April 1972) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back or midfielder. He played for Neset, Rosenborg, Kongsvinger, Lillestrøm and Strømsgodset in Norway, and Luton Town, LASK Linz, Celtic and 1860 Munich abroad. He played 52 times for the Norway national team, scoring four goals, and played for his country at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.[4] He retired as a professional footballer in June 2010. He later worked as a professional football commentator.[citation needed]

Club career[edit]

Early career[edit]

Riseth joined Rosenborg from local side Neset in January 1991. He played one game in the 1992 championship winning season, but had more games as Rosenborg won back to back in 1993. In 1994, he joined Kongsvinger. He played there for three seasons, scoring regularly as he played as a centre forward at this time of his career.[5] Late in his Kongsvinger career, he went for a brief loan to Luton.

On 20 March 2000, while playing for Scottish club Celtic, he scored the opening goal in the 2000 Scottish League Cup Final, which Celtic went on to win 2–0.[6] In November, he moved on loan to German club 1860 Munich until the end of the season.[7] At the end of his loan spell, the two clubs discussed making the deal permanent.[8]

He returned to Norway to play for Rosenborg, and on 24 October 2007, helped secure their first UEFA Champions League home victory in six years, scoring the second in a shock 2–0 win against Spanish club Valencia.[9]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Rosenborg 1992[10] Tippeligaen 1 0 0 0 – 0 0 – 1 0
1993[10] 10 2 2 3 – 2 0 – 14 5
Total 11 2 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 5
Kongsvinger 1994[11] Tippeligaen 18 3 2 0 – – – 20 3
1995[11] 24 12 4 3 – – – 28 15
1996[11] Tippeligaen 14 5 4 3 – – – 18 8
Total 56 20 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 26
Luton Town (loan) 1995–96[12] Division One 11 0 0 0 0 0 – 1[c] 0 12 0
LASK 1996–97[13][14] Austrian Bundesliga 33 7 4 1 – 1 0 – 38 8
1997–98[13][14] 29 4 4 1 – – – 33 5
1998–99[13][14] 7 0 2 0 – – – 9 0
Total 69 11 10 2 — 1 0 0 0 80 13
Celtic 1998–99[12] Scottish Premier League 27 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 – 30 3
1999–2000[12] 28 0 1 0 4 1 5 0 – 38 1
2000–01[12] 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 – 5 1
Total 56 3 4 0 5 1 8 1 0 0 73 5
1860 Munich 2000–01[15] Bundesliga 21 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 – 22 1
2001–02[15] 19 2 1 0 – 6 1 – 26 3
2002–03[15] 3 0 1 0 – 1 0 – 5 0
Total 43 3 3 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 3 4
Rosenborg 2003[10] Tippeligaen 20 3 5 0 – 10 0 – 35 3
2004[10] 25 4 4 0 – 7 0 5[d] 0 41 4
2005[10] 21 3 1 0 – 10 1 – 32 4
2006[10] 24 1 5 0 – – 5[d] 1 34 2
2007[10] 14 1 1 0 – 10 1 – 25 2
Total 104 12 16 0 0 0 37 2 10 1 167 15
Lillestrøm 2008[3] Tippeligaen 22 2 1 0 – 1 0 – 24 2
2009[3] 10 0 3 0 – – – 13 0
Total 32 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 37 2
Strømsgodset (loan) 2009[3] Tippeligaen 7 0 0 0 – – – 7 0
Kongsvinger 2010[3] Tippeligaen 14 0 0 0 – – – 14 0
Career total 403 53 49 11 15 2 57 4 524 70
  1. ^ Includes Norwegian Cup, FA Cup, Austrian Cup, Scottish Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ Includes Football League Cup, Scottish League Cup, Ligapokal,
  3. ^ Appearance in A-I Cup
  4. ^ a b Appearances in Royal League

International[edit]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[4]
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 1997 1 0
1998 11 2
1999 8 0
2000 9 0
2001 5 0
2002 3 0
2003 1 0
2004 8 2
2005 2 0
2006 1 0
2007 3 0
Total 52 4
Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Riseth goal.
List of international goals scored by Vidar Riseth[4]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 25 March 1998 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Belgium 1–1 2–2 Friendly
2 20 May 1998 Bislett Stadium, Oslo, Norway  Mexico 5–2 5–2 Friendly
3 18 August 2004 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Belgium 2–2 2–2 Friendly
4 8 September 2004 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Belarus 1–0 1–1 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours[edit]

Rosenborg

Celtic

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Vidar Riseth" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Vidar Riseth". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Vidar Riseth" (in Norwegian). Altomfotball. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  4. ^ a b c "Vidar Riseth". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  5. ^ "Tidligere spiller: Vidar Riseth" (in Norwegian). RBKweb. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Celtic triumph in cup final". BBC Sport. 20 March 2000. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Riseth leaves for Munich on loan". BBC Sport. 8 November 2000. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  8. ^ Skaug, Thor Egil (11 January 2001). "Riseth hopeful over 1860 move". Sky Sports. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Rosenborg rattle Valencia". Sky Sports. 24 October 2007. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g Riseth's Rosenborg stats (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  11. ^ a b c Riseth's Norwegian stats (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  12. ^ a b c d Riseth's British stats. Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  13. ^ a b c Vidar Riseth – League matches. World Football. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  14. ^ a b c Ambrosius Kutschera. "Fussball in Österreich" (in German). Austria Soccer. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  15. ^ a b c Riseth's German stats (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  16. ^ "Celtic 2–0 Aberdeen, League Cup Final (contemporary newspaper scans)". The Celtic Wiki. 19 March 2000. Retrieved 10 January 2018.

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