Nils Solstad (born 27 July 1963) is a retired Norwegian

football defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

. Hailing from Mortensnes in

Tromsø Tromsø is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the administrative centre of Troms county. The city is located on the is ...

, Solstad played youth football for

IF Fløya Idrettsforeningen Fløya is a Norwegian football club from the city of Tromsø. The club was founded on 22 June 1922 and named after the Fløya mountain which overlooks Tromsø centre. The women's team has got two third-place finishes in Toppser ...

and got one senior match before moving to

Tromsø IL Tromsø Idrettslag () is a Norwegian professional Football club (association football), football club based in Tromsø. They play their home games at the Romssa Arena which has a seating capacity of 6,801. Tromsø play in the Eliteserien. Despi ...

in 1981. He made his debut in 1982 and became a stalwart until his retirement after the 1993 season. He helped win the 1986 Norwegian Football Cup. In 1997 he was player-manager of

Porsanger IL Porsanger Idrettslag is a Norwegian multi-sports club from Lakselv, Finnmark. It has sections for association football, team handball, track and field, Nordic skiing, floorball and table tennis. The club was founded in 2005 as a merger of the m ...

. He later coached Tromsø IL's junior team and

IF Skarp Idrettsforeningen Skarp is a Norwegian association football club from Tromsø, which currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. The club was founded 30 June 1919 and its colors are black and white. It is the t ...

in two terms, first in the latter half of 2000 together with , then in 2002 until he resigned in August that year. He returned to Tromsø IL and their scouting program Barents Fotball Academy.

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1963 births Living people Footballers from Tromsø Norwegian men's footballers Tromsø IL players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Men's association football defenders Norwegian football managers IF Skarp managers 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-defender-stub