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 (1972-04-21) 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 AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Norway League Norwegian Cup — Europe Total
1992[10]RosenborgTippeligaen1000–0010
1993[10]10223–20145
1994[11]Kongsvinger18320––203
1995[11]241243––2815
England League FA Cup League Cup A-I Cup Total
1995–96[12]Luton TownDivision One110000010120
Norway League Norwegian Cup — Europe Total
1996[11]KongsvingerTippeligaen14543––188
Austria League Austrian Cup Supercup Europe Total
1996–97[13][14]LASK LinzBundesliga33741–10388
1997–98[13][14]29441––335
1998–99[13][14]7020––90
Scotland League Scottish Cup League Cup Europe Total
1998–99[12]CelticPremier League273300000303
1999–2000[12]280104150381
2000–01[12]1000103151
Germany League DFB-Pokal Ligapokal Europe Total
2000–01[15]1860 MunichBundesliga211100000221
2001–02[15]19210–61263
2002–03[15]3010–1050
Norway League Norwegian Cup Royal League Europe Total
2003[10]RosenborgTippeligaen20350–100353
2004[10]254405070414
2005[10]21310–101324
2006[10]2415051–342
2007[10]14110–101252
2008[3]Lillestrøm22210–10242
2009[3]10030––130
2009[3]Strømsgodset7000––70
2010[3]Kongsvinger14000––140
Total Norway 2243632910140230648
England 110000010120
Austria 6911102—108013
Scotland 563405181735
Germany 433300071534
Career total 40353491115257452470

International
Source:[4]
Norway national team
YearAppsGoals
199710
1998112
199980
200090
200150
200230
200310
200482
200520
200610
200730
Total524

International goals

Honours

Rosenborg

Celtic

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.
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