Trond Sollied

During his career as an active player, Sollied played for Mo IL, Vålerenga, Rosenborg and finally Bodø/Glimt as player-manager. He earned fifteen caps for the Norwegian national team, scoring one goal.

He has education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences. Sollied started his career as a manager in 1992 at Bodø/Glimt where he was player/manager in the 1. divisjon (second tier). Sollied and Bodø/Glimt won the league, and were thus promoted to the Tippeligaen. In 1993, Bodø/Glimt, as a newly promoted team, won silver in the Tippeligaen as well as winning the Norwegian Cup. After that season, Sollied retired as player and focused on the coaching job. Bodø/Glimt also finished third in the top division in 1995, and lost the cup final against Tromsø in 1996. Sollied was dismissed from Bodø/Glimt after a disagreement with the players and the club board. He went on to Rosenborg where he served as the assistant manager under legendary coach Nils Arne Eggen in the 1997 season. That year Rosenborg won the championship. During the 1998 season Eggen took a year off, placing Sollied in the manager seat. With him in charge, Rosenborg – once again – won the league and qualified for the UEFA Champions League. In 1999, Sollied wanted a new challenge and therefore left the Norwegian League to try his luck in the Belgian League. His first team there was Gent. In 2000, he was offered a job at Club Brugge and stayed there until 2005. In six seasons, Sollied won everything: two championships (2003 and 2005), two cups (2002, 2004) and two Supercups (2002, 2004). After the Norwegian national coach Nils Johan Semb retired in 2003, Sollied was mentioned as a replacement, but Sollied stated…