Biography and the life story of Olle Gunnar Solksjaer "Solskjaer's magic as a coach was immediately seen in his inaugural season in the Norwegian League, Molde"

In 2018, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was officially appointed as Manchester United coach to replace Jose Mourinho. Solskjaer is not a new face in the red demon stronghold, before he had uniformed Manchester United for 11 years as a player. Then what is the story of his life journey. Check out the review as follows yes.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was born on February 26, 1973 to the couple Oivind Solskjaer and Brita Solskjaer, precisely in Kristiansund, Norway. Solksjaer was born from a simple family background.

In addition, Solskjaer was also born into a family that loved sports. According to Manchester United News, the father is a wrestler. At that time, the father wanted his son, Solskjaer, to follow in his footsteps. However, the sport turned out to be too heavy and rough for him.

Solskjaer had studied and pursued the world of wrestling for three months, but his body was too weak to be able to follow the ideals of his father. In fact, because his body is too weak and small, Solskjaer is often ridiculed by friends his age. That's why he got the nickname 'Tiny Ole', or Ole the little one.

After feeling less fortunate in wrestling, Solksjaer began to pursue another sport that he loved, namely football. In fact, every day he always sleeps with his favorite ball.

Since pursuing soccer, his days are always filled with watching football matches, especially on Saturdays, he always takes time to watch football reviews presented by renowned media, the BBC.

In addition to watching football from television, Solksjaer often follows the development of world football through other media, such as magazines, where every week there are always the latest reviews.

After starting to understand the true meaning of football, Solksjaer started kicking the ball and playing around his house. Both parents who know that, immediately move quickly and do not want to waste the talent possessed by the child.

Right at the age of 8, Solksjaer enrolled in the football academy in his area, Clausenengen. Clausenengen Academy is a small club in the area near his home which is known as a place for children to learn football. But at that time, Solksjaer was doubted by the first academy because his body was considered too small.

However, over time he began to grow up and have an ideal body. He developed for the better but not enough to be promoted to a professional team.

At that time, Solksjaer's talent was quite promising, he scored 31 goals in 47 matches with his academy team, Clausanengen. At the academy, Solksjaer's talent was discovered by Aage Haraide, a Norwegian man and a former Manchester City defender.

Right in 1995, Solksjaer joined Molde, one of the famous clubs in Norway managed by Aage Haraide. At Molde, Solksjaer was growing, he managed to score a lot of goals. Solksjaer's secret is hard work and continuous personal practice.

Thanks to his ability to continue to increase, he began to be glimpsed by several clubs. But at that time he only wanted to play in England. His dream is to play in the best competition in the world.

MU Recruited

After Manchester United failed to get Alan Shearer, this is where Solskjaer's golden career began, Sir Alex Ferguson recruited him on July 29, 1996.

Solksjaer made his debut with the red devil when he met Blackburn Rovers on August 25, but he only played for six minutes. In his first season, Solskjaer scored 18 goals in 46 matches in all competitions.

His second season, Solksjaer was only able to score 8 goals in all competitions, he had to be satisfied as a striker striker for Eric Cantona and Andy Cole.

His best moment when in Manchester United uniform was when he succeeded in helping United win the European Champions League title in 1999. He was one of the decisive United Nations winners over Bayern Munich in the final.

From there Ole Gunnar Solskjaer began to be loved and dubbed as 'The Super-sub'. Had received offers from several clubs, Solskjaer remained loyal to United by rejecting all offers offered to him.

Solksjaer was hit by the worst conditions in his career, when in the mid-2000s, he was often hit by injuries. And this is precisely what forced him to rest more in the 2004/05 and 2005/06 seasons, Solksjaer watched more of his colleagues competing.

As a player, Solskjaer's career was mediocre, he almost started the whole game from the bench. Even so he was a striker who was quite adept at scoring goals. Although many attackers came and passed at Old Trafford, Solskjaer remained loyal to the banner of the red devil.

Together with Manchester United, Solksjaer has played 366 matches and created 126 goals in all competitions. He also won various prestigious titles, such as the primary league trophy, FA cup, league trophy, interconnection cup and of course the champions league trophy.

After undergoing an impressive career with United, he decided to leave at the end of 2007. And on August 2, 2008, a testimonial match between Manchester United and Espanyol was played in honor of the Norwegian man's services. The match was also attended by 69,000 spectators.

After his decision to leave his historic team, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer received an honorary degree in his country, Norway. Right on October 25, 2008, he received an award as a first class knight from the order of the Kingdom of St. Olav by the 5th King Harald of Norway. Solskjaer became the youngest ever knighter in Norway.

Career with the national team ………

At the international level, the husband of a woman named Slije is one of the mainstay strikers of the Norwegian national team. He made his international debut in a friendly match against Jamaica on November 26, 1995. He played in the 1998 world cup and the 2000 European cup.

On 7 February 2007, Solskjaer made his last appearance for the Norwegian national team in a 2-1 defeat against Croatia. He has made 67 appearances and scored 23 goals in all competitions.

Career as a coach ………

After ending his career as a footballer, Solskjaer continued his journey by becoming a coach in the MU reserve team in the 2008-2010 range.

Together with the Red Devils reserve team, The Baby Faced-Assassin recorded a pretty good achievement by winning the Lancashire Senior Cup (2008-2009), Manchester Senior Cup (2009) and the Premier Reserve League (2009-2010).

From the MU reserve team, Solskjaer's coaching career continues to his youth team, Molde. He came in 2011 when Molde was exactly 100 years old. Solskjaer's magic as a coach was immediately seen in his inaugural season in the Norwegian League. Molde, who has never won the Norwegian League title, successfully brought him to the championship for the first time in the history of the club.

Now, the father of three children named Nun, Karna, and Elijah continues his coaching challenge by gushing Manchester United, replacing Jose Mourinho who was fired for failing to meet the expectations of the red demon stronghold.

Solksjaer will always be remembered as one of the best players ever born in Norway and of course will be remembered as one of the red demon legends.