Frode Olsen (born 12 October 1967) is a Norwegian former professional

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who played as a

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. He earned 26 international caps for the Norway national team. During his career he played for clubs like Viking F.K.,

Stabæk IF Stabæk Idrætsforening is a Norwegian multi-sports club in Bærum, a municipality bordering on Oslo in the west. It has sections for football, bandy, handball and alpine skiing. While the football team Stabæk Fotball is the most prominent, the ...

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and

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. He won the

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as goalie of the year three years in a row from 1997 to 1999.

Career

After retirement, he coached the

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women's team, then he commentated Spanish football on the Norwegian TV channel TV 2. After TV 2 lost the broadcasting contract for Spanish football, he began working as a studio analyst covering

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. While being employed at TV 2, he was the sports director of

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between January and September 2008. His favorite English team is

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. He has also qualified as a referee, officiating on games in Youth Football local to Stavanger from May 2011.

References

Living people 1967 births Footballers from Stavanger Norwegian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Norway men's international footballers UEFA Euro 2000 players Kniksen Award winners Eliteserien players La Liga players Rosenborg BK players Strømsgodset Toppfotball players IK Start players Stabæk Fotball players Viking FK players Sevilla FC players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Norwegian association football commentators 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-goalkeeper-stub