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

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

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. Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, having won ...

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 m ...

IK Start Idrettsklubben Start (or simply IK Start, translates to The sports club Start ) is a Norwegian football club from the city of Kristiansand that currently plays in the 1. divisjon, the second tier of the Norwegian football league system. The clu ...

and

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. He won the

Kniksen award The Kniksen Award ( no, Kniksenprisen), established in 1990, honors the best players in the Norwegian football premiership. The award is named after the legendary Norwegian football player Roald Jensen, nicknamed "Kniksen". Categories Catego ...

as goalie of the year three years in a row from 1997 to 1999. After retirement, he coached the

Klepp IL Klepp IL is a Norwegian sports club from the municipality of Klepp. It was founded on 1 October 1919, and has sections for football, handball and gymnastics as well as the less active sections for athletics and orienteering. Best known for t ...

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

Bryne FK Bryne Fotballklubb () is a professional football club in Bryne, Norway, that competes in the 1. divisjon, the second tier of Norwegian football. History Bryne has played a total of 17 seasons in the top flight of Norwegian football since thei ...

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.

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Living people 1967 births Sportspeople from Stavanger Norwegian footballers Association football goalkeepers Norway 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 footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate footballers in Spain Norwegian association football commentators {{Norway-footy-goalkeeper-stub