Trond Olsen

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Trond Olsen
Trond Olsen.jpg
Olsen with Bodø/Glimt
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-02-05) 5 February 1984 (age 41)
Place of birth Lyngen, Norway
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Team information
Current team
Værøy
Number 19
Youth career
Lyngen/Karnes
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2001–2008 Bodø/Glimt 156 (37)
2006 Lillestrøm 4 (0)
2009–2011 Rosenborg 65 (14)
2011–2014 Viking 60 (15)
2014–2018 Bodø/Glimt 124 (34)
2018–2019 Sogndal 4 (0)
2021– Værøy 45 (64)
International career
2003–2005 Norway U-21 11 (3)
2008 Norway 1 (0)
2006 Sápmi 4 (5)
Managerial career
2021– Værøy (player-manager)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Trond Olsen (born 5 February 1984) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a winger.

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Club career

Born in Lyngen Municipality in Troms county, Norway, the left-footed former under-21 international was picked up by Lillestrøm SK after the 2005 relegation of his former team Bodø/Glimt. Olsen returned to Bodø/Glimt later in the same year. [1]

In 2006 Olsen played for the Sápmi football team in the unofficial VIVA World Cup [2] for the non-members of the FIFA or the UEFA organizations.

In the 2007 Norwegian Cup, Olsen scored four goals. In 2007, Bodø/Glimt promoted to the top division. The following season, he scored 10 goals in the league and had 14 assists. Olsen transferred to Rosenborg before the 2009 season. [1] He joined Viking in August 2011. [3]

On 23 January 2014, he returned to Bodø/Glimt on a three-year contract. [4] Olsen signed with Sogndal on 15 August 2018, after failing to play for the first team. [5]

On 1 February 2019, it was announced that Olsen's contract with Sogndal had been terminated by mutual consent. [6] On 29 December 2019, it was announced that Olsen was retiring from football. [7]

International career

Olsen was capped eleven times by the Norway U21 national team between 2003 and 2005, and he made his international debut for the Norway senior national team against Ukraine in 2008. [8]

He also made four appearances and scored five goals for the Sápmi football team which won the 2006 VIVA World Cup.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [9]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bodø/Glimt 2001 Tippeligaen 310031
2002 20131232
2003 14161202
2004 2334440317
2005 24320263
2006 Adeccoligaen 17732209
2007 2911243115
2008 Tippeligaen2610543114
Total1563725164018553
Lillestrøm 2006 Tippeligaen400040
Rosenborg 2009 Tippeligaen29854413813
2010 2444480368
2011 1224341206
Total651413111629427
Viking 2011 Tippeligaen711081
2012 24531276
2013 29930329
Total601571006716
Bodø/Glimt 2014 Tippeligaen28521306
2015 2913203113
2016 30663369
2017 OBOS-ligaen 2710102810
2018 Eliteserien 10031131
Total124341450013839
Sogndal 2018 OBOS-ligaen400040
Career total4131005933202492135

Honours

Rosenborg

References

  1. 1 2 "Trond Olsen – NRK Trøndelag". 3 February 2009.
  2. "Troms-gutter preger Samelandslaget" (in Norwegian). Harstad Tidende. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
  3. Larsen, Eirin; Mathisen, Svein Jacob (10 August 2011). "Trond Olsen har signert for Viking" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  4. "Trond Olsen har signert for Bodø/Glimt" (in Norwegian). Glimt.no. 23 January 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  5. "Trond Olsen klar for Sogndal" (in Norwegian). sogndalfotball.no. 15 August 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
  6. Trond Olsen ferdig i Sogndal, nordlys.no, 1 February 2019
  7. Trond (35) legger opp: – Det føles naturlig , an.no, 29 December 2019
  8. "Norges Fotballforbund". www.fotball.no. Archived from the original on 25 November 2005. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  9. "Trond Olsen". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  10. "Mestvinnende spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 October 2006. Retrieved 2 November 2010.