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Nils Arne Eggen

1941 - 2022

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Nils Arne Eggen (17 September 1941 – 19 January 2022) was a Norwegian footballer, manager and teacher from Orkdal Municipality. Eggen was closely tied to Rosenborg, the club he managed for 23 years between 1970 and 2010. He is Norway's most successful club manager throughout history, having won the Norwegian top division fifteen times and the Norwegian Football Cup six times as a manager. Eggen's tactical emphasis was on playing 4-3-3 and attacking football and his way of playing football has frequently been cited as an inspiration among players, coaches and clubs alike, both domestically and abroad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nils Arne Eggen is the 3,879th most popular soccer player (down from 3,765th in 2019), the 405th most popular biography from Norway (down from 380th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Norwegian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Nils Arne Eggen ranks 3,879 out of 21,273. Before him are Frithjof Ulleberg, Julio Quintana, Kozo Tashima, Alfredo Pérez, Miroslav Votava, and Feridun Buğeker. After him are Anatoli Bashashkin, Henri Dirickx, Javier Fragoso, Andy Selva, Sidney Govou, and Ivan Gudelj.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Nils Arne Eggen ranks 507. Before him are Jared Martin, Andrei Smirnov, Jackie DeShannon, Jean Vallée, Bas van Fraassen, and John Bennett Perry. After him are Sheila Fitzpatrick, Tamara Moskvina, Colin Higgins, Kornel Morawiecki, Viktor Anichkin, and Kaarlo Kangasniemi. Among people deceased in 2022, Nils Arne Eggen ranks 464. Before him are Birju Maharaj, Betty Davis, Hebe de Bonafini, Mickey Kuhn, Robert Blust, and Thue Christiansen. After him are Tsuneko Sasamoto, Antonio Martino, Eugenio Scalfari, Kiril Dojčinovski, Leo Wilden, and Maxi Jazz.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Nils Arne Eggen ranks 405 out of 1,039. Before him are Georg Selenius (1884), Arne Halse (1887), Olaf Gulbransson (1873), Hanne Krogh (1956), Frithjof Ulleberg (1911), and Asbjørn Ruud (1919). After him are Erling Evensen (1914), Jørn Lier Horst (1970), Thorbjørn Svenssen (1924), Nils Petter Molvær (1960), Johan Falkberget (1879), and Inger Hagerup (1905).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Norway

Among soccer players born in Norway, Nils Arne Eggen ranks 20. Before him are Henry Johansen (1904), Gøran Sørloth (1962), Odd Iversen (1945), Nils Eriksen (1911), Rune Bratseth (1961), and Frithjof Ulleberg (1911). After him are Thorbjørn Svenssen (1924), Sverre Hansen (1913), Trond Sollied (1959), Tore Pedersen (1969), Magnar Isaksen (1910), and Harald Strøm (1897).

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