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.

 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".

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 competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsClausenengen1990Norwegian Third Division Group E    ——— 1991Norwegian Third Division Group M    ——— 1992Norwegian Third Division Group M    ——— 1993Norwegian Third Division Group M    ——— 1994Norwegian Second Division Group 5    ——— Total109115  ———109115Molde1995Tippeligaen262046—43—34291996Tippeligaen161141———2012Total423187—43—5441Manchester United1996–97Premier League331830001010046191997–98Premier League226220061003091998–99Premier League19128133621037181999–2000Premier League2812—101136046152000–01Premier League311021221101047132001–02Premier League301721001570047252002–03Premier League3792141144—57152003–04Premier League130300021101912004–05Premier League0000000000002005–06Premier League30200000—502006–07Premier League197621161—3211Total23591308117812090366126Career total3862373815117852390529282

International
+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsNorway1995211996631997211998931999852000101200173200292200372200420200642200710Total6723

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 SolskjærNo.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition 1  26 November 1995  Kingston, Jamaica    1–0  1–1  Friendly 2  27 March 1996  Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland    1–0  2–0  Friendly 3  2 June 1996  Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway    2–0  5–0  1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 4  5–0 5  30 April 1997  Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway    1–1  1–1  1998 FIFA World Cup qualification 6  25 March 1998  King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium    2–2  2–2  Friendly 7  27 May 1998  Molde Stadion, Molde, Norway    2–0  6–0  Friendly 8  3–0 9  27 March 1999  Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece    1–0  2–0  UEFA Euro 2000 qualification 10  2–0 11  28 April 1999  Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia    3–0  4–1  UEFA Euro 2000 qualification 12  8 September 1999  Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway    3–0  4–0  UEFA Euro 2000 qualification 13  9 October 1999  Daugava Stadium, Riga, Latvia    1–0  2–1  UEFA Euro 2000 qualification 14  27 May 2000  Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway    1–0  2–0  Friendly 15  24 March 2001  Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway    2–2  2–3  2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 16  28 March 2001  Dinamo Stadium, Minsk, Belarus    1–1  1–2  2002 FIFA World Cup qualification 17  15 August 2001  Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway    1–0  1–1  Friendly 18  14 May 2002  Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway    3–0  3–0  Friendly 19  22 May 2002  Aspmyra Stadion, Bodø, Norway    1–1  1–1  Friendly 20  2 April 2003  Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg    2–0  2–0  UEFA Euro 2004 qualification 21  11 June 2003  Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway    1–1  1–1  UEFA Euro 2004 qualification 22  2 September 2006  Szusza Ferenc Stadion, Budapest, Hungary    1–0  4–1  UEFA Euro 2008 qualification 23  4–0

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecordMolde9 November 20102 January 2014Cardiff City2 January 201418 September 2014Molde21 October 201519 December 2018Manchester United19 December 201821 November 2021Total

Honours
Player
Clausenengen
3. divisjon: 1993

Manchester United
Premier League: 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07
FA Cup: 1998–99, 2003–04
FA Charity/Community Shield: 1996, 2003
UEFA Champions League: 1998–99
Intercontinental Cup: 1999
Individual 
Kniksen Awards Kniksen of the Year: 1996
Kniksen's honour award: 2007

Manager
Manchester United Reserves
Lancashire Senior Cup: 2007–08
Manchester Senior Cup: 2008–09
Premier Reserve League North: 2009–10
Premier Reserve League: 2009–10

Molde
Tippeligaen: 2011,2012
Norwegian Football Cup: 2013

Manchester United
UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2020–21
Individual

 Kniksen Award Coach of the Year: 2011, 2012
Peer Gynt Prize: 2009 (for his efforts for football and philanthropy)
Premier League Manager of the Month: January 2019
Orders

 Knight of the Order of St. Olav, First Class, 2008

 References 

Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:Manchester United F.C. players
Category:Norwegian footballers
Category:Norwegian football managers
Category:Norway at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
Category:Norway at UEFA Euro 2000
Category:Premier League players
Category:1998 FIFA World Cup players
Category:UEFA Euro 2000 players