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Oddvar Richardsen

Oddvar Richardsen

Norwegian footballer (1937-1997)

Oddvar Richardsen (5 June 1937 – 18 July 1997) was a Norwegian football striker and later manager.

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He started his career in local clubs Tjalg and Brønnøysund, and the first from Brønnøysund to become Norwegian league champion.[2] He played for Lillestrøm from 1957, becoming league champion in 1959. He represented Norway as an under-21, B and senior international.[3][4] From 1967 to 1971 he played for Ull/Kisa.[5][6]

After a time as player-coach of Ull/Kisa, in 1972 he coached Lillestrøm, and ahead of the 1973 season he joined Raumnes og Årnes IL.[7][1]

His son Rune Richardsen was also capped for Norway. They were the eighth father-son combination to be capped.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    Oddvar Richardsen at WorldFootball.net
  2. [2]
    Horn, Jøran (27 November 2020). "Oddvar var vår første mester". Brønnøysunds Avis (in Norwegian). p. 17.
  3. [3]
    Oddvar Richardsen at National-Football-Teams.com
  4. [4]
    Oddvar Richardsen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  5. [5]
    "De 60 største fra Nord-Norge". VG (in Norwegian). 28 September 2019. pp. 8–11.
  6. [6]
    "Romerikes 100 største fotballprofiler gjennom tidene". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). 23 March 2016. pp. 23–27.
  7. [7]
    "Oddvar Richardsen ny R&Å-trener". Raumnes (in Norwegian). 18 October 1972. p. 8.
  8. [8]
    Bratland, Tore Ulrik (3 September 2019). "Familiedrømmen". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). pp. 20–21.
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