Frode Olsen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frode Olsen | ||
| Date of birth | 12 October 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| FK Vidar | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1990 | Rosenborg BK | 1 | (0) |
| 1991 | Strømsgodset IF | 22 | (0) |
| 1992–1996 | IK Start | 117 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Stabæk | 76 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Sevilla FC | 33 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Viking FK | 57 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1995–2003 | Norway | 26 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| Klepp IL (women) | |||
| – | Bryne FK (sports director) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Frode Olsen (born 12 October 1967) is a retired football goalkeeper with international caps for Norway.
During his career he played for clubs like Viking F.K., Stabæk IF, IK Start and Sevilla FC. He won the Kniksen award as goalie of the year three years in a row from 1997 to 1999.
Post retirement, he coached the Klepp IL women's team, then he commentated Spanish football on the Norwegian TV channel TV 2. After TV 2 lost the broadcasting contract for Spanish football,[1] he's begun working as a studio analyst covering Tippeligaen. While being employed at TV 2, he was the sports director of Bryne FK between January and September 2008.[2]
His English favourite team is Luton Town F.C..[3]
He has also recently qualified as a referee, officiating on games in Youth Football local to Stavanger from May 2011. [4]
[edit] References
- ^ "TV 2 mister spansk fotball" (in Norwegian). http://www.kampanje.com/medier/article495051.ece.
- ^ "Frode Olsen slutter i Bryne" (in Norwegian). http://msn.tv2sporten.no/fotball/adeccoligaen/frode-olsen-slutter-i-bryne-2181557.html.
- ^ "Tett på nett: Frode Olsen" (in Norwegian). http://interaktiv.vg.no/tett_paa_nett/html/98viking_frode.html.
- ^ "Speaker.no, Frode Olsen" (in Norwegian). http://fotball.speaker.no/FiksFotballdataClient/ft.aspx?scr=person&fpid=1905450.
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