Georg Monsen (19 December 1922 – 10 April 2015) was a Norwegian former football

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

and manager.

Playing career

Monsen played 147 games and scored 66 games for

Viking FK 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 8 ...

. He also played for

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and

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in French Ligue 1 and Ligue 2.

Managerial career

He was the coach of Viking. He won the

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in 1953. He later had a stint in Stålkameratene.

References

* 1922 births 2015 deaths Sportspeople from Stavanger Association football midfielders Norwegian footballers Norwegian football managers Norwegian expatriate footballers Viking FK players FC Nancy players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Racing Besançon players Viking FK managers Bryne FK managers Expatriate footballers in France Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in France {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub