Vidar Riseth

Vidar Riseth

Riseth pictured in May 2006
Personal information
Full name Vidar Riseth
Date of birth (1972-04-21) 21 April 1972
Place of birth Frosta, Norway
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1]
Playing position Centre back / Central 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)
1995–1996Luton Town (loan) 11 (0)
1996–1998 LASK Linz 69 (11)
1998–2000 Celtic 56 (3)
2000–2003 1860 München 43 (3)
2003–2007 Rosenborg 104 (12)
2007–2009 Lillestrøm 32 (2)
2009Strømsgodset (loan) 7 (0)
2010 Kongsvinger 14 (0)
Total 403 (53)
National team
1997–2007 Norway 52 (4)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Vidar Riseth (born 21 April 1972) is a Norwegian former professional footballer.

Riseth played for Neset, Rosenborg, Kongsvinger, Lillestrøm and Strømsgodset in Norway, and Luton Town, LASK Linz, Celtic and 1860 München abroad. He played 52 times for the Norwegian national team, scoring four goals, and played for his country at the 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000.[2] He retired as a professional footballer in June 2010.

Club career

Early career

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.[3] Late in his Kongsvinger career, he went for a brief loan to Luton.

Honours

Rosenborg
Celtic

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Other Continental Total
Season Club Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Norway League Norwegian Cup Europe Total
1992[4]RosenborgTippeligaen10000010
1993[4]1022320145
1994[5]Kongsvinger18320203
1995[5]2412432815
England League FA Cup League Cup A-I Cup Total
1995–96[6]Luton TownDivision One110000010120
Norway League Norwegian Cup Europe Total
1996[5]KongsvingerTippeligaen14543188
Austria League Austrian Cup Supercup Europe Total
1996–97[7][8]LASK LinzBundesliga3374110388
1997–98[7][8]29441335
1998–99[7][8]702090
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1998–99[6]CelticPremier League273300000303
1999–2000[6]280104150381
2000–01[6]1000103151
Germany League DFB-Pokal Ligapokal Europe Total
2000–01[9]1860 MünchenBundesliga211100000221
2001–02[9]1921061263
2002–03[9]30101050
Norway League Norwegian Cup Royal League Europe Total
2003[4]RosenborgTippeligaen20350100353
2004[4]254405070414
2005[4]21310101324
2006[4]2415051342
2007[4]14110101252
2008[1]Lillestrøm2221010242
2009[1]10030130
2009[1]Strømsgodset700070
2010[1]Kongsvinger14000140
Total Norway 2243632910140230648
England 110000010120
Austria 6911102108013
Scotland 563405181735
Germany 433300071534
Career total 40353491115257452470

International

[2]

Norway national team
YearAppsGoals
199710
1998112
199980
200090
200150
200230
200310
200482
200520
200610
200730
Total524

International goals

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Vidar Riseth" (in Norwegian). Altomfotball. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 "Vidar Riseth". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. "Tidligere spiller: Vidar Riseth" (in Norwegian). RBKweb. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Riseth's Rosenborg stats (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 Riseth's Norwegian stats (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Riseth's British stats. Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  7. 1 2 3 Vidar Riseth – League matches. World Football. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  8. 1 2 3 Ambrosius Kutschera. "Fussball in Österreich" (in German). Austria Soccer. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 Riseth's German stats (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
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