Jan Petter Olsen (born 19 February 1965) is a retired Norwegian

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. He hails from

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and started playing for Skeid as a child. He also played

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for Skeid and ishockey he have played A-football, A-Ishockey and A-bandy for the same club Skeid, and when approaching adulthood he concentrated on that sport. He was capped three times for

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in 1989. Olsen started playing football again at the age of 22, and scored the goal that secured Skeid's promotion from the 1995 1. divisjon. He had then played bandy for

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as late as the Norwegian Bandy Premier League 1994–95. In the 1996 Eliteserien he played 18 games for Skeid. Ahead of the 1997 season he joined. Falkirk . Then

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, where he played for several years.

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1965 births Living people Footballers from Oslo Norwegian men's footballers Skeid Fotball players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Men's association football forwards Norwegian bandy players 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-forward-stub