Trond Egil Soltvedt
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Trond Egil Soltvedt | ||
| Date of birth | 15 February 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Voss, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1986 | Ny-Krohnborg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1992 | Viking | 65 | (10) |
| 1992–1995 | Brann | 64 | (34) |
| 1995–1997 | Rosenborg | 60 | (18) |
| 1997–1999 | Coventry City | 57 | (3) |
| 1999–2001 | Southampton | 30 | (2) |
| 2001–2003 | Sheffield Wednesday | 74 | (2) |
| Total | 350 | (69) | |
| National team | |||
| 1997–1998 | Norway | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Trond Egil Soltvedt (born 15 February 1967) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a midfielder. After playing for Viking, Brann and Rosenborg in Norway, he played in England with Coventry, Southampton and Sheffield Wednesday before he retired. Soltvedt was capped four times playing for Norway.
Soltvedt started his professional career at Viking in Stavanger in 1987 and was a member of the team who won the Norwegian Cup in 1989 and the Tippeligaen in its inaugural year, 1991.
In 1992 he joined mid-table club Brann. At the end of his first season he was voted the club's "most popular" player. During his time at Brann, the club finished each season in 6th or 7th place in the league. His extremely dedicated style, his innocent and somewhat naïve personality and the fact that many of his goals were scored as a midfielder made him immensely popular. Just before the start of the 1995 season, however, he was sacked by Brann's board for "illoyality", the board refusing to elaborate on this. This prompted a demonstration from fans supporting Soltvedt.
After three seasons at Brann, he moved to Rosenborg where he was able to share in more success, claiming the Tippeligaen championship in 1995 and 1996 as well as winning the Norwegian Cup in 1995.
His success in Norway brought him to the attention of English clubs and after an unsuccessful trial at Stoke City, Gordon Strachan signed him for Coventry City for a fee of £500,000 in July 1997.
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