Eivind Daniel Røed (born 1 January 1992) is a retired Norwegian

football defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

and later manager. He hails from

Stårheim Stårheim (or ''Torvika'') is a village in the municipality of Stad in Vestland county, Norway. Stårheim is located in the central part of Stad Municipality on the north shore of the Nordfjorden, about west of the municipal center of Nordfjor ...

. He played for Eid IL in the 3. divisjon and represented Norway as a youth international. In the summer of 2008 he signed for

Sogndal Sogndal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Sogn. The village of Hermansv ...

. He had trialled with

SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann is a Norwegian professional football club based in Bergen. Founded on 26 September 1908, Brann has played in the first tier of Norwegian football for 67 out of 80 seasons, the second most of any club. They play their hom ...

, and rejected trials at

Celtic F.C. The Celtic Football Club, commonly known as Celtic (), is a professional Association football, football club in Glasgow, Scotland. The team competes in the Scottish Premiership, the top division of Scottish football league system, Scottish ...

among others. He starting played for their senior team in 2010. In 2012, still only aged 20, he had major injury problems. In 2013 he was loaned out to FK Fyllingsdalen. Here, he could play in the 2. divisjon, as a central defender which he preferred, and he also knew people in the Christian milieu of the city. He moved down in the 4. divisjon in 2014 when joining Norheimsund IL. In 2015 he played for Eid, but returned to Norheimsund. He also became an academy coach in

in 2014. He later became player-manager of Norheimsund while working as a sports teacher at Framnes Christian Upper Secondary School.

References

1992 births Living people People from Nordfjordeid Norwegian men's footballers Sogndal Fotball players FK Fyllingsdalen players Eliteserien players Men's association football defenders Norway men's youth international footballers SK Brann non-playing staff Footballers from Vestland 21st-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub