On the evening of November 21, Beijing time, Manchester United officially announced the dismissal of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as head coach.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as a player
Born in the small Nordic country of Norway, the winter weather is unusually cold, but football fans are enthusiastic, and there is no shortage of excellent talented players in the history of Norwegian football, John Reese's Red Army heavy gunner is known as the "Norwegian Cannon"; Martin Erdegaard, John Karoo, Joshua King, it is worth mentioning that Manchester United just lost to Watford, Norwegian compatriot Kim played well and directly or indirectly led to the dismissal of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Erlin Haaland, the hottest player in football today, is also from the country. Today, let's talk about Manchester United's former legend, super substitute Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Born in Kristiansund, Norway in 1973, the baby-faced Solskjaer was an active and soccer-loving club who was selected by the local club Klausenningen at the age of 8 to start basic training and officially started his career at this club in 1989. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored 115 goals in 109 appearances with this team, which is extremely efficient. In 1995, he moved to Molde F.C. in Norway's top league and scored 31 goals in 42 league games. In his first year of the league, he won the league's bronze boots.
On 29 July 1996, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer moved to Manchester United for £1.5 million. Manchester United were originally ready to let him play a reserve game first, but after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored two goals against Odheim Reserve, manager Alex Ferguson promoted Ole Gunnar Solskjaer directly into the first team. On 25 August, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made his Premier League debut in a 2-2 home draw between Manchester United and Blackburn in the third round of the English Premier League, scoring a goal off the bench.
Throughout the season, he made 32 appearances in the Premier League for Manchester United, scoring 18 goals and assisting 1; 3 appearances in the FA Cup; 10 appearances in the Champions League, scoring 1 goal. United won the English Premier League at the end of the season, while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award and the 1996–97 English Premier League Bronze Boot.
In the 1997–98 season, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer made 21 appearances for Manchester United, scoring six goals; one in the FA Cup and six appearances in the UEFA Champions Cup, scoring 1 goal.
Classic Battle
On 26 May 1999, in the 92nd minute of the Champions League final at Barcelona's Camp Nou, David Beckham drove a corner kick, Teddy Sherringham stepped forward and Solskjaer cushioned the ball into the door of Bayern Munich to reverse the match 2-1 and help United win the European Champions Cup.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's nine years as a player at Manchester United have won 1 European Cup, 6 Premier League titles, 2 FA Cups, 4 Charity Shields and 2 Toyota Cups for the club. In the 366 games played, a total of 126 goals were scored. Most of them scored as substitutes, so they are also known as "super substitutes".
On 19 May 2007, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer came off the bench in the FA Cup final between Manchester United and Chelsea, making his last appearance for Manchester United. On June 5, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer underwent knee surgery in Norway. On 2 August, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's farewell match was officially held against Manchester United and Espanyol. Solskjaer came off the bench when he came off the bench for Tevez, who eventually beat Espanyol 1-0.
On 28 August of the same year, at a special press conference held by Manchester United, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer officially announced his retirement. But at the same time, he entered the Manchester United coaching staff and served as the club's ambassador. Three days later, ahead of manchester united's match against Sunderland in the Premier League, United held a brief farewell ceremony for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Old Trafford, and more than 70,000 Manchester United fans collectively stood up and applauded the manchester united legend.
Manchester United coaching career
On 19 December 2018, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was appointed acting head coach of Manchester United and was officially appointed as Manchester United manager on 28 March of the following year.
He took office on December 19, 2018
He left office on November 21, 2021
168 games
91 wins, 37 draws and 40 losses (54.17% wins)
Premier League Manager of the Month in January 2019
Runner-up in the 2020–21 Europa League
This is the report card handed over by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer during the Manchester United era
To quote United's official farewell speech:
He returned during United's most difficult period
✨ He also gave the fans hope of revival
But now, perhaps, it's time to say goodbye