Jan Gunnar Solli

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Jan Gunnar Solli
Personal information
Full name Jan Gunnar Solli
Date of birth April 19, 1981 (1981-04-19) (age 27)
Place of birth    Arendal, Norway
Height 183 cm
Playing position Right winger
Centre midfield
Club information
Current club Brann
Number 9
Youth clubs
Treungen
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2001-2003
2003-2006
2007-		 Odd Grenland
Rosenborg
Brann		 49 (0)
85 (3)
28 (2)[1]   
National team2
2004-2006
2006-		 Norway U21
Norway		 16 (3)
32 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of April 14 2008.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of October 17, 2007.
* Appearances (Goals)

Jan Gunnar Solli (born April 19, 1981 in Arendal) is a Norwegian football player. He is currently playing at the Norwegian club Brann. He is a hard-working and committed player, he usually plays as a right winger, but can also play centre midfield. He is considered to be one of the best purchases of 2007 in the Norwegian Tippeliga.

Having represented Norway at Under-18 and U21 level, Solli made his senior debut in a friendly international against Scotland on 20 August 2003 and scored his first international goal in a 3-2 win against Russia on the 28th of April the same year. As of April 2005 Solli has 17 caps.

Solli made his senior debut for Odd Grenland in the 2000 Tippeligaen season and made five league appearances, all as a substitute, for the club in his first season. In total, he played 54 league games for the club over three-and-a-half seasons – but failed to score – and helped Odd reach the 2002 Norwegian Cup final, where they were beaten 1-0 by Vålerenga.

Solli agreed a switch to perennial Norwegian champions Rosenborg BK in summer 2003 and made four starts and a further ten substitute appearances in the second half of that season as the Trondheim club wrapped up a 12th consecutive league title. He was also a regular in the ensuing European campaigns and scored an important first-leg goal against Maccabi Haifa F.C. in the Champions League third qualifying round in August 2004.

Solli scored his first-ever league goal against Viking F.K. on the 23rd of August 2003 – his fifth full season as a professional footballer.

On March 16, 2007, Solli signed a three year deal with SK Brann. The transfer-fee was NOK 6.000.000. Solli's first season in the red shirt of SK Brann was a huge success. From his right wing position he became an integral part of Brann's title winning squad, earning himself a recall to Norway's national squad. Forming a lethal partnership with his former Rosenborg BK colleague Thorstein Helstad, Solli is considered one of the success stories of the 2007 Tippeliga season.

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  1. ^ Sportsklubben Brann - Ekte lidenskap har et navn
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S.K. Brann – current squad

3 Dahl • 4 Guntveit • 6 Karadas • 7 El Fakiri • 8 Einarsson • 9 Solli • 10 Demba-Nyrén • 11 Vaagan Moen • 12 Opdal • 13 Huseklepp • 14 Jaiteh • 15 Hanstveit • 17 Bakke • 18 Bjarnason • 19 Misje • 20 Ludvigsen • 21 Sigurðsson • 22 Helstad • 23 Thwaite • 24 Udjus • 25 Amankwah • 26 Walde • 28 Björnsson • 77 Winters • Coach: Mjelde
Persondata
NAME Solli, Jan Gunnar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Solli, Jan Gunnar
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1981-4-19
PLACE OF BIRTH Arendal , Norway
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH