Øivind Johannessen

Norwegian footballer and manager (1924-1996)
Øivind Johannessen
Personal information
Full name Øivind Kiel Johannessen
Date of birth (1924-09-21) 21 September 1924 (age 99)
Place of birth Sandefjord, Norway
Date of death 11 May 1996(1996-05-11) (aged 71)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1949–1950 Sandefjord BK
1951 Skeid
1951 Sandefjord BK
1952–1960 Skeid
International career
1949–1957 Norway B 5 (0)
1949–1952 Norway 4 (0)
Managerial career
1963 Vålerengen
1965–1966 Skeid
1967–1969 Norway junior
1970–1971 Norway
1972 Drafn
1974–1975 Vålerengen
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Øivind Kiel Johannessen (21 September 1924 – 11 May 1996) was a Norwegian football player and manager. As a player, Johannessen spent his career playing as a goalkeeper for Sandefjord BK and Skeid.

Johannessen was capped four times for Norway before he retired as a player in 1960. He was the manager of the Norway national football team from 1970 till 1971 and the first to select the Norway national team personally, not involving a selecting committee.[1]

Playing career

Skeid's winning team in the 1955 Norwegian Cup final against Lillestrøm. Øivind Johannessen in dark clothing in the front row.

Johannessen was born in Sandefjord.[1] He started playing as a for local top division club Sandefjord BK in 1949. In 1951, he had a short spell in Skeid, before returning to Sandefjord Ballklubb. In the following season, Johannessen returned to Skeid where he stayed for the rest of his career. While at Skeid, Johannessen won the Norwegian Cup four times; in 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1958. Skeid won a silver medal in the league in the 1957–58 Hovedserien. He retired in 1960.

Johannessen was capped four times for Norway.[2] On 2 October 1949, he got his international debut in a 3–3 draw against Sweden.[3] He got his fourth and final appearance on 5 October 1952, in a 2–1 defeat to Sweden.[4] In addition, Johannessen got five appearances for the Norway B team.[2]

Coaching career

Johannessen started his coaching career in Vålerengen in 1963. He moved on to Skeid in 1965, a year the club won the Norwegian Cup. He coached Norway's junior team in the period 1967–69. In 1970, Johannessen succeeded Wilhelm Kment as head coach for the Norway senior team. He led Norway in a total of 17 matches of which Norway won four. Johannessen was replaced by George Curtis in the beginning of the year 1972. He was head coach at third tier club Drafn in the 1972 season.[5] Johannessen returned as head coach for Vålerengen in 1974, a position he left at the end of the 1975 season.

Honours

Player

Skeid

Manager

Skeid

Managerial statistics

Sources:[6][7]

Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Norway Norway 1 January 1970 31 December 1971 17 4 2 11 023.53
Total 17 4 2 11 023.53

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Øyvind Johannessen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Øivind Kiel Johannessen national team profile". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Sweden 3-3 Norway". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Norway 1-2 Sweden". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Drafn 1972". drafn.net (in Norwegian). SBK Drafn. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  6. ^ "National team coaches (1953–2019)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Norwegian National Football Team Matches". NFF. Retrieved 11 September 2012.

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