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Ståle Solbakken

1968 - Today

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Ståle Solbakken (born 27 February 1968) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Norway national team. Solbakken is the first manager to take Norway to the World Cup since Egil Olsen in 1998. During his playing career, Solbakken was named 1995 Norwegian midfielder of the year and won the Danish Superliga championship with both Aalborg and Copenhagen (in 1999 and 2001 respectively). He played 58 matches and scored nine goals for Norway during the end of the 1990s and represented the country at the 1998 World Cup and 2000 European Championship tournaments. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Ståle Solbakken is the 3,019th most popular soccer player (down from 2,388th in 2024), the 337th most popular biography from Norway (down from 275th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Norwegian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ståle Solbakken ranks 3,018 out of 21,273. Before him are Roberto Rojas, David Ospina, Mauro Bellugi, Tarak Dhiab, and Peter Withe. After him are Marc Cucurella, Guy François, Guillermo Saavedra, Mwepu Ilunga, Willy Jäggi, Kenneth Brylle, and Juan Carlos Valerón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Ståle Solbakken ranks 201. Before him are Georgi Gospodinov, Christopher McQuarrie, Juan Orlando Hernández, Chad Stahelski, John Collins, and Jordi Mollà. After him are Vanessa Marquez, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón, Jeffrey Donovan, Anto Drobnjak, Leticia Calderón, and Manuel Rivera-Ortiz.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Ståle Solbakken ranks 337 out of 1,039. Before him are Peder Balke (1804), Erlend Loe (1969), Johan Borgen (1902), Ketil Bjørnstad (1952), Olav Aukrust (1883), and Jørn Andersen (1963). After him are Linn Ullmann (1966), Tore André Flo (1973), Roar Grønvold (1946), Tarjei Bø (1988), Sverre Farstad (1920), and Tom Henning Øvrebø (1966).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Norway

Among soccer players born in Norway, Ståle Solbakken ranks 11. Before him are Arne Brustad (1912), John Arne Riise (1980), Konrad Hirsch (1900), Martin Ødegaard (1998), Alexander Sørloth (1995), and Jørn Andersen (1963). After him are Tore André Flo (1973), John Carew (1979), Henry Johansen (1904), Gøran Sørloth (1962), Odd Iversen (1945), and Nils Eriksen (1911).

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