Cato Guntveit

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Cato Guntveit
Personal information
Full name Cato Falck Guntveit [1]
Date of birth (1975-08-06) 6 August 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth Drammen, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Youth career
Fana
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Fana
1995–1999 Brann 78 (4)
1999–2002 Aberdeen 69 (5)
2002–2010 Brann 95 (3)
2011– Øystese 18 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2012

Cato Guntveit is a retired Norwegian footballer who played for SK Brann the most of his career. He was the captain of Brann from 2004 until Brann coach Mons Ivar Mjelde decided Martin Andresen should take over the captaincy prior to the 2006 season. Guntveit played briefly for local club Fana before joining Brann in 1995. He also spent two seasons at Aberdeen, but played in Brann from 2002 to 2010. Guntveit is married and has three children. One of the few "local lads" in Brann, he owns and works in a toyshop in Bergen. He retired from football in after the 2010 season. [2]

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Biography

Early career

Guntveit made his debut for Brann at age 20, under coach Hallvar Thoresen. Thoresen used him frequently as a full back, but when Thoresen was fired, things took a turn for the worse for Guntveit, and he spent less time on the pitch. The following seasons, Guntveit failed to secure a steady first team place, but in the 1998 season, he regained his place for Brann. During that season, new coach Harald Aabrekk moved Guntveit up to the midfield as a right winger, where he enjoyed considerable success, and was seen as a primal factor for Brann's success in 1999, when the club finished 3rd in the Norwegian Premier League and reached the cup final.

Spell at Aberdeen

In 1999, Cato Guntveit was signed by the Scottish Premier League club Aberdeen as a free transfer. He gained a reputation as a committed player, but his career at the Scottish outfit was hampered due to several injuries. In summer 2002 he returned to Brann after being released from Aberdeen, [3] having played 69 games and scored 5 goals.

Return to Brann

After returning to Brann, it took Guntveit nearly a year to make his debut, due to a mysterious injury. When he finally made his debut however, he became an integral part of the team, and was once again named a primal factor for Brann's success, this time in the latter half of the 2003 season.

In 2004, Guntveit became the captain of Brann, but he missed the final as Brann won the Norwegian Cup in 2004 (their first trophy since 1982) because of a suspension. In 2005, the arrival of Martin Andresen threatened Guntveit's captaincy, as many believed the Norway national team captain (Andresen) would become the captain of Brann. However, Guntveit remained the captain of Brann, but has revealed that the captaincy distracted him from his game, and he was recently stripped of the captaincy prior to the 2006 season, when coach Mons Ivar Mjelde made Andresen captain in a widely anticipated move.

He retired from Brann after the 2010 season, but was enticed by a friend to continue playing, for fourth-tier team Øystese IL, rejecting offers from Løv-Ham and Fana. [4]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club [5] [6] SeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Brann 1995 Tippeligaen 11030--00140
1996 4000--2060
1997 13010--30170
1998 24340--40323
1999 26162--00323
Total784142--901016
Aberdeen 1999-00 SPL 203613000294
2000-01 301201010341
2001-02 191200000211
Total6951014010846
Brann 2003 Tippeligaen 12310--00133
2004 23061--00296
2005 11011--00121
2006 0000402060
2007 160212071272
2008 13020--10160
2009 5000--0050
2010 15010--00160
Total953133601011247
Career total2421237610020130919

Honours

Norway

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References

  1. ↑ VG Netts Skattelister [ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Alstad, Terje (21 October 2010). "Guntveit legger opp". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 23 October 2010. Retrieved 14 November 2010.
  3. ↑ "Winters goes to Norway". BBC. 22 August 2002. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Bøyum, Kim (14 November 2010). "Guntveit lokket til Øystese av kompisen". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 29.
  5. ↑ "Sportsklubben Brann - Ekte lidenskap har et navn". 7 October 2006. Archived from the original on 7 October 2006. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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