Jan Gunnar Solli (born 19 April 1981, in
Arendal) is a Norwegian
footballer
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.
He has played as a
right back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
for the most of his career, but also plays
defensive midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundari ...
and
right winger
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
Career
Norway
![Jan Gunnar Solli Nadderud](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Jan_Gunnar_Solli_Nadderud.jpg)
Solli made his senior debut for
Odd Grenland
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in the 2000
Tippeligaen
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season and made five appearances, all as a substitute, in his first season. In total, he played 54 league games for the club over three and a half seasons – and helped Odd reach the
2002 Norwegian Cup Final, where they were beaten 1–0 by
Vålerenga
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. His play with Odd Grenland led to interest from various European clubs including
Aston Villa, and
AC Milan
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, with which he had a training stint.
Solli joined
Rosenborg of
Trondheim
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in the summer of 2003 and made four starts and ten substitute appearances in the second half of that season as the club won a 12th consecutive league title. During his first season with Rosenborg he scored his first-ever league goal against
Viking
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who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...
on 23 August 2003, in his fifth full season as a professional footballer. He was also a regular in the ensuing European campaigns for Rosenborg and scored an important first-leg goal against
Maccabi Haifa
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in the
UEFA Champions League
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third qualifying round in August 2004. He also played an integral role in helping Rosenborg win the 2004 and 2006 league title.
On 16 March 2007, Solli signed a three-year deal with
Brann. The transfer fee was . Solli's first season for Brann was a huge success. In partnership with his former Rosenborg colleague
Thorstein Helstad, he became an integral part of Brann's title winning squad, and earned a spot on Norway's national squad. During the 2009 season Solli's play with Brann once again led to him receiving interest from other European sides which included
German Bundesliga
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side
1. FC Köln.
United States
![Jan Gunnar Solli](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Jan_Gunnar_Solli.jpg)
Solli signed with
Major League Soccer club
New York Red Bulls
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on 24 January 2011. He made his official debut for New York on 19 March 2011, in the Red Bulls' 2011 MLS season opener, a 1–0 victory over
Seattle Sounders FC. Solli made 33 official appearances in his first season for New York, playing primarily at right back. In his second season with the club, he scored his first goal for New York on 25 June 2012 in a 3-2 win over
D.C. United
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. On 15 November 2012 New York announced that it would not offer Solli a contract extension, thus ending his tenure with the club.
Return to Europe
Solli signed with
Vålerenga
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of Norway in February 2013. In March 2014 he signed with Swedish side
Hammarby.
International
Solli made his debut for
Norway
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in a
friendly game
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against
Scotland
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on 20 August 2003 and scored his only international goal in a 3–2 win against
Russia
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on 28 April 2004. He was
capped
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40 times. Solli also represented Norway at Under-18 and U-21 level.
Club statistics
Honours
Norway
*
Norwegian Premier League
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:
2003,
2004,
2006 and
2007
*
Norwegian Cup
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:
2003
Individual
*
Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch The Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch () is an honorary proof that's awarded to all Norwegian footballers who reaches 25 caps for the Norway national football team. The watch is awarded by the Norges Fotballforbund. Gunnar Andersen was the ...
Music career
Solli is also an acknowledged disc jockey where he performs under the name DJ Solli. Solli has warmed up for
Calvin Harris and
David Guetta
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at Lavo, New York and
Oslo Spektrum
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. He has also had gigs at
Tryst Nightclub and
XS Nightclub in
Las Vegas
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. He has recently started his own music label, Sweet Harmony.
DJ-Gigs
. djsolli.com. Retrieved on 2 August 2011.
References
External links
*
altomfotball.no
SK Brann Profile
DJ Solli
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1981 births
Living people
Norwegian footballers
Norwegian expatriate footballers
Norway international footballers
Norway under-21 international footballers
Odds BK players
Rosenborg BK players
SK Brann players
New York Red Bulls players
Vålerenga Fotball players
Eliteserien players
Allsvenskan players
Superettan players
Major League Soccer players
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Expatriate footballers in Sweden
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Association football wingers
Association football midfielders
Association football defenders
People from Arendal
Sportspeople from Agder