Manchester United caretaker manager and former strike Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been appointed as the club’s full time manager on a three year contract.
Ole Gunnar Solskjær is a Norwegian football manager and former player who is the manager of English club Manchester United.
However very little is known about the veteran football guru, born in February 26 1973, Ole started his football journey at a tender age.
In Solskjær’s five years playing for Clausenengen, he averaged more than a goal a game, scoring 115 goals in 109 matches.
Ole Gunnar has spent most of his career playing as a forward for Manchester United.
He joined Manchester United in 1996 and nicknamed “the Baby-faced Assassin”, he played 366 times for United, and scored 126 goals during a successful period for the club.
He was regarded as a “super sub” for his knack of coming off the substitute bench to score late goals.
In injury time at the end of the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final, he scored the winning last-minute goal against Bayern Munich, with Manchester United having trailed 1–0 as the game passed 90 minutes, and winning The Treble for United.
Solskjaer scored 126 goals in 366 appearances for United between 1996 and 2007.
In 2007, Solskjær announced his retirement from football after failing to recover from a serious knee injury.
However, he remained at Manchester United in a coaching role as well as in an ambassadorial capacity.
In 2008, Solskjær became the club’s reserve team manager, he managed the club’s reserve team until the end of 2010.
He returned to his native country in 2011 to manage his former club, Molde, whom he led to their two first ever Tippeligaen titles in his first two seasons with the club.
He secured a third title in as many seasons, when his team won the 2013 Norwegian Football Cup Final. In 2014, he served as manager of Cardiff City, during which the club were relegated from the Premier League.
He was appointed caretaker manager on 19 December 2018 and won his first eight games in charge on the way to an overall record of 14 victories and two draws i 19 games amassing more Premier League points than any other club during that time.
“From the first day i arrived ,i felt at home at this special club,”said Solskjaer
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“This is the job that i always dreamed of doing and i’m beyond excited to have the chance to lead the club long term and hopefully deliver”added Solskjaer.
Solksjaer further revealed that he would not be too hasty in the transfer market “We will not spend money just to spend money.”
“United is a club that has money but people who know me, know I will use that in a good way,” he added to Norwegian TV.
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