Ole Arvid Langnes (born 16 July 1971) is a retired

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

football goalkeeper 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 ca ...

. He started his career in

IK Grand Bodø Idrettsklubben Grand Bodø is a Norwegian association football club from Bodø, Nordland. It was founded on 12 April 1917. Football Former Liverpool and England international full-back Chris Lawler was player-coach for the club in 1981. Its w ...

, and was a reserve goalkeeper in

FK Bodø/Glimt Fotballklubben Bodø/Glimt () is a Norwegian professional football club from the town of Bodø that currently plays in Eliteserien, the Norwegian top division. The club was founded in 1916 and is frequently referred to by its original club na ...

before joining

Bærum SK Bærum Sportsklubb is a Norwegian association football club founded on 26 March 1910. The men's team is currently playing in the Norwegian Second Division, after being relegated from the 1. divisjon in 2015. The club comes from Sandvika, the a ...

in 1992. In 1994, he joined Bodø/Glimt from

Ski IL Ski Idrettslag is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Ski, Akershus. It has sections for association football, track and field, team handball, floorball, ice hockey, tennis and gymnastics. The club colors are yellow and blue. General history Th ...

. Ahead of the 1996 season he joined

Kongsvinger IL Kongsvinger Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from the city of Kongsvinger in Hedmark, founded in 1892. Its men's football team is well-known, and it has teams for several other sports. Athletics Kongsvinger IL has an athletics section. Unti ...

. He only missed four games in his first four seasons, and was ever-present in 1997 and 1998. His downturn came in 2001 and 2002, when he played only 20 of 56 league games. He rejoined Bodø/Glimt ahead of the 2003 season. In the first half of 2004 he was loaned out to

FK Fauske/Sprint Fotballklubben Fauske/Sprint is a Norwegian association football club from Fauske, Nordland. It was founded on 25 April 1937. The men's football team currently plays in the Third Division, the fourth tier of Norwegian football. It last played ...

. His career ended in mid-2006 after an injury. In July 2007 in

Misvær Misvær is a village in Bodø Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Misværfjorden, about southeast of the town of Bodø in the Skjerstad district of Bodø. The village has a population (2011) of 245. The ...

he married businesswoman Inger Ellen Nicolaisen.

References

1971 births Living people Footballers from Bodø Norwegian men's footballers Bærum SK players FK Bodø/Glimt players Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball players Eliteserien players {{Norway-footy-goalkeeper-stub Men's association football goalkeepers