Oddvar Richardsen

Oddvar Richardsen (5 June 1937 – 18 July 1997) was a Norwegian football striker and later manager.

Oddvar Richardsen

Personal information
Full name	Oddvar Kåre Richardsen
Date of birth	(1937-06-05)5 June 1937
Place of birth	Brønnøysund, Norway[1]
Date of death	18 July 1997(1997-07-18) (aged 60)
Position	forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Tjalg
	Brønnøysund
1957–1966	Lillestrøm
1967–1971	Ull/Kisa
International career
1958	Norway u-21	1	(0)
1960–1963	Norway B	5	(0)
1961–1963	Norway	4	(0)
Managerial career
	Ull/Kisa (player-coach)
1972	Lillestrøm
1973	Raumnes og Årnes
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He started his career in local clubs Tjalg and Brønnøysund, and the first from Brønnøysund to become Norwegian league champion.^[2] He played for Lillestrøm from 1957, becoming league champion in 1959. He represented Norway as an under-21, B and senior international.^[3][4] From 1967 to 1971 he played for Ull/Kisa.^[5][6]

After a time as player-coach of Ull/Kisa, in 1972 he coached Lillestrøm, and ahead of the 1973 season he joined Raumnes og Årnes IL.^[7][1]

His son Rune Richardsen was also capped for Norway. They were the eighth father-son combination to be capped.^[8]