Vegard Røed (born 1 December 1975) is a retired Norwegian

football midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. ...

. He started his youth career in Lier IL and represented Norway as a youth international. He made his debut for

Strømsgodset IF Strømsgodset IF is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Gulskogen in Drammen. It has sections for association football, handball and bandy, but is best known for the top-level football section known as Strømsgodset Toppfotball, which plays in Elit ...

in 1993 and played in the

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

and 1996 Eliteserien. Ahead of the 1997 season, he joined lowly

SBK Drafn Ski- og Ballklubben Drafn is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Drammen, founded in 1910. The club, which takes its name from the Norse name of Drammen, was founded as a merger of the clubs Ulf (founded 1905) and Njord (founded 1906). In 1916 it ...

. He is also a younger brother of

Thomas Røed Thomas Røed (born 26 May 1974) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder. He started his youth career in Lier IL and is the older brother of Vegard Røed. Røed spent much of his career with Odd Grenland, playing for the club from 1999 th ...

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1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Lier, Norway Footballers from Buskerud Norwegian men's footballers Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Men's association football midfielders Norway men's youth international footballers {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub