SOCCER PLAYER

Ole Gunnar Solskjær

1973 - Today

Photo of Ole Gunnar Solskjær

Icon of person Ole Gunnar Solskjær

Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈûːlə ˈɡʉ̂nːɑr ˈsûːlʂæːr] ; born 26 February 1973) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who currently manages Süper Lig club Beşiktaş. He spent the majority of his playing career with Manchester United and made 67 appearances for the Norway national team. A forward, Solskjær began his career in his native Norway with Clausenengen, where he scored 115 goals in 109 league appearances over five seasons, helping the club earn promotion to the Norwegian Second Division in 1993. He then moved to Molde, newly promoted to the Tippeligaen, for the 1995 season. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ole Gunnar Solskjær is the 665th most popular soccer player (up from 879th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Norway (up from 143rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Soccer Player.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Ole Gunnar Solskjær by language

Loading...

Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ole Gunnar Solskjær ranks 665 out of 21,273. Before him are Giuseppe Baresi, Mário Coluna, Frank Lampard, Josef Jelínek, Paul Pogba, and Manfred Kaltz. After him are Isidro Lángara, Gianluca Zambrotta, Alan Shearer, Thiago Motta, Joachim Streich, and Enrico Albertosi.

Most Popular Soccer Players in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1973, Ole Gunnar Solskjær ranks 38. Before him are Jim Parsons, Ryan Giggs, Lena Headey, Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway, Robert Pires, and Roberto Martínez. After him are Makoto Shinkai, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Monica Seles, Varg Vikernes, Jay-Jay Okocha, and Vera Farmiga.

Others Born in 1973

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Ole Gunnar Solskjær ranks 116 out of 1,039. Before him are Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (1973), Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (1971), Arne Garborg (1851), Arne Næss (1912), Rikard Nordraak (1842), and Ole Bull (1810). After him are Jonas Gahr Støre (1960), Ole-Johan Dahl (1931), Axel Paulsen (1855), Kristian Birkeland (1867), Stein Rokkan (1921), and Magnus, Duke of Saxony (1042).

Others born in Norway

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Norway

Among soccer players born in Norway, Ole Gunnar Solskjær ranks 2. Before him are Alf-Inge Håland (1972). After him are Arnfinn Bergmann (1928), Jørgen Juve (1906), Arne Brustad (1912), John Arne Riise (1980), Konrad Hirsch (1900), Martin Ødegaard (1998), Alexander Sørloth (1995), Jørn Andersen (1963), Ståle Solbakken (1968), and Tore André Flo (1973).

Norwegian born Soccer Players

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous