John Arne Riise

**John Arne Semundseth Riise** (born 24 September 1980) is a Norwegian professional footballer and coach who plays as a left back and a left midfielder and serves as a player-manager of Toppserien club Avaldsnes.

As of the 2020s, he has the record for most games played for the national team.

Family life: He married (2014) Louise Angelica Riise, in a church in Oslo. He has been married three times, and he divorced in 2021.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Aalesund|1997|Norwegian First Division|9|1|0|0|—|—|—|9|1||||
|1998|Norwegian First Division|17|4|0|0|—|—|—|17|4||||||
|Monaco 2|1998–99|Championnat National 2|9|2|—|—|—|—|9|2||||||
|rowspan="4"|Monaco|1998–99|French Division 1|7|0|1|0|2|0|1|0|—|11|0||
|1999–2000|French Division 1|21|1|3|2|2|0|6|1|—|32|4||||
|2000–01|French Division 1|16|3|0|0|2|0|2|0|1|0|21|3|||
|rowspan="8"|Liverpool|2001–02|Premier League|38|7|2|0|0|0|14|0|2|1|56|8|
|2002–03|Premier League|37|6|3|0|4|0|11|0|1|0|56|6|||
|2003–04|Premier League|28|0|1|0|2|0|4|0|—|35|0||||
|2004–05|Premier League|37|6|0|0|5|1|15|1|—|57|8||||
|2005–06|Premier League|32|1|6|3|0|0|14|0|3|0|52|4|||
|2006–07|Premier League|33|1|1|0|1|1|12|2|1|1|48|5|||
|2007–08|Premier League|29|0|4|0|1|0|10|0|—|44|0||||
|rowspan="4"|Roma|2008–09|Serie A|31|2|2|0|—|8|0|1|0|42|2||
|2009–10|Serie A|36|5|4|0|—|12|3|—|52|8|||||
|2010–11|Serie A|32|0|4|0|—|5|0|1|1|42|1||||
|rowspan="4"|Fulham|2011–12|Premier League|36|0|2|0|0|0|6|0|—|44|0||
|2012–13|Premier League|31|0|1|0|0|0|—|—|32|0|||||
|2013–14|Premier League|20|0|2|0|3|0|—|—|25|0|||||
|APOEL|2014–15|Cypriot First Division|25|4|4|2|—|1|0|—|30|6||||
|Delhi Dynamos|2015|Indian Super League|13|1|—|—|—|2|0|15|1|||||
|Aalesund|2016|Tippeligaen|10|0|3|1|—|—|—|13|1|||||
|Chennaiyin|2016|Indian Super League|10|1|—|—|—|—|10|1||||||
|Rollon|2017|4. divisjon|2|0|—|—|—|—|2|0||||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="14"|Norway|2000|7|1|
|2001|4|0|||
|2002|9|2|||
|2003|11|0|||
|2004|10|0|||
|2005|10|2|||
|2006|6|0|||
|2007|11|2|||
|2008|8|1|||
|2009|9|4|||
|2010|7|1|||
|2011|8|1|||
|2012|8|2|||
|2013|2|0|||

- _Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Riise goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|23 February 2000|Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey||1–0|2–0|Friendly||||||||
|2|7 September 2002|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–1|2–2|UEFA Euro 2004 qualification||||||||
|3|16 October 2002|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–0|2–0|UEFA Euro 2004 qualification||||||||
|4|9 February 2005|Ta'Qali Stadium, Ta' Qali, Malte||3–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|5|8 June 2005|Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm, Sweden||1–1|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|6|2 June 2007|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||4–0|4–0|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification||||||||
|7|12 September 2007|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–2|2–2|UEFA Euro 2008 qualification||||||||
|8|28 May 2008|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–2|2–2|Friendly||||||||
|9|1 April 2009|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–1|3–2|Friendly||||||||
|10|12 August 2009|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–0|4–0|FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification||||||||
|11|5 September 2009|Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland||1–0|1–1|FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification||||||||
|12|9 September 2009|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||1–0|2–1|FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification||||||||
|13|8 October 2010|Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium, Larnaca, Cyprus||1–0|2–1|UEFA Euro 2012 qualification||||||||
|14|10 August 2011|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–0|3–0|Friendly||||||||
|15|15 August 2012|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–3|2–3|Friendly||||||||
|16|11 September 2012|Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway||2–1|2–1|FIFA World Cup 2014 qualification||||||||

## Honours

**Monaco**
- Division 1: 1999–2000
- Trophée des Champions: 2000

**Liverpool**
- FA Cup: 2005–06
- Football League Cup: 2002–03; runner-up 2004–05
- FA Community Shield: 2001, 2006
- UEFA Champions League: 2004–05; runner-up 2006–07
- UEFA Super Cup: 2001, 2005
- FIFA Club World Championship runner-up: 2005

**APOEL**
- Cypriot First Division: 2014–15
- Cypriot Cup: 2014–15

**Individual**
- Kniksen of the Year: 2006

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: John Arne Riise
- **image**: John Arne Riise - 53492675516.jpg
- **caption**: Riise in 2024
- **full name**: John Arne Semundseth Riise
- **birth place**: Molde, Norway
- **height**: 1.85 m
- **position**: Left back (association football), Left back, Left winger (association football), Left winger
- **currentclub**: Avaldsnes IL, Avaldsnes
- **youthyears1**: 1996
- **youthclubs1**: Aalesunds FK, Aalesund
- **years1**: 1996–1998
- **clubs1**: Aalesunds FK, Aalesund
- **caps1**: 25
- **goals1**: 5
- **years2**: 1998–1999
- **clubs2**: AS Monaco FC, Monaco 2
- **caps2**: 9
- **goals2**: 2
- **years3**: 1998–2001
- **clubs3**: AS Monaco FC, Monaco
- **caps3**: 44
- **goals3**: 4
- **years4**: 2001–2008
- **clubs4**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps4**: 234
- **goals4**: 21
- **years5**: 2008–2011
- **clubs5**: A.S. Roma, Roma
- **caps5**: 99
- **goals5**: 7
- **years6**: 2011–2014
- **clubs6**: Fulham F.C., Fulham
- **caps6**: 87
- **goals6**: 0
- **years7**: 2014–2015
- **clubs7**: APOEL F.C., APOEL
- **caps7**: 25
- **goals7**: 4
- **years8**: 2015–2016
- **clubs8**: Delhi Dynamos FC, Delhi Dynamos
- **caps8**: 12
- **goals8**: 1
- **years9**: 2016
- **clubs9**: Aalesunds FK, Aalesund
- **caps9**: 10
- **goals9**: 0
- **years10**: 2016–2017
- **clubs10**: Chennaiyin FC, Chennaiyin
- **caps10**: 10
- **goals10**: 1
- **years11**: 2017
- **clubs11**: SK Rollon, Rollon
- **caps11**: 2
- **goals11**: 0
- **years12**: 2023–
- **clubs12**: Avaldsnes IL, Avaldsnes
- **caps12**: 1
- **goals12**: 1
- **totalcaps**: 546
- **totalgoals**: 43
- **nationalyears1**: 1996
- **nationalteam1**: Norway U15
- **nationalcaps1**: 9
- **nationalgoals1**: 2
- **nationalyears2**: 1997
- **nationalteam2**: Norway national under-16 football team, Norway U16
- **nationalcaps2**: 5
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 1997
- **nationalteam3**: Norway national under-17 football team, Norway U17
- **nationalcaps3**: 2
- **nationalgoals3**: 0
- **nationalyears4**: 1997–1999
- **nationalteam4**: Norway national under-18 football team, Norway U18
- **nationalcaps4**: 8
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **nationalyears5**: 1999
- **nationalteam5**: Norway national under-19 football team, Norway U19
- **nationalcaps5**: 1
- **nationalgoals5**: 0
- **nationalyears6**: 1999–2001
- **nationalteam6**: Norway national under-21 football team, Norway U21
- **nationalcaps6**: 17
- **nationalgoals6**: 2
- **nationalyears7**: 2000–2013
- **nationalteam7**: Norway national football team, Norway
- **nationalcaps7**: 110
- **nationalgoals7**: 16
- **manageryears1**: 2019–2021
- **managerclubs1**: IL Flint, Flint Tønsberg
- **manageryears2**: 2021–2023
- **managerclubs2**: Avaldsnes IL, Avaldsnes