Øivind Johannessen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Øivind Kiel Johannessen | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1924 | ||
| Place of birth | Sandefjord, Norway | ||
| Date of death | 11 May 1996 (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
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Player
[edit]Skeid
Manager
[edit]Skeid
Managerial statistics
[edit]| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Norway | 
|
1 January 1970 | 31 December 1971 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 23.53 |
| Total | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 23.53 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Øyvind Johannessen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Øivind Kiel Johannessen national team profile". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Sweden 3-3 Norway". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Norway 1-2 Sweden". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Drafn 1972". drafn.net (in Norwegian). SBK Drafn. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "National team coaches (1953–2019)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "Norwegian National Football Team Matches". NFF. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
External links
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- Øivind Johannessen at WorldFootball.net
- Øyvind Kiel Johannessen national team profile (NFF)
- 1924 births
- 1996 deaths
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Norway men's international footballers
- Sandefjord BK players
- Skeid Fotball players
- Norwegian football managers
- Skeid Fotball managers
- Vålerenga Fotball managers
- Norway national football team managers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Sportspeople from Sandefjord
- Footballers from Vestfold