Odd Ivar Moen

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Odd Ivar Moen
Personal information
Date of birth (1955-03-06) 6 March 1955 (age 68)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Molde FK (chairman)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–1973 Fræna
1974–1980 Molde
1984 Fram Larvik
1985–1987 Molde 38 (4)
International career
1972–1973 Norway U19 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Odd Ivar Moen (born 6 March 1955) is a Norwegian businessman and former football player. He is currently the chairman of Eliteserien club Molde. [1] [2]

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Playing career

Early career

He started his senior career at Fræna FK and left to play for Molde in 1974. [1]

Molde

Moen played a total of ten seasons at Molde. He made his debut for the club on 27 July 1975 in Moldes 0–2 loss to Mjøndalen at Molde Stadion. [3] He appeared as a 72nd minute substitute for Stein Olav Hestad in the second leg of the 1975–76 UEFA Cup first round against Öster. [4] On 30 May 1987, he made his final appearance for Molde in the club's Norwegian Cup win against Kristiansund in the first round of the competition. [5] Moen played a total of 103 top division games [6] for Molde scoring 15 goals. [7]

International career

Odd Ivar Moen played a total of five games for Norway under-19 between 1972 and 1973. [8] On 8 August 1972, he debuted against Denmark when he came in as a substitute in a 1–1 draw. [9] He played his last match at international level on 4 June 1973, in a game Norway lost 1–2 to Netherlands under-19.

After playing career

Moen became a member of the board at Molde FK in 2001. [1] He was vice-chairman from 2012 until 1 December 2015, when he became acting chairman after Øystein Neerland left the position to become director at the club. In February 2016, he was elected chairman at Molde.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tidligere toppspiller ny formann i Molde". aftenposten.no. Aftenposten. 23 February 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Main Board Molde FK". moldefk.no. Molde FK. 20 January 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "1975: Sjetteplass og Afrika-tur". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK . Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Öster 6-0 Molde". uefa.com. UEFA . Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "1975: Sjetteplass og Afrika-tur". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK . Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Ymse statistikk - 100 games or more". mfkweb.org (in Norwegian). MFKweb. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "Ymse statistikk - 10 goals or more". mfkweb.org (in Norwegian). MFKweb. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Odd Ivar Moen national team profile". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway . Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  9. ↑ "Danmark 1-1 Norge". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway . Retrieved 1 November 2019.
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