Magnar Isaksen

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (1910-1979)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Magnar Isaksen |image = Magnar Isaksen - Bronselaget 1936 (cropped).jpg |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Magnar Nikolai Isaksen |birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|10|13|df=y}} |birth_place = [[Kristiansund]], [[Norway]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|1979|6|8|1910|10|13|df=y}} |death_place = [[Oslo]], [[Norway]] |height = |position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] |years1 = 1925–1932 |clubs1 = [[Kristiansund FK|Kristiansund]] |caps1=|goals1= |years2 = 1933–1946 |clubs2 = [[Lyn Fotball|Lyn]] |caps2=|goals2= |totalcaps=|totalgoals= |nationalyears1 = 1936–1938 |nationalteam1 = [[Norway national football team|Norway]] |nationalcaps1 = 14 |nationalgoals1 = 5 |manageryears1 = |managerclubs1 = }} {{MedalTop}} {{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}} {{MedalBronze| [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]] | [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}} {{MedalBottom}}

'''Magnar Nikolai Isaksen''' (13 October 1910 – 8 June 1979) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[football (soccer)]] player who competed in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]. At club level, Isaksen represented [[Kristiansund FK]] and [[Lyn Fotball|Lyn]].

==Career== Magnar Isaksen was born in [[Kristiansund]].<ref name="snl">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://snl.no/Magnar_Isaksen|title=Magnar Isaksen|encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|date=20 April 2015|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|language=Norwegian|accessdate=4 February 2020}}</ref> He was [[Cap (sports)|capped]] 14 times for [[Norway national football team|Norway]] and scored five goals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?p=n&fiksId=2604896 |title=Magnar Nikolai Isaksen national team profile |website=fotball.no |publisher=[[Norwegian Football Federation]] |language=Norwegian |accessdate=4 February 2020}}</ref>

Isaksen was selected in Norway's squad who competed in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] and won the bronze medal in the football tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26823 |title=Magnar Isaksen |work=Olympedia |access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref> He scored both Norway goals in the 2–0 win against [[Germany national football team|Germany]]. Iskasen was injured in the semi-final against [[Italy national football team|Italy]] and therefore did not play the bronze final.<ref name="snl"/> He won two consecutive [[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cups]] with [[Lyn Fotball|Lyn]] in 1945 and 1946.<ref name="snl"/>

He also took part in the [[1938 FIFA World Cup]].

==Honours== '''Norway''' *[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] bronze medal: [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|1936]]

'''Lyn''' *[[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[1945 Norwegian Football Cup|1945]], [[1946 Norwegian Football Cup|1946]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?p=n&fiksId=2604896 National team profile (NFF)] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070214064329/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ISAKSMAG01 databaseolympics profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Isaksen, Magnar}} [[Category:1910 births]] [[Category:1979 deaths]] [[Category:Footballers from Kristiansund Municipality]] [[Category:Norwegian men's footballers]] [[Category:Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic footballers for Norway]] [[Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Norway]] [[Category:Norway men's international footballers]] [[Category:1938 FIFA World Cup players]] [[Category:Olympic medalists in football]] [[Category:Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Men's association football forwards]] [[Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen]]