Solskjær :: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

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Ole Gunnar Solskjær (Norwegian pronunciation: ; born 26 February 1973) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player. He spent the majority of his playing career with Manchester United and also made 67 appearances for the Norway national team. He was regarded as one of the best players in his time at Manchester United. He was known scoring late goals as a substitute and has scored the most goals as a substitute and impact off the bench. A forward, Solskjær began his career in his native Norway with Clausenengen, for whom he scored 115 goals in 109 league appearances over five seasons, helping them earn promotion to the Norwegian Second Division in 1993, before moving to Molde, newly promoted to the Tippeligaen, for the 1995 season. His goals helped Molde to a second-place finish and qualification for the UEFA Cup. He joined Manchester United in July 1996 for a transfer fee of £1.5 million. 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 added 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. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article