Kai Risholt (born 10 April 1979) is a

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, who plays for

Arendal Fotball Arendal Fotball is a Norwegian professional football club based in Arendal. The club competes in the 2. divisjon, the third tier of football in Norway. History It was established on 27 September 2010, and started contesting in the 2011 3. divis ...

. He has previously played 32 matches and scored 3 goals in

Tippeligaen Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

for

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and

Kongsvinger Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Aust ...

, and has played for numerous clubs in the

Norwegian First Division The Norwegian First Division, also called 1. divisjon and OBOS-ligaen (named sponsor is property developer OBOS), is the second-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Each year, the top finishing teams in the 1. divisjon are p ...

as well as the Bulgarian

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side Etar 1924. Risholt has primarily played as a striker during his career, but has also played as a

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. He is the twin brother of

Roger Risholt Roger Risholt (born 10 April 1979) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder who is the current manager of Arendal. He is the twin brother of fellow footballer Kai Risholt. Playing career Risholt started his career in local Arendal. He also ...

Career

Risholt was born in

Arendal Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...

and is the twin brother of

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. The two brothers played for the same teams until 1998, and they spent time with the local teams

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and Jerv. Risholt transferred to Eik-Tønsberg in 2000 and played for the team for two seasons, before he signed for Tollnes ahead of the 2002 season. At Tollnes, he was going to be used as a centre back despite having played primarily as a striker in his early years. Risholt joined Ørn-Horten in 2003, where he teamed up with his former teammate from Jerv and Eik,

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. Risholt stayed at Ørn-Horten for one season, where he scored 10 goals and was the team's top goalscorer, before he joined

ahead of the 2004 season, signing a two-year contract with the club. He was a part of the Start-team that won promotion to

in 2004 and won silver in the

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, but was the fifth-choice striker and played a total of 11 minutes in the 2005 season. Risholt scored the winning goal in the 2–1 victory Aalesund on 16 June 2005, but did not get a new contract with Start and decided to join

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in August 2006. After a severe

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in a pre-season friendly against

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on 9 February 2006, Risholt could not sleep for 22 days. He received much attention when he talked about his

insomnia Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder in which people have trouble sleeping. They may have difficulty falling asleep, or staying asleep as long as desired. Insomnia is typically followed by daytime sleepiness, low energy, ...

, and was invited as a guest at

Fredrik Skavlan Fredrik Skavlan (born 2 September 1966) is a Norwegian TV host, journalist, and cartoonist. He hosted the talk show ''Først & sist'' from 1998 to 2007, for which he won the 1999 Norwegian Television Award for best host as well as the talk show ...

's talk-show

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. In April 2006, Risholt said he was cured from the insomnia, and that the only thing preventing him from playing football was a knee injury. Risholt broke his contract with Hønefoss in October 2007, and signed with

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ahead of the 2008 season, where he was the top goalscorer with 12 goals. He left the club after one season as they did not want to renew his contract. Risholt joined

in 2009, where he played together with his brother Roger for the first time in 10 years, and the brothers were valuable contributors to the club's promotion to Tippeligaen. Risholt made 28 appearances, 17 as a substitute, and scored 2 goals for Kongsvinger in the

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, when the team was relegated. Risholt was frustrated about limited playing-time, and left the club after the season and signed a two-year contract with

Bryne Bryne () is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Time, Norway, Time municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality of Time and it is also List of urban areas in Norway by population, o ...

. Risholt was, with his seven goals, the top goalscorer for Bryne in the 2012 season and was voted player of the season by Bryne's supporters. His contract was however not renewed by the club, and Risholt joined Bulgarian club Etar 1924 on a short-term contract in January 2013. He made his debut on 2 March 2013, after coming on as a late substitute in the 2–1 home win over

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and netted his first goal on 30 March 2013, in the 2–2 away draw with

PFC Pirin Gotse Delchev Football Club Pirin ( bg, Футболен клуб Пирин) is a Bulgarian football club, based in Gotse Delchev. The club currently plays in the South-West Third League, the third tier of Bulgarian football league system. The team's bigg ...

. Risholt played a total of 12 matches for Etar 1924 when the team was relegated from the

, and left the club after the season. In 2013 to 2014 he travelled to Malta and played for 3 teams there during his stay, during his stay he played for Balzan, Zejtun and Tarixen. Before joining

Flekkerøy IL Flekkerøy Idrettslag, also called Fløy is a Norwegian sports club from Flekkerøy in Kristiansand. It has sections for association football and team handball, in addition to cross-country skiing and racket sport. Football The men's football te ...

. After the 2014 season he went from

Career statistics

References

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