Olav Nilsen
Norwegian footballer and manager (1942–2021)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nils Olav Nilsen[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1942-01-24)24 January 1942 | ||
Place of birth | Stavanger, Norway | ||
Date of death | 11 October 2021(2021-10-11) (aged 79)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1959–1975 | Viking | 232 | (63) |
International career | |||
1962–1971 | Norway | 62 | (19) |
Managerial career | |||
1975 | Viking | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nils Olav Nilsen (24 January 1942 – 11 October 2021) was a Norwegian footballer who played as a striker in his early career, but was later used as a midfielder. He scored 19 goals in 62 matches for the Norway national team.[3]
On club level Nilsen played for Viking, being team captain during their heyday in the early 1970s. With Nilsen a commanding figure, they won three league championships in 1972, 1973 and 1974. The supporters nicknamed him "Olav Viking".
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- Career stats
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Viking FK – managers
- R. Andersen (1946)
- S. Jensen (1947–49)
- Gutkas (1950)
- Stensland (1951–52)
- Monsen (1953–54)
- Danielsen (1955)
- Monsen (1956–57)
- Danielsen & Opsahl (1958–59)
- S. Andersen & Opsahl (1960)
- Jespersen (1961)
- Monsen (1962–63)
- Kvammen (1964)
- Monsen (1965)
- S. Andersen & Ellingsen (1966)
- S. Andersen (1967–70)
- Schou-Andreassen (1971–72)
- S. Andersen (1973)
- Williams (1974)
- Nilsen (1975)
- Knutsen (1976)
- Kvia & Johannessen (1977)
- Knapp (1978–81)
- Schou-Andreassen (1982)
- Morisbak (1983)
- Blunt (1984)
- Kvia (1984)
- Foulkes (1985)
- S. Andersen (1985)
- Kvia (1986–87)
- Schou-Andreassen (1987)
- Lennartsson (1988–91)
- Økland (1992)
- Berntsen (1992–95)
- Andreasen (1996–99)
- Lennartsson (2000–02)
- Olsen (2003–04)
- Berntsen (2004)
- Hodgson (2004–05)
- Prahl (2006)
- Nordlie (2006)
- Rösler (2007–09)
- Hareide (2010–12)
- Jonevret (2012–16)
- Burchnall (2017)
- Lunde Aarsheim (2017)
- Berntsen (2018–20)
- Lunde Aarsheim & M. Jensen (2021–)
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