Oddmund Andersen (21 December 1915 – 23 November 1999) was a
Norwegian football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
defender who played as a centre-half and was a reserve member of the
Norway squad in the
1938 FIFA World Cup
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beat ...
.
1938 FIFA World Cup France
/ref> In total, he won four full caps for Norway between 1936 and 1946. His older brother Hans Andersen was also capped once by Norway.
On club level, Andersen played for Mjøndalen
Mjøndalen is a built up area in Drammen municipality in Viken county (formerly Buskerud county), Norway. It is situated south of the Drammenselva River opposite of Krokstadelva.
History
Mjøndalen has traditionally been a railway site most k ...
. He was a member of the MIF teams that won the Norwegian Cup
The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football ...
in 1934 and 1937.
References
External links
FIFA profile
1915 births
1999 deaths
Norwegian men's footballers
Norway men's international footballers
Men's association football defenders
Mjøndalen IF Fotball players
1938 FIFA World Cup players
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