Who are Rosenborg's players? From Football Manager wonderkid to son of former Leeds star
Ahead of a pre-season friendly against Manchester United, this article profiles key players in the Norwegian club Rosenborg. It highlights the team's roster changes and notable talents, including former youth academy products.
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Provides context for sports fans following international club football and player development trends.
For the second time in two years, Rosenborg are Manchester United 's opponents in a pre-season friendly.
When the sides met in July 2024, Rosenborg came out on top 1-0 thanks to a stoppage-time winner from Noah Jean Holm . Though, the chatter after the game largely centred around promising youngster Sverre Nypan .
Nypan was immediately linked with a move to Man United , but ended up joining Manchester City instead in June 2025.
As such the team that Rosenborg fielded that afternoon will be largely be different to the one that takes to the pitch at the Lerkendal Stadion, in Trondheim, Norway on Friday afternoon .
With new-found interest in the Norwegian side ahead of facing Man Utd, Standard Sport ran the rule over which players to look out for in the pre-season friendly...
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