Espen Olsen

Espen Olsen (born 13 March 1979) is a retired Norwegian footballer. He was appointed manager of Strømmen IF ahead of the 2015 season.^[1] Ahead of the 2019 season he went on to HamKam as director of sports.^[2] He played for Lørenskog, HamKam, Stabæk, Start, Sogndal and Strømmen. He also played two matches for Norway national football team, against Mexico and USA in January 2006.^[3]

Espen Olsen

Espen Olsen, 2012
Personal information
Date of birth	(1979-03-13) 13 March 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1985–1998	Strømmen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2001	Lørenskog	55	(58)
2002–2007	HamKam	166	(45)
2007	Stabæk	6	(0)
2008	→ Start (loan)	18	(9)
2008–2011	Sogndal	90	(21)
2011–2012	Strømmen	36	(7)
International career
2006	Norway	2	(0)
Managerial career
2013–2014	Strømmen (director of sports)
2015–2018	Strømmen
2019–	HamKam (director of sports)
2020	HamKam
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 November 2012

Career statistics

Season	Club	Division	League		Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2002	HamKam	Adeccoligaen	30	6	0	0	30	6
2003			29	11	3	1	32	12
2004		Tippeligaen	26	4	5	4	31	8
2005			26	8	5	1	31	9
2006			22	1	1	2	23	3
2007		Adeccoligaen	19	3	0	0	19	3
2007	Stabæk	Tippeligaen	6	0	0	0	6	0
2008	Start	Adeccoligaen	15	5	2	3	17	8
2008	Sogndal		13	2	0	0	13	2
2009			26	3	2	0	28	3
2010			25	12	6	2	31	14
2011		Tippeligaen	12	0	4	1	16	1
2011	Strømmen	Adeccoligaen	11	3	0	0	11	3
2012			25	4	2	0	27	4
Career Total			285	62	30	14	315	76

References

1. "Espen Olsen ny trener i Strømmen" (in Norwegian). 4 September 2014. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
2. "(+)Olsen gir seg som trener i Strømmen – går til HamKam". 6 November 2018.
3. Norway International Matches - Details 2006 - from the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

External links

• Player profile at hamkam.no
• Player profile at sogndalfotball.no