Ole Gunnar Solskjær (born 26 February 1973 in Kristiansund, Møre og Romsdal) is a Norwegian former footballer, who spent most of his career playing for Manchester United, mainly as a striker, but also a winger. He is now a manager, currently in charge of Molde. Nicknamed "the Baby-faced Assassin", he played 366 times for United, and scored 126 goals during a successful period for the club. He was regarded as a "super sub" for his trait of coming off the substitute bench to score late goals. Solskjær's defining moment in football came in injury time of the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final, where he scored the winning last-minute goal against Bayern Munich, completing a remarkable comeback and winning The Treble for United.
In Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first year of management at his former club Molde he won the league title, for the first time in Molde’s 100 year history a feat he didn't achieve as a Molde player.
With two games remaining in his second season, Molde are currently top of the league by one point, having beaten title rivals Rosenborg 2-0 last weekend.
However, Solskjaer has his eyes on one day returning to England to get some experience before becoming the Manchester United manager.
“I’m not naive enough to say I can do that job but in life you should have big dreams and big goals,” he said. “It’s a dream but let’s take just one step at a time. I want to become a manager in England. At the moment I’ve just started and it’s been two years more or less in Norway. So the time will come. I’ve spoken to clubs and explained it’s a bit early as I want to learn and don’t want to jump too big a bridge at the start. Managing is not easy but it’s very enjoyable when you are winning, it’s challenging when you have a bad start.”
Let's keep our fingers crossed and see if Ole's dream will come true and whether he can transform his success on the pitch as a United player to success as a United Manager, only time will tell as great SAF is nearing his loud and remarking exit.
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