Jan Gunnar Solli

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Personal information
Jan Gunnar Solli

Full name	Jan Gunnar Solli
Date of birth	April 19, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth	Arendal, Norway
Height	183 cm
Playing position	Right winger Centre midfield
Club information
Current club	SK Brann
Number	25
Youth clubs
	Treungen
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2001-2003 2003-2006 2007-	Odd Grenland Rosenborg BK SK Brann	49 (0) 85 (3) 0 (0)
National team²
2004-2006 2006-	Norway U21 Norway	16 (3) 29 (1)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 17 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of March 17 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Jan Gunnar Solli (born April 19, 1981 in Arendal) is a player of the Norwegian football club Brann.He is a hard-working and committed midfield player who can play in the centre or on the right, and he is fast becoming a pivotal figure for club and country.

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

[edit] Honours

[edit] Norway

Norwegian Premier League: 2003, 2004 and 2006
Norwegian Cup: 2003

[edit] Individual

Norwegian Football Association Gold Watch

S.K. Brann - Current Squad
1 Thorbjørnsen \| 2 Jaiteh \| 3 Dahl \| 4 Guntveit \| 5 Corrales \| 6 Haugen \| 7 Gashi \| 8 Andresen \| 10 Sæternes \| 11 Vaagan Moen \| 12 Opdal \| 13 Huseklepp \| 15 Hanstveit \| 17 Bakke \| 18 Bjarnason \| 19 Misje \| 20 Ludvigsen \| 21 Sigurðsson \| 22 Helstad \| 24 Udjus \| 25 Solli \| 28 Björnsson \| 30 Monkam \| 77 Winters \| Coach Mjelde