Vidar Riseth

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.<ref name="eu-fc"/> He retired as a professional footballer in June 2010. He later worked as a professional football commentator.Template:Cn

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.<ref>"Tidligere spiller: Vidar Riseth" (in Norwegian). RBKweb. Retrieved 28 May 2013.</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In November, he moved on loan to German club 1860 Munich until the end of the season.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> At the end of his loan spell, the two clubs discussed making the deal permanent.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cupTemplate:Efn		League cupTemplate:Efn		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rosenborg	1992<ref name="rbkstats">Riseth's Rosenborg stats (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. Retrieved 23 May 2013.</ref>	Tippeligaen	1	0	0	0	–		0	0	–		1	0
	1993<ref name="rbkstats"/>		10	2	2	3	–		2	0	–		14	5
	Total		11	2	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	5
Kongsvinger	1994<ref name="norway">Riseth's Norwegian stats (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref>	Tippeligaen	18	3	2	0	–		–		–		20	3
	1995<ref name="norway"/>		24	12	4	3	–		–		–		28	15
	1996<ref name="norway"/>	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<ref name="british">Riseth's British stats. Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref>	Division One	11	0	0	0	0	0	–		1Template:Efn	0	12	0
LASK	1996–97<ref name="austrialeague">Vidar Riseth – League matches. World Football. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref><ref name="austria">Template:Cite web</ref>	Austrian Bundesliga	33	7	4	1	–		1	0	–		38	8
	1997–98<ref name="austrialeague"/><ref name="austria"/>		29	4	4	1	–		–		–		33	5
	1998–99<ref name="austrialeague"/><ref name="austria"/>		7	0	2	0	–		–		–		9	0
	Total		69	11	10	2	—		1	0	0	0	80	13
Celtic	1998–99<ref name="british"/>	Scottish Premier League	27	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	–		30	3
	1999–2000<ref name="british"/>		28	0	1	0	4	1	5	0	–		38	1
	2000–01<ref name="british"/>		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<ref name="german">Riseth's German stats (in German). Fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref>	Bundesliga	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–		22	1
	2001–02<ref name="german"/>		19	2	1	0	–		6	1	–		26	3
	2002–03<ref name="german"/>		3	0	1	0	–		1	0	–		5	0
	Total		43	3	3	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	3	4
Rosenborg	2003<ref name="rbkstats"/>	Tippeligaen	20	3	5	0	–		10	0	–		35	3
	2004<ref name="rbkstats"/>		25	4	4	0	–		7	0	5Template:Efn	0	41	4
	2005<ref name="rbkstats"/>		21	3	1	0	–		10	1	–		32	4
	2006<ref name="rbkstats"/>		24	1	5	0	–		–		5Template:Efn	1	34	2
	2007<ref name="rbkstats"/>		14	1	1	0	–		10	1	–		25	2
	Total		104	12	16	0	0	0	37	2	10	1	167	15
Lillestrøm	2008<ref name="altom">"Vidar Riseth" (in Norwegian). Altomfotball. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref>	Tippeligaen	22	2	1	0	–		1	0	–		24	2
	2009<ref name="altom"/>		10	0	3	0	–		–		–		13	0
	Total		32	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	37	2
Strømsgodset (loan)	2009<ref name="altom"/>	Tippeligaen	7	0	0	0	–		–		–		7	0
Kongsvinger	2010<ref name="altom"/>	Tippeligaen	14	0	0	0	–		–		–		14	0
Career total			403	53	49	11	15	2	57	4	524	70

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="eu-fc">"Vidar Riseth". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref>

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<ref name="eu-fc"/>

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	25 March 1998	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Template:Fb	1–1	2–2	Friendly
2	20 May 1998	Bislett Stadium, Oslo, Norway	Template:Fb	5–2	5–2	Friendly
3	18 August 2004	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Template:Fb	2–2	2–2	Friendly
4	8 September 2004	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Template:Fb	1–0	1–1	2006 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Rosenborg

• Tippeligaen: 1993, 2003, 2004, 2006
• Norwegian Cup: 2003

Celtic

• League Cup: 1999–2000<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

External links

• Template:FIFA player
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