SOCCER PLAYER

Ole Gunnar Solskjær

1973 - Today

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Ole Gunnar Solskjær KSO (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈûːlə ˈɡʉ̂nːɑr ˈsûːlʂæːr] (listen); born 26 February 1973) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Premier League club Manchester United.Before he arrived in England, Solskjær played for Norwegian clubs Clausenengen and Molde. He joined Manchester United in 1996 for a transfer fee of £1.5 million. Nicknamed "the Baby-faced Assassin", he played 366 times for United, and scored 126 goals during a successful period for the club. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ole Gunnar Solskjær has received more than 7,057,496 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Ole Gunnar Solskjær is the 697th most popular soccer player (down from 337th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Norway (down from 92nd in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ole Gunnar Solskjær ranks 697 out of 16,923. Before him are Julio Salinas, Norio Yoshimizu, Enrique Guaita, Stefan Effenberg, Joachim Streich, and Akiko Hayakawa. After him are Jürgen Sparwasser, Marc Overmars, Theodor Wagner, Tadao Kobayashi, Giuseppe Baresi, and Andreas Möller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Ole Gunnar Solskjær ranks 35. Before him are Vera Farmiga, Queen Mathilde of Belgium, Varg Vikernes, Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland, Christian Vieri, and Rogério Ceni. After him are Marc Overmars, Ruslana, Stephenie Meyer, Robert Pires, Rufus Wainwright, and Giancarlo Fisichella.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Ole Gunnar Solskjær ranks 132 out of 735. Before him are Trygve Bratteli (1910), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Anne Holt (1958), Ole Einar Bjørndalen (1974), Frits Thaulow (1847), and May-Britt Moser (1963). After him are Jens Munk (1579), Ulvhild Håkansdotter (1090), Mari Boine (1956), Thorleif Haug (1894), Viggo Brun (1885), and Odvar Nordli (1927).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Norway

Among soccer players born in Norway, Ole Gunnar Solskjær ranks 1. After him are Jørgen Juve (1906), Alf-Inge Håland (1972), Thorbjørn Svenssen (1924), John Arne Riise (1980), Arne Brustad (1912), Arnfinn Bergmann (1928), John Carew (1979), Nils Eriksen (1911), Jørn Andersen (1963), Ståle Solbakken (1968), and Nils Arne Eggen (1941).

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