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{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Vidar Riseth
| image          = DSC 0060 vidar riseth 060516.jpg
| caption        = Riseth pictured in 2006
| fullname       = Vidar Riseth<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?fiksId=3715583 |title=Vidar Riseth |publisher=Football Association of Norway |access-date=12 October 2019 |language=no}}</ref>
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1972|4|21|df=y}}<ref>{{Hugman|16744|access-date=12 October 2019}}</ref>
| birth_place    = [[Frosta Municipality]], Norway
| height         = 1.89 m<ref name="altom"/>
| position       = [[Centre-back]], [[midfielder]]
| currentclub    =
| youthyears1    = {{0|0000}}–1990 | youthclubs1 = [[Neset FK|Neset]]
| youthyears2    = 1991–1992 | youthclubs2 = [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
| years1         = 1992–1993 | clubs1  = [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]                 |caps1 = 11 |goals1 = 2
| years2         = 1993–1996 | clubs2  = [[Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball|Kongsvinger]] |caps2 = 56 |goals2 = 20
| years3         = 1995–1996 | clubs3  = → [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] (loan)    |caps3 = 11 |goals3 = 0
| years4         = 1996–1998 | clubs4  = [[LASK Linz]]                              |caps4 = 69 |goals4 = 11
| years5         = 1998–2000 | clubs5  = [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]                     |caps5 = 56 |goals5 = 3
| years6         = 2000–2003 | clubs6  = [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]            |caps6 = 43 |goals6 = 3
| years7         = 2003–2007 | clubs7  = [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]                 |caps7 = 104|goals7 = 12
| years8         = 2007–2009 | clubs8  = [[Lillestrøm SK|Lillestrøm]]               |caps8 = 32 |goals8 = 2
| years9         = 2009      | clubs9  = → [[Strømsgodset IF|Strømsgodset]] (loan)  |caps9 = 7  |goals9 = 0
| years10        = 2010      | clubs10 = [[Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball|Kongsvinger]] |caps10= 14 |goals10= 0
| totalcaps      = 403
| totalgoals     = 53
| nationalyears1 = 1997–2007 | nationalteam1  = [[Norway national football team|Norway]] | nationalcaps1  = 52 | nationalgoals1 = 4 
}}

'''Vidar Riseth''' (born 21 April 1972) is a Norwegian former professional [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[centre-back]] or [[midfielder]]. He played for [[Neset FK|Neset]], [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]], [[Kongsvinger IL|Kongsvinger]], [[Lillestrøm SK|Lillestrøm]] and [[Strømsgodset IF|Strømsgodset]] in Norway, and [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]], [[LASK Linz]], [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] and [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]] abroad. He played 52 times for the [[Norway national football team|Norway national team]], scoring four goals, and played for his country at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998 World Cup]] and [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro 2000]].<ref name="eu-fc"/> He retired as a professional footballer in June 2010. He later worked as a professional [[football commentator]].{{cn|date=July 2022}}

==Club career==
{{Expand section|date=May 2013}}

===Early career===
Riseth joined [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]] from local side [[Neset FK|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 IL|Kongsvinger]]. He played there for three seasons, scoring regularly as he played as a [[Forward (association football)|centre forward]] at this time of his career.<ref>[http://www.rbkweb.no/spiller/riseth "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 Town F.C.|Luton]].

On 20 March 2000, while playing for Scottish club [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]], he scored the opening goal in the [[2000 Scottish League Cup Final]], which Celtic went on to win 2–0.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/683061.stm |title=Celtic triumph in cup final |date=20 March 2000 |access-date=27 December 2020 |work=[[BBC Sport]]}}</ref> In November, he moved on loan to German club [[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]] until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/celtic/1014264.stm |title=Riseth leaves for Munich on loan |date=8 November 2000 |access-date=27 December 2020 |work=[[BBC Sport]]}}</ref> At the end of his loan spell, the two clubs discussed making the deal permanent.<ref>{{cite web |last=Skaug |first=Thor Egil |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/2201600/riseth-hopeful-over-1860-move |title=Riseth hopeful over 1860 move |date=11 January 2001 |access-date=27 December 2020 |work=[[Sky Sports]]}}</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 CF|Valencia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/2822889/rosenborg-rattle-valencia |title=Rosenborg rattle Valencia |date=24 October 2007 |access-date=27 December 2020 |work=[[Sky Sports]]}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National cup{{efn|Includes [[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]], [[FA Cup]], [[Austrian Cup]], [[Scottish Cup]], [[DFB-Pokal]]}}
!colspan="2"|League cup{{efn|Includes [[Football League Cup]], [[Scottish League Cup]], [[DFB-Ligapokal|Ligapokal]], }}
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
|[[1992 Norwegian Premier League|1992]]<ref name="rbkstats">[http://rbkmedia.no/statistikk/spiller.php?player_id=39 Riseth's Rosenborg stats] (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. Retrieved 23 May 2013.</ref>
|rowspan="2"|[[Tippeligaen]]
|1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0
|-
|[[1993 Norwegian Premier League|1993]]<ref name="rbkstats"/>
|10||2||2||3||colspan="2"|–||2||0||colspan="2"|–||14||5
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!11!!2!!2!!3!!0!!0!!2!!0!!0!!0!!15!!5
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball|Kongsvinger]]
|[[1994 Norwegian Premier League|1994]]<ref name="norway">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120526105013/http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=1942736 Riseth's Norwegian stats] (in Norwegian). [[Football Association of Norway|NFF]]. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref>
|rowspan="2"|Tippeligaen
|18||3||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||20||3
|-
|[[1995 Norwegian Premier League|1995]]<ref name="norway"/>
|24||12||4||3||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||28||15
|-
|[[1996 Norwegian Premier League|1996]]<ref name="norway"/>
|Tippeligaen
|14||5||4||3||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||18||8
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!56!!20!!10!!6!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!66!!26
|-
|[[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]] (loan)
|[[1995–96 Football League#First Division|1995–96]]<ref name="british">[http://www.soccerbase.com/players/home.sd?search=riseth&type=playerAll Riseth's British stats]. Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref>
|[[Football League Championship|Division One]]
|11||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||1{{efn|Appearance in [[1995–96 Anglo-Italian Cup|A-I Cup]]}}||0||12||0
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[LASK]]
|[[1996–97 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1996–97]]<ref name="austrialeague">[http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/vidar-riseth/2/ Vidar Riseth – League matches]. ''World Football''. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref><ref name="austria">{{cite web|url=http://www.austriasoccer.at/Menu/hauptmenu.html |title=Fussball in Österreich|language=de|author=Ambrosius Kutschera|publisher=Austria Soccer|access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref>
|rowspan="3"|[[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Austrian Bundesliga]]
|33||7||4||1||colspan="2"|–||1||0||colspan="2"|–||38||8
|-
|[[1997–98 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1997–98]]<ref name="austrialeague"/><ref name="austria"/>
|29||4||4||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||33||5
|-
|[[1998–99 Austrian Football Bundesliga|1998–99]]<ref name="austrialeague"/><ref name="austria"/>
|7||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||9||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!69!!11!!10!!2!!colspan="2"|—!!1!!0!!0!!0!!80!!13
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]
|[[1998–99 Scottish Premier League|1998–99]]<ref name="british"/>
|rowspan="3"|[[Scottish Premier League]]
|27||3||3||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||30||3
|-
|[[1999–2000 Scottish Premier League|1999–2000]]<ref name="british"/>
|28||0||1||0||4||1||5||0||colspan="2"|–||38||1
|-
|[[2000–01 Scottish Premier League|2000–01]]<ref name="british"/>
|1||0||0||0||1||0||3||1||colspan="2"|–||5||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!56!!3!!4!!0!!5!!1!!8!!1!!0!!0!!73!!5
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[TSV 1860 Munich|1860 Munich]]
|[[2000–01 Bundesliga|2000–01]]<ref name="german">[http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/risethvidar/ Riseth's German stats] (in German). [[Fussballdaten.de]]. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref>
|rowspan="3"|[[Bundesliga]]
|21||1||1||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||22||1
|-
|[[2001–02 Bundesliga|2001–02]]<ref name="german"/>
|19||2||1||0||colspan="2"|–||6||1||colspan="2"|–||26||3
|-
|[[2002–03 Bundesliga|2002–03]]<ref name="german"/>
|3||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0||colspan="2"|–||5||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!43!!3!!3!!0!!0!!0!!7!!1!!0!!0!!3!!4
|-
|rowspan="6"|Rosenborg
|[[2003 Norwegian Premier League|2003]]<ref name="rbkstats"/>
|rowspan="5"|Tippeligaen
|20||3||5||0||colspan="2"|–||10||0||colspan="2"|–||35||3
|-
|[[2004 Norwegian Premier League|2004]]<ref name="rbkstats"/>
|25||4||4||0||colspan="2"|–||7||0||5{{efn|name=rc|Appearances in [[Royal League]]}}||0||41||4
|-
|[[2005 Norwegian Premier League|2005]]<ref name="rbkstats"/>
|21||3||1||0||colspan="2"|–||10||1||colspan="2"|–||32||4
|-
|[[2006 Norwegian Premier League|2006]]<ref name="rbkstats"/>
|24||1||5||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||5{{efn|name=rc}}||1||34||2
|-
|[[2007 Norwegian Premier League|2007]]<ref name="rbkstats"/>
|14||1||1||0||colspan="2"|–||10||1||colspan="2"|–||25||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!104!!12!!16!!0!!0!!0!!37!!2!!10!!1!!167!!15
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Lillestrøm SK|Lillestrøm]]
|[[2008 Norwegian Premier League|2008]]<ref name="altom">[https://archive.today/20130703142818/http://www.altomfotball.no/element.do?cmd=player&personId=5488 "Vidar Riseth"] (in Norwegian). Altomfotball. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref>
|rowspan="2"|Tippeligaen
|22||2||1||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0||colspan="2"|–||24||2
|-
|[[2009 Norwegian Premier League|2009]]<ref name="altom"/>
|10||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||13||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!32!!2!!4!!0!!0!!0!!1!!0!!0!!0!!37!!2
|-
|[[Strømsgodset IF|Strømsgodset]] (loan)
|[[2009 Norwegian Premier League|2009]]<ref name="altom"/>
|Tippeligaen
||7||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||7||0
|-
|Kongsvinger
|[[2010 Norwegian Premier League|2010]]<ref name="altom"/>
|Tippeligaen
||14||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||14||0
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!403!!53!!49!!11!!15!!2!!57!!4!!524!!70
|}

{{notelist}}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref name="eu-fc">[http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=17772 "Vidar Riseth"]. EU-Football.info. Retrieved 24 May 2013.</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="11"|[[Norway national football team|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
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!52!!4
|}

:''Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Riseth goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Vidar Riseth<ref name="eu-fc"/>
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| style="text-align:center"|1 || 25 March 1998 || [[King Baudouin Stadium]], [[Brussels]], Belgium || {{fb|BEL}} || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || [[Friendly (association football)|Friendly]]
|-
| style="text-align:center"|2 || 20 May 1998 || [[Bislett Stadium]], [[Oslo]], Norway || {{fb|MEX}} || style="text-align:center"|5–2 || style="text-align:center"|5–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|3 || 18 August 2004 || [[Ullevaal Stadion]], Oslo, Norway || {{fb|BEL}} || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || style="text-align:center"|2–2 || Friendly
|-
| style="text-align:center"|4 || 8 September 2004 || Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway || {{fb|BLR}} || style="text-align:center"|1–0 || style="text-align:center"|1–1 || [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 5|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|}

==Honours==
'''Rosenborg'''
*[[Tippeligaen]]: [[1993 Norwegian Premier League|1993]], [[2003 Norwegian Premier League|2003]], [[2004 Norwegian Premier League|2004]], [[2006 Norwegian Premier League|2006]]
*[[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[2003 Norwegian Football Cup|2003]]

'''Celtic'''
*[[Scottish League Cup|League Cup]]: [[2000 Scottish League Cup Final|1999–2000]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Celtic 2–0 Aberdeen, League Cup Final (contemporary newspaper scans)|url=http://www.thecelticwiki.com/page/2000-03-19%3A+Aberdeen+0-2+Celtic,+League+Cup+Final|publisher=The Celtic Wiki|date=19 March 2000|access-date=10 January 2018}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*{{FIFA player}}
*{{UEFA player}}
{{BDFutbol|90423}}

{{Norway squad 1998 FIFA World Cup}}
{{Norway squad UEFA Euro 2000}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Riseth, Vidar}}
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