Vidar Riseth

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

Vidar Riseth

Riseth pictured in May 2006
Personal information
Full name	Vidar Riseth[1]
Date of birth	21 April 1972[2]
Place of birth	Frosta, Norway
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s)	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)
1995–1996	→ 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)
National team
1997–2007	Norway	52	(4)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Riseth 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 Norwegian 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.

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.[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 [[TSV 1860 Munich|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

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[10]	Rosenborg	Tippeligaen	1	0	0	0	–		0	0	1	0
1993[10]			10	2	2	3	–		2	0	14	5
1994[11]	Kongsvinger		18	3	2	0	–		–		20	3
1995[11]			24	12	4	3	–		–		28	15
England			League		FA Cup		League Cup		A-I Cup		Total
1995–96[12]	Luton Town	Division One	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
Norway			League		Norwegian Cup		—		Europe		Total
1996[11]	Kongsvinger	Tippeligaen	14	5	4	3	–		–		18	8
Austria			League		Austrian Cup		Supercup		Europe		Total
1996–97[13][14]	LASK Linz	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
Scotland			League		Scottish Cup		League Cup		Europe		Total
1998–99[12]	Celtic	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
Germany			League		DFB-Pokal		Ligapokal		Europe		Total
2000–01[15]	1860 Munich	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
Norway			League		Norwegian Cup		Royal League		Europe		Total
2003[10]	Rosenborg	Tippeligaen	20	3	5	0	–		10	0	35	3
2004[10]			25	4	4	0	5	0	7	0	41	4
2005[10]			21	3	1	0	–		10	1	32	4
2006[10]			24	1	5	0	5	1	–		34	2
2007[10]			14	1	1	0	–		10	1	25	2
2008[3]	Lillestrøm		22	2	1	0	–		1	0	24	2
2009[3]			10	0	3	0	–		–		13	0
2009[3]	Strømsgodset		7	0	0	0	–		–		7	0
2010[3]	Kongsvinger		14	0	0	0	–		–		14	0
Total	Norway		224	36	32	9	10	1	40	2	306	48
	England		11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	0
	Austria		69	11	10	2	—		1	0	80	13
	Scotland		56	3	4	0	5	1	8	1	73	5
	Germany		43	3	3	0	0	0	7	1	53	4
Career total			403	53	49	11	15	2	57	4	524	70

International

Source:[4]

Norway national team
Year	Apps	Goals
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

International goals

Riseth – goals for Norway[4]
#	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 World Cup Qualifier

Honours

Rosenborg

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

Celtic

• League Cup: 1999–2000[16]

References

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. "Vidar Riseth" (in Norwegian). Altomfotball. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
4. "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. Riseth's Rosenborg stats (in Norwegian). Rosenborg BK. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
11. Riseth's Norwegian stats (in Norwegian). NFF. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
12. Riseth's British stats. Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
13. Vidar Riseth – League matches. World Football. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
14. Ambrosius Kutschera. "Fussball in Österreich" (in German). Austria Soccer. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
15. 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.

External links

• Vidar Riseth – FIFA competition record
• Vidar Riseth – UEFA competition record