Øivind Kiel Johannessen (21 September 1924 – 11 May 1996) was a Norwegian

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player and manager. As a player, Johannessen spent his career playing as a

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for

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and Skeid. Johannessen was

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four times for

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before he retired as a player in 1960. He was the manager of the

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from 1970 till 1971 and the first to select the Norway national team personally, not involving a selecting committee.

Playing career

Johannessen was born in

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. He started playing as a for local top division club

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

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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

four times for

. On 2 October 1949, he got his international debut in a 3–3 draw against

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. He got his fourth and final appearance on 5 October 1952, in a 2–1 defeat to Sweden. In addition, Johannessen got five appearances for the Norway B team.

Coaching career

Johannessen started his coaching career in Vålerengen in 1963. He moved on to Skeid in 1965, a year the club won the

. He coached Norway's junior team in the period 1967–69. In 1970, Johannessen succeeded

Wilhelm Kment Wilhelm "Willy" Kment (1914 – 22 December 2002) was an Austrian football player and manager. He played for Landstraßer AC, DSV Brünn and Wiener Sport-Club. While coaching Drafn, Drammen in Norway, he worked in Drammen Skifabrikk, alongside ...

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. Johannessen returned as head coach for Vålerengen in 1974, a position he left at the end of the 1975 season.

Honours

Player

Skeid *

1954 Events January * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head ...

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, E ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

Manager

Skeid *Norwegian Cup:

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

Managerial statistics

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References

External links

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Øyvind Kiel Johannessen national team profile (NFF)
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