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 | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker (retired) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989-1990 | Clausenengen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1990-1994 1994-1996 1996-2007 |
Clausenengen Molde Manchester United |
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| National team | |||
| 1995-2007 | Norway | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Ole Gunnar Solskjær (born February 26, 1973 in Kristiansund) is a former Norwegian football player who played most of his career for Manchester United. He also played for the Norway national team.
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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]
As of September 2009, he is the coach of the Manchester United Reserve team. In 2011, he got the job as head coach for Molde FK, the club he left to join Manchester United.
Club career statistics [change]
| Club performance | League | Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | |||||||
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| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Norway | League | Norwegian Football Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| England | League | FA Cup | Football League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 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]
| Norway national team | ||
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| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 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]
- ↑ Harris, Nick (29 August 2007). "Unassuming supersub who merits a place among the Old Trafford greats". The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/unassuming-supersub-who-merits-a-place-among-the-old-trafford-greats-463335.html. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
- ↑ http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/player.php?id=5031
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