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Revision as of 22:35, 25 April 2011

John Arne Riise
Personal information
Full name John Arne Semundseth Riise
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Left Back
Team information
Current team
 Roma
Number 17
Youth career
1996 Aalesund
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Aalesund 25 (5)
1998–2001 Monaco 44 (4)
2001–2008 Liverpool 234 (30)
2008– Roma 89 (9)
International career‡
1996 Norway U-15[1] 9 (3)
1998–2000 Norway U-21[1] 17 (2)
2000– Norway[1] 94 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14 June 2010
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 Novembee 2010

John Arne Semundseth Riise (born 24 September 1980 in Ålesund, Norway) is a Norwegian footballer who currently plays for Italian club Roma. He is the older brother of Bjørn Helge Riise, a fellow footballer currently playing for Sheffield United FC of the English Championship. Before moving to Roma, Riise spent seven years in England playing for Premier League side Liverpool F.C.

Club career

Early career

Riise began his career in his homeland with Aalesund. After a single season as a senior player for the club, he moved abroad in 1998, playing the formative years of his professional career with French club Monaco.

He was a regular member of the 1999–2000 Ligue 1 championship-winning side, however, he fell out of favour with coach Claude Puel after admitting his desire to leave. Riise was subject of interest from English Premier League clubs, especially Fulham and Leeds United that both offered £4m bids in 2000,[2] though both came to nothing as Monaco wanted £6 million for him.

He was then sold to Liverpool for £4 million the following summer.[3]

Liverpool

He made his debut for Liverpool in the 24 August 2001 2001 UEFA Super Cup game against Bayern Munich played at the Stade Louis II. He scored as Liverpool went on to win the game 3–2.[4] He also scored important goals throughout the Premier League season against teams such as Arsenal, Everton, Newcastle, and Manchester United. Riise initially wore the number 18 shirt but changed to the number 6 shirt in the 2004–2005 season, which had been vacated by defender Markus Babbel. He scored ten goals in his first season with Liverpool.

He endured what were considered below-average seasons by most in the 2002–03 and 2003–04 seasons,[5] but he rediscovered his form in 2004–05 following the appointment of Rafael Benítez as manager. He won a Champions League winner's medal, providing the assist for Liverpool's first goal of the final, although his attempt in the penalty shoot-out against A.C. Milan was saved. In the 2005 Football League Cup Final he scored in the first minute of the game; however, Chelsea eventually prevailed 3–2 after extra time.

In January 2006, Riise signed a new contract at Anfield to keep him at the club until 2009.[6] In February 2008, Riise announced his desire to stay at Liverpool for the rest of his career.[7]

He helped the club to win the 2005–06 FA Cup, scoring in the semi-final against Chelsea and successfully converting his attempt in the penalty shoot-out against West Ham in the final.

After a poor run of form in Liverpool's away games in the autumn of 2006, Riise reacted to comments made by teammates Pepe Reina and Jamie Carragher that Liverpool could effectively write off their chances of winning the league, saying, "We never give up. Cowards give up."[8]

Riise competing in a match against Everton.

Riise made it into the top 50 Liverpool appearances of all time when he played in the 5–0 victory over Luton Town on 15 January 2008.

On 22 April 2008, in Liverpool's Champions League semi-final first leg against Chelsea at Anfield, Riise scored an own goal in the 95th minute to equalise. Liverpool went on to lose 3–2 in the away match and were eliminated from the tournament 4–3 on aggregate.

Riise playing for Liverpool.

Roma

Throughout the 2007–08 season, Riise's natural place in the side was often taken by Fábio Aurélio, the Brazilian establishing himself as the club's first choice left-back.[9] After being linked with moves to other English clubs, Riise signed on 18 June 2008 a four-year contract with A.S. Roma. The club paid €5 million total (which could go up to €5.5 million), including €2.8 million per year.[10] Riise scored his first goal for the club against league leaders Internazionale. Two months later, he scored again in the same stadium against Milan with a free-kick into the top right corner, also providing an assist on Roma's second goal of the game. Riise was the man of the match for the game, which ended 3–2 in favour of Roma.[11] On 24 January 2010, Riise scored a late header three minutes into injury time in Roma's 2-1 away win over Juventus.

Personal life

Riise married his childhood sweetheart, Norwegian model Guri Havnevik, in 2003[12] but later divorced in 2004. He has one daughter with Guri named Ariana, born in January 2001. He has Ariana's name tattooed on his right arm.

Riise has a brother named Bjørn Helge Riise in professional football who currently plays for Sheffield United FC of the English Premier League. John Arne is the older of the two brothers.

He is now married to Maria Elvegard. They got engaged in 2007. The couple were due to be married in the summer of 2008 but had to postpone the day after moving to Rome. They married on 21 June 2010 in a private ceremony in New York, inviting only their family and close friends.[13] Maria decided to have a double barrelled surname, (Elvegard Riise).

On 4 August 2009, Maria gave birth to the couple's first child, Emma.[14] He has Emma's name and date of birth tattooed on his left arm.

Career statistics

Correct as of 24 January 2010.[15] Template:Football player statistics 1 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |1997||rowspan="2"|Aalesund||rowspan="2"|First Division||8||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||8||1 |- |1998||17||4||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||17||4 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |1998–99||rowspan="3"|Monaco||rowspan="3"|Division 1||7||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||8||0 |- |1999-00||21||1||0||0||0||0||6||1||27||2 |- |2000–01||16||3||0||0||2||0||2||0||20||3 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2001–02||rowspan="7"|Liverpool||rowspan="7"|Premier League||38||7||2||0||0||0||15||1||55||8 |- |2002–03||37||6||3||0||4||0||11||0||55||6 |- |2003–04||28||0||1||0||2||0||4||0||35||0 |- |2004–05||37||6||0||0||5||1||15||1||57||8 |- |2005–06||32||1||6||3||0||0||12||0||50||4 |- |2006–07||33||1||1||0||1||1||11||2||46||4 |- |2007–08||29||0||2||0||2||0||8||0||41||0 Template:Football player statistics 2 |- |2008–09||rowspan="3"|Roma||rowspan="3"|Serie A||31||2||3||0||colspan="2"|-||8||0||42||2 |- |2009–10||36||5||3||0||colspan="2"|-||11||2||49||8 |- |2010–11||22||0||2||0||colspan="2"|-||0||0||24||0 Template:Football player statistics 325||5||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||25||5 Template:Football player statistics 444||4||0||0||2||0||9||1||55||5 Template:Football player statistics 4234||21||15||3||16||2||76||4||339||30 Template:Football player statistics 489||7||8||0|| colspan="2"|-||19||2||115||10 Template:Football player statistics 5369||38||21||3||14||2||104||7||510||50 Template:Football player statistics end

[16] Template:Football player national team statistics |- |2000||7||1 |- |2001||4||0 |- |2002||9||2 |- |2003||11||0 |- |2004||10||0 |- |2005||10||2 |- |2006||6||0 |- |2007||11||2 |- |2008||8||1 |- |2009||9||4 |- |2010|||| |- !Total||85||12 |}

Honours

Monaco

Winner:

Liverpool

Winner:

Runner-up:

Individual

International goals

# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 23 February 2000 Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul  Turkey 2–0 Win Friendly
2 7 September 2002 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Denmark 2–2 Draw UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
3 16 October 2002 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2–0 Win UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
4 9 February 2005 Ta'Qali Stadium, Valetta  Malta 3–0 Win Friendly
5 8 June 2005 Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm  Sweden 3–2 Win Friendly
6 2 June 2007 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Malta 4–0 Win UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
7 12 September 2007 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Greece 2–2 Draw UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
8 28 May 2008 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Uruguay 2–2 Draw Friendly
9 1 April 2009 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Finland 3–2 Win Friendly
10 12 August 2009 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  Scotland 4–0 Win World Cup 2010 qualifying
11 5 September 2009 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík  Iceland 1–1 Draw World Cup 2010 qualifying
12 9 September 2009 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo  North Macedonia 2–1 Win World Cup 2010 qualifying
13 8 October 2010 Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca  Cyprus 1–2 Win UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

References

  1. ^ a b c "John Arne Riise, 24.9.1980". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 5 June 2009.
  2. ^ "Liverpool who's who". BBC Sport. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  3. ^ "Liverpool win chase for Riise". BBC Sport. 20 June 2001. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  4. ^ "Liverpool sink Bayern". BBC Sport. 24 August 2001. Retrieved 28 September 2010. [dead link]
  5. ^ "John Arne Riise Bio".
  6. ^ "Riise signs new deal at Liverpool". BBC Sport. 20 January 2006. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  7. ^ "Riise: I'll bounce back". Liverpool F.C. 6 February 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2008. [dead link]
  8. ^ "Riise & Reina split on title race". BBC Sport. 15 November 2006. Retrieved 19 June 2008.
  9. ^ "AS Roma sign Riise from Liverpool". BBC Sport. 18 June 2008. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
  10. ^ http://www.asroma.it/UserFiles/875.pdf
  11. ^ Riise rakes in riches in Rome, Aftenposten newspaper, 19 June 2008 {{citation}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ Soccer star ties the knot
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  15. ^ "John Arne Riise Profile, Statistics, News, Game Log". ESPN Soccernet. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
  16. ^ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=5066


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