Oddvar Richardsen (5 June 1937 – 18 July 1997) was a Norwegian football striker and later manager. He started his career in local clubs Tjalg and Brønnøysund, and the first from Brønnøysund to become Norwegian league champion. He played for Lillestrøm from 1957, becoming league champion in 1959. He represented Norway as an under-21, B and senior international. From 1967 to 1971 he played for

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. After a time as player-coach of Ull/Kisa, in 1972 he coached Lillestrøm, and ahead of the 1973 season he joined

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. His son

Rune Richardsen Rune Richardsen (21 September 1962 – 27 July 2023) was a Norwegian footballer who played as a midfielder for Lillestrøm. Starting his career in Ull/Kisa Ullensaker/Kisa IL, commonly referred to as Ull/Kisa, is a Norwegian sports club fr ...

was also capped for Norway. They were the eighth father-son combination to be capped.

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