Roger Risholt

Roger Risholt
Personal information
Date of birth	10 April 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Arendal, Norway
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Arendal
	Jerv
	Øyestad
2000–2001	Start
2002–2005	Fredrikstad
2005–2006	AGF Aarhus
2006–2007	Häcken
2007–2008	Tromsø
2009–2010	Kongsvinger
2010	Fredrikstad
2011–2013	GIF Sundsvall
2013	Kristiansund
2014–2015	Sandefjord
2015–	Fredrikstad
International career‡
2005	Norway
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 2 November 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 August 2007

Roger Risholt (born 10 April 1979) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder who last played for Fredrikstad in the Norwegian First Division. He is the twin brother of fellow footballer Kai Risholt.

Career

Risholt started his career in local Arendal. He also played for Øyestad IF and FK Jerv before he became a part of the Start squad in 2000. With Start he took part in relegation from the Norwegian Premier League in 2000 and promotion the following season. In 2002, he moved to Fredrikstad, where he played an important part in helping them to successive promotion from the Norwegian Second Division to the Premier League. After the 2004 season with Fredrikstad he was voted player of the year by the supporters, and as a result of the good form he was displaying he was selected to be with the Norwegian national team during their winter tour in the Middle East where he won 3 caps, all as a substitute. Halfway through the 2005 season he left Fredrikstad for AGF Aarhus, where he played one season for AGF which ended with relegation. In the summer of 2006 he moved to BK Häcken, and once more experienced relegation. On 28 August 2007 Risholt signed for Tromsø IL, and in December 2008 he signed for Kongsvinger, where he would team up with his twin brother Kai.

On 31 August 2010, he signed for Fredrikstad.

He left Fredrikstad to join GIF Sundsvall in the winter 2011 before returning to Norway and Sandefjord. As captain he helped the team to promotion to the Norwegian Premier League in 2014. On the opening day of the Norwegian summer transfer window he decided to join Fredrikstad for the third time in his career. He came on a free transfer and signed a 1,5 year contract, finally retiring at the end of 2016.

External links

Risholt profile at Nifs
Risholt signs for Tromsø at nordlys.no (in Norwegian)
Risholt to AGF at morethanaclub.dk (in Danish)
Risholt to FFK