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.^[4] He retired as a professional footballer in June 2010. He later worked as a professional football commentator.^{[citation needed]}

Vidar Riseth

Riseth pictured in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Vidar Riseth[1]
Date of birth	(1972-04-21) 21 April 1972 (age 53)[2]
Place of birth	Frosta Municipality, Norway
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position(s)	Centre-back, 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)
International career
1997–2007	Norway	52	(4)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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 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

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rosenborg	1992[10]	Tippeligaen	1	0	0	0	–		0	0	–		1	0
	1993[10]		10	2	2	3	–		2	0	–		14	5
	Total		11	2	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	5
Kongsvinger	1994[11]	Tippeligaen	18	3	2	0	–		–		–		20	3
	1995[11]		24	12	4	3	–		–		–		28	15
	1996[11]	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[12]	Division One	11	0	0	0	0	0	–		1[c]	0	12	0
LASK	1996–97[13][14]	Austrian 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
	Total		69	11	10	2	—		1	0	0	0	80	13
Celtic	1998–99[12]	Scottish 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
	Total		56	3	4	0	5	1	8	1	0	0	73	5
1860 Munich	2000–01[15]	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
	Total		43	3	3	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	3	4
Rosenborg	2003[10]	Tippeligaen	20	3	5	0	–		10	0	–		35	3
	2004[10]		25	4	4	0	–		7	0	5[d]	0	41	4
	2005[10]		21	3	1	0	–		10	1	–		32	4
	2006[10]		24	1	5	0	–		–		5[d]	1	34	2
	2007[10]		14	1	1	0	–		10	1	–		25	2
	Total		104	12	16	0	0	0	37	2	10	1	167	15
Lillestrøm	2008[3]	Tippeligaen	22	2	1	0	–		1	0	–		24	2
	2009[3]		10	0	3	0	–		–		–		13	0
	Total		32	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	37	2
Strømsgodset (loan)	2009[3]	Tippeligaen	7	0	0	0	–		–		–		7	0
Kongsvinger	2010[3]	Tippeligaen	14	0	0	0	–		–		–		14	0
Career total			403	53	49	11	15	2	57	4	524	70

1. Includes Norwegian Cup, FA Cup, Austrian Cup, Scottish Cup, DFB-Pokal
2. Includes Football League Cup, Scottish League Cup, Ligapokal,
3. Appearance in A-I Cup
4. Appearances in Royal League

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[4]

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^[4]

No.	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 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Rosenborg

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

Celtic

• League Cup: 1999–2000^[16]