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Ole Gunnar Solskjær

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
File:Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Trondheim2011-1 crop.jpg
Solskjær as Molde manager in 2011
Personal information
Full nameOle Gunnar Solskjær[1]
Date of birth26 February 1973 
     (aged 52)
[2]
Place of birthKristiansund, Norway
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Playing positionForward
Youth career
1980–1990Clausenengen
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1995Clausenengen109(115)
1995–1996Molde42(31)
1996–2007Manchester United235(91)
Total386(237)
National team
1994–1995Norway U2119(13)
1995–2007Norway67(23)
Teams managed
2008–2011Manchester United (reserves)
2011–2014Molde
2014Cardiff City
2015–2018Molde
2018–2021Manchester United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

In Norway

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

In England

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".[3]

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

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.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup[b] Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Clausenengen 1990 Norwegian Third Division Group E — — —
1991 Norwegian Third Division Group M — — —
1992 Norwegian Third Division Group M — — —
1993 Norwegian Third Division Group M — — —
1994 Norwegian Second Division Group 5 — — —
Total 109 115 — — — 109 115
Molde[4] 1995 Tippeligaen 26 20 4 6 — 4[c] 3 — 34 29
1996 Tippeligaen 16 11 4 1 — — — 20 12
Total 42 31 8 7 — 4 3 — 54 41
Manchester United[5] 1996–97 Premier League 33 18 3 0 0 0 10[d] 1 0 0 46 19
1997–98 Premier League 22 6 2 2 0 0 6[d] 1 0 0 30 9
1998–99 Premier League 19 12 8 1 3 3 6[d] 2 1[e] 0 37 18
1999–2000 Premier League 28 12 — 1 0 11[d] 3 6[f] 0 46 15
2000–01 Premier League 31 10 2 1 2 2 11[d] 0 1[e] 0 47 13
2001–02 Premier League 30 17 2 1 0 0 15[d] 7 0 0 47 25
2002–03 Premier League 37 9 2 1 4 1 14[d] 4 — 57 15
2003–04 Premier League 13 0 3 0 0 0 2[d] 1 1[g] 0 19 1
2004–05 Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005–06 Premier League 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 — 5 0
2006–07 Premier League 19 7 6 2 1 1 6[d] 1 — 32 11
Total 235 91 30 8 11 7 81 20 9 0 366 126
Career total 386 237 38 15 11 7 85 23 9 0 529 282
  1. ↑ Includes Norwegian Football Cup and FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes League Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Appearance in FA Charity Shield
  6. ↑ One appearance in FA Charity Shield, one appearance in UEFA Super Cup, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup and three appearances in FIFA Club World Championship
  7. ↑ Appearance in FA Community Shield

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[6]
National team Year Apps Goals
Norway 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
2006 4 2
2007 1 0
Total 67 23
Scores and results list Norway's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Solskjær goal.
List of international goals scored by Ole Gunnar Solskjær[7]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 November 1995 Kingston, Jamaica  Jamaica 1–0 1–1 Friendly
2 27 March 1996 Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland 22x20px Northern Ireland 1–0 2–0 Friendly
3 2 June 1996 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Azerbaijan 2–0 5–0 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
4 5–0
5 30 April 1997 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Finland 1–1 1–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
6 25 March 1998 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Belgium 2–2 2–2 Friendly
7 27 May 1998 Molde Stadion, Molde, Norway  Saudi Arabia 2–0 6–0 Friendly
8 3–0
9 27 March 1999 Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece  Greece 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
10 2–0
11 28 April 1999 Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia 22x20px Georgia 3–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
12 8 September 1999 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Slovenia 3–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
13 9 October 1999 Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia  Latvia 1–0 2–1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualification
14 27 May 2000 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Slovakia 1–0 2–0 Friendly
15 24 March 2001 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Poland 2–2 2–3 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
16 28 March 2001 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus [[File:{{{flag alias-1995}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] Belarus 1–1 1–2 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
17 15 August 2001 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Turkey 1–0 1–1 Friendly
18 14 May 2002 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Japan 3–0 3–0 Friendly
19 22 May 2002 Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø, Norway  Iceland 1–1 1–1 Friendly
20 2 April 2003 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 2–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
21 11 June 2003 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway  Romania 1–1 1–1 UEFA Euro 2004 qualification
22 2 September 2006 Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 2008 qualification
23 4–0

Managerial statistics

As of match played 20 November 2021[8]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Molde 9 November 2010 2 January 2014 126 69 26 31 54.76
Cardiff City 2 January 2014 18 September 2014 30 9 5 16 30.00
Molde 21 October 2015 19 December 2018 118 66 19 33 55.93
Manchester United 19 December 2018 21 November 2021 168 91 37 40 54.17
Total 442 235 87 120 53.17

Honours

Player

Clausenengen

Manchester United

Individual

Manager

Manchester United Reserves

Molde

Manchester United

Individual

Orders

Ole Gunnar Solskjær Media

  • Ole G Solskjaer.jpg

    Solskjær after a game for Molde in 1996

  • The Manchester United team, with Solskjær, celebrating after winning the UEFA Champions League in 1999.

  • OGS Testimonial Solskjær in action 20080802-1.jpg

    Solskjær taking a free kick during his testimonial in 2008

  • Ole Gunnar Solskjaer Cardiff manager cropped.jpg

    Solskjær as Cardiff City manager in 2014

  • Zenit-Mo;de (7).jpg

    Solskjær in his second spell as Molde manager in 2018

References

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  5. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  6. ↑ Solskjær, Ole Gunnar at National-Football-Teams.com
  7. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  8. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
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  10. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  11. ↑ Man Utd 2–0 Newcastle. London. 22 May 1999. https://www.theguardian.com/football/1999/may/22/newsstory.sport3. Retrieved 6 October 2019. 
  12. ↑ Man Utd win FA Cup. 22 May 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/fa_cup/3725063.stm. Retrieved 6 October 2019. 
  13. ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  14. ↑ Man Utd win Community Shield. 10 August 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/3125653.stm. Retrieved 6 October 2019. 
  15. ↑ United crowned kings of Europe. 26 May 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/353842.stm. Retrieved 6 October 2019. 
  16. ↑ Man Utd crowned world champions. 30 November 1999. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/543368.stm. Retrieved 6 October 2019. 
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  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Utilities at line 38: bad argument #1 to 'ipairs' (table expected, got nil).
  21. ↑ Ex-Man Utd striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer leads Molde to Norwegian title. BBC Sport. 30 October 2011. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/15515446. Retrieved 31 December 2018. 
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  24. ↑ Stone, Simon (26 May 2021). "Villarreal 1-1 Manchester United (11-10 on pens): David de Gea spot kick saved in epic Europa League final shootout". BBC Sport. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57224112. Retrieved 26 May 2021. 
  25. ↑ Jørgensen, Pål Wollebæk (6 May 2009) (in no). Solskjær fikk årets Peer Gynt. Oslo. http://fotball.aftenposten.no/kommentar/article137783.ece. Retrieved 30 July 2009. 
  26. ↑ Korsvold, Kaja (29 July 2009) (in no). Solskjær hedret. Oslo. http://fotball.aftenposten.no/incoming/article146222.ece. Retrieved 30 July 2009. 
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