Ole Gunnar Solskjær

Norwegian association football player and manager
(Redirected from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer)

Ole Gunnar Solskjær (born 26 February 1973 in Kristiansund) is a Norwegian former football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Premier League club Manchester United. He played most of his career for Manchester United. He also used to play for the Norway national team.

Ole Gunnar Solskjær
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Personal information
Full name Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Date of birth (1973-02-26) 26 February 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Kristiansund, Norway
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker (retired)
Youth career
1989-1990 Clausenengen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990-1994
1994-1996
1996-2007
Clausenengen
Molde
Manchester United
National team
1995-2007 Norway
Teams managed
2008-2011 Manchester United (reserves)
2011-2014 Molde
2014 Cardiff City
2015-2018 Molde
2018-2021 Manchester United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career change

In Norway change

Solskjær played for Molde FK and Clausenlengen before he went to England.

In England change

Solskjær joined Manchester United in 1996. He played 366 games for the club and scored 126 goals. In 1999, he scored four goals in twelve minutes against Nottingham Forest, "the fastest scorer of a four-goal haul on record in England".[1]

With Manchester United, Solskjær won the Premier League six times and the FA Cup twice. He scored the winning goal in the 1999 Champions League Final.

Management change

He became the coach of the Manchester United Reserve team, and then, In 2011, he got the job as head coach for Molde FK, the club he left to join Manchester United. He was appointed as head coach for Manchester United after José Mourinho was sacked in November 2018.

Club career statistics change

Club statistics League CupLeague CupContinentalTotal
SeasonClubLeague AppsGoals AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
NorwayLeague Norwegian Football Cup League Cup EuropeTotal
1990 Clausenengen Second Division
1991 Third Division
1992
1993
1994 Second Division
1995 Molde Premier League 26 20 26 20
1996 16 11 16 11
EnglandLeague FA Cup Football League Cup EuropeTotal
1996/97 Manchester United Premier League 33 18 3 0 0 0 10 1 46 19
1997/98 22 6 2 2 0 0 6 1 30 9
1998/99 19 12 8 1 3 3 6 2 36 18
1999/00 28 12 - 1 0 11 3 40 15
2000/01 31 10 2 1 2 2 11 0 46 13
2001/02 30 17 2 1 0 0 15 7 47 25
2002/03 37 9 2 1 4 1 14 4 57 15
2003/04 13 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 18 1
2004/05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005/06 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2006/07 19 7 6 2 1 1 0 0 26 10
Country Norway 151 146 151 146
England 235 91 30 8 11 7 81 20 357 126
Total 286 237 30 8 11 7 81 20 508 272

International career statistics change

[2]

Norway national team
YearAppsGoals
1995 2 1
1996 6 3
1997 2 1
1998 9 3
1999 8 5
2000 10 1
2001 7 3
2002 9 2
2003 7 2
2004 2 0
2005 0 0
2006 4 2
2007 1 0
Total 67 23

References change

  1. Harris, Nick (29 August 2007). "Unassuming supersub who merits a place among the Old Trafford greats". The Independent. Archived from the original on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  2. Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Ole Gunnar Solskjær". www.national-football-teams.com.