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

Solskjær as Molde manager in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Ole Gunnar Solskjær[1]
Date of birth	(1973-02-26) 26 February 1973 (age 52)[2]
Place of birth	Kristiansund, Norway
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[2]
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1980–1990	Clausenengen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1990–1995	Clausenengen	109	(115)
1995–1996	Molde	42	(31)
1996–2007	Manchester United	235	(91)
Total		386	(237)
International career
1994–1995	Norway U21	19	(13)
1995–2007	Norway	67	(23)
Managerial career
2008–2011	Manchester United (reserves)
2011–2014	Molde
2014	Cardiff City
2015–2018	Molde
2018–2021	Manchester United
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. 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	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	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	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	054.76
Cardiff City	2 January 2014	18 September 2014	30	9	5	16	030.00
Molde	21 October 2015	19 December 2018	118	66	19	33	055.93
Manchester United	19 December 2018	21 November 2021	168	91	37	40	054.17
Total			442	235	87	120	053.17

Honours

Player

Clausenengen

• 3. divisjon: 1993^[9]

Manchester United

• Premier League: 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07^[10]
• FA Cup: 1998–99,^[11] 2003–04^[12]
• FA Charity/Community Shield: 1996,^[13] 2003^[14]
• UEFA Champions League: 1998–99^[15]
• Intercontinental Cup: 1999^[16]

Individual

• Kniksen Awards Kniksen of the Year: 1996^[17]
• Kniksen's honour award: 2007^[17]

Manager

Manchester United Reserves

• Lancashire Senior Cup: 2007–08^[18]
• Manchester Senior Cup: 2008–09^[19]
• Premier Reserve League North: 2009–10^[20]
• Premier Reserve League: 2009–10^[20]

Molde

• Tippeligaen: 2011,^[21]2012^[22]
• Norwegian Football Cup: 2013^[23]

Manchester United

• UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2020–21^[24]

Individual

• Kniksen Award Coach of the Year: 2011,^[17] 2012^[17]
• Peer Gynt Prize: 2009 (for his efforts for football and philanthropy)^[25][26]
• Premier League Manager of the Month: January 2019^[27]

Orders

• Knight of the Order of St. Olav, First Class, 2008^[28]