| General |
| Ole Gunnar Solskjær | ||
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name: | Ole Gunnar Solskjær | |
| Date of birth: | 26 February 1973 | |
| Place of birth: | Kristiansund,  Norway
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| Height: | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |
| Playing position: | Forward | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1989–1990 | Clausenengen
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| Senior clubs | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls) |
| 1990–1994 1994–1996 1996–2007 Total |
Clausenengen Molde Manchester United
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109 (115) 42 (31) 235 (91) 382 (237) |
| National team | ||
| 1994–1995 1995–2007 |
Norway U-21 Norway
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19 (13) 67 (23) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2008–2011 2011–2014 2014 2014–2016 2015–2018 2018–2019 2019–2021 2025 |
Manchester United Reserves Molde Cardiff City Clausenengen U19 Molde Manchester United (caretaker) Manchester United Beşiktaş
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Ole Gunnar Solskjær (born 26 February 1973) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former footballer who played as a forward. As a player, Solskjær spent the majority of his career with Manchester United and also played 67 times for the Norway national team.
Before his arrival in England, Solskjær played for the Norwegian clubs Clausenengen and Molde. He joined Manchester United in 1996 for a transfer fee of £1.5 million. Nicknamed "The Baby-faced Assassin", he played 366 times for United, and scored 126 goals during a successful period for the club. He was regarded as a "super sub" for his trait of coming off the substitute bench to score late goals. Solskjær's defining moment in football came in injury time of the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final, where he scored the winning last-minute goal against Bayern Munich, completing a remarkable comeback and winning The Tr for United.
In 2007, Solskjær announced his retirement from football after failing to recover from a serious knee injury. However, he remained at Manchester United in a coaching role as well as in an ambassadorial capacity. In 2008, Solskjær became the club's reserve team manager. He returned to his native country in 2011 to manage his former club, Molde, whom he led to their two first ever Norwegian league titles in his first two seasons with the club. He secured a third title in as many seasons, when his team won the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup Final. In 2014 he served as manager of Cardiff City, during which the club were relegated from the Premier League.
He also supervises a training academy for young footballers in his home town of Kristiansund, and is a patron of the Manchester United Supporters' Trust (formerly Shareholders United).
Honours[]
Player[]
- Manchester United
- Premier League (6): 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07
- FA Cup (2): 1998–99, 2003–04
- FA Community Shield (3): 1996, 1997, 2003
- UEFA Champions League (1): 1998–99
- Intercontinental Cup (1): 1999
Manager[]
- Manchester United Reserves
- Premier Reserve League (1): 2009–10
- Premier Reserve League North (1): 2009–10
- Lancashire Senior Cup (1): 2008–09
- Manchester Senior Cup (1): 2009
- Molde FK
- Norwegian Premier League (2): 2011, 2012
- Norwegian Football Cup (1): 2013
External links[]
Ole Gunnar Solskjær profile at Soccerbase- Biography at ManUtd.com
- Profile at BBC Sport
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| Norway – 1998 FIFA World Cup |
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1. Grodås (c)
2. Halle
3. Johnsen
4. Berg
5. Bjørnebye
6. Solbakken
7. Mykland
8. Leonhardsen
9. T. Flo
10. Rekdal
11. Jakobsen
12. Myhre
13. Baardsen
14. Heggem
15. Eggen
16. J. Flo
17. H. Flo
18. Østenstad
19. Hoftun
20. Solskjær
21. Riseth
22. Strand
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