Kenneth Sola
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 25 August 1985 | ||
Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Sandnes Ulf (player developer) | ||
Youth career | |||
–2002 | Sola | ||
2003–2005 | Viking | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2005–2006 | Viking | 0 | (0) |
2005 | → Skeid (loan) | 11 | (0) |
2007–2010 | Stavanger | 82 | (15) |
2010 | Real Maryland Monarchs | 19 | (0) |
2010–2017 | Sandnes Ulf | 155 | (9) |
2018–2019 | 30 | (8) | |
Teams managed | |||
2018–2020 | (player-coach) | ||
2021– | Sandnes Ulf (player developer) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 June 2021 |
Kenneth Sola (born 25 August 1985) is a Norwegian footballer who plays as a defender for Sandnes Ulf.
Career[]
Sola hails from .[1] He played for , Viking FK and Skeid, before moving to the Norwegian First Division side Stavanger IF in 2006.[2] He played two Norwegian Cup matches for Viking, but did none in the Tippeligaen. He played 82 goals and scored 15 goals for Stavanger IF.[3][4][5]
Sola relocated to the United States in 2010 when he signed to play for the Real Maryland Monarchs in the USL Second Division. He made his debut for the team on 17 April 2010 in the team's 2010 season opener against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds.[6]
Joining Sandnes Ulf in mid-2010, he took part in their promotion from the 2011 1. divisjon. After the 2017 season he semi-retired, continuing as player-coach for on the sixth tier and winning promotion to the 2019 4. divisjon. The league being suspended in 2020 because of the pandemic, in 2021 he became player developer in Sandnes Ulf's youth ranks.[1]
Career statistics[]
- As of 6 November 2017
Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
2010 | Sandnes Ulf | 1. divisjon | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
2011 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 27 | 2 | ||
2012 | Tippeligaen | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
2013 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 5 | ||
2014 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | ||
2015 | 1. divisjon | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
2016 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
2017 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
Career Total | 155 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 166 | 9 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Kenneth Sola tilbake i lyseblått" (in Norwegian). Sandnes Ulf. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Kenneth Sola til SIF". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). 15 November 2006.
- ^ "Aftenposten".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2010-04-23.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Kenneth Sola at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-04-25. Retrieved 2010-04-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Real Maryland Monarchs bio
- Kenneth Sola at Soccerway
- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Sola
- Norwegian footballers
- Viking FK players
- Skeid Fotball players
- Stavanger IF players
- Real Maryland F.C. players
- Sandnes Ulf players
- Norwegian First Division players
- USL Second Division players
- Eliteserien players
- Norwegian expatriate footballers
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States
- Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Association football defenders
- Norwegian football defender stubs