Jan Petter Olsen

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Jan Petter Olsen
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-02-19) 19 February 1965 (age 58)
Position(s) striker
Youth career
Skeid
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–1996 Skeid
1997–2002 Årvoll
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jan Petter Olsen (born 19 February 1965) is a retired Norwegian football striker.

He hails from Sinsen, Oslo and started playing for Skeid as a child. He also played bandy for Skeid and ishockey he have played A-football,A-Ishockey and A-bandy for the same club Skeid, and when approaching adulthood he concentrated on that sport. [1] [2] He was capped three times for Norway in 1989. [3]

Olsen started playing football again at the age of 22, and scored the goal that secured Skeid's promotion from the 1995 1. divisjon. [4] He had then played bandy for Røa as late as the Norwegian Bandy Premier League 1994–95. [5]

In the 1996 Eliteserien he played 18 games for Skeid. [6] Ahead of the 1997 season he joined. Falkirk . Then Årvoll, [7] where he played for several years. [6]

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References

  1. Sjem, Sturla (10 April 1996). "Knust av Knoll og Tott". VG (in Norwegian). p. 34.
  2. Pedersen, Kaj T. (19 September 1995). "Sa-sa-sa, bra-bra-bra, Skeid!". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian).
  3. "Representasjon" (in Norwegian). Skeid Bandy . Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. Eriksen, Arvid (19 September 1995). "Kjendis-jubel da Skeid rykket opp". VG (in Norwegian). p. 34.
  5. "Røa må skaffe ny spiss". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 19 September 1995.
  6. 1 2 Jan Petter Olsen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  7. "Fotball: Eliteserielagenes spillerstaller" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 8 April 1997.