Oddvar Richardsen

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (1937-1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Oddvar Richardsen | image = | fullname = Oddvar Kåre Richardsen | birth_date = {{birth date|1937|6|5|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Brønnøysund]], Norway<ref name=wf>{{WorldFootball.net|oddvar-richardsen}}</ref> | death_date = {{death date and age|1997|7|18|1937|6|5|df=y}} | height = | position = forward | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | clubs1 = [[IL Tjalg|Tjalg]] | years2 = | clubs2 = [[Brønnøysund IL|Brønnøysund]] | years3 = 1957–1966 | clubs3 = [[Lillestrøm SK|Lillestrøm]] | years4 = 1967–1971 | clubs4 = [[Ull/Kisa]] | nationalyears1= 1958 | nationalteam1 = [[Norway national under-21 football team|Norway u-21]] | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1= 0 | nationalyears2= 1960–1963 | nationalteam2 = [[Norway national B football team|Norway B]] | nationalcaps2 = 5 | nationalgoals2= 0 | nationalyears4= 1961–1963 | nationalteam4 = [[Norway national football team|Norway]] | nationalcaps4 = 4 | nationalgoals4= 0 | manageryears1 = | managerclubs1 = [[Ull/Kisa]] (player-coach) | manageryears2 = 1972 | managerclubs2 = [[Lillestrøm SK|Lillestrøm]] | manageryears3 = 1973 | managerclubs3 = [[Raumnes og Årnes IL|Raumnes og Årnes]] }}

'''Oddvar Richardsen''' (5 June 1937 – 18 July 1997) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[football striker]] and later manager.

He started his career in local clubs [[IL Tjalg|Tjalg]] and [[Brønnøysund IL|Brønnøysund]], and the first from [[Brønnøysund]] to become Norwegian league champion.<ref>{{cite news|title=Oddvar var vår første mester|date=27 November 2020|page=17|author=Horn, Jøran|work=Brønnøysunds Avis|language=Norwegian}}</ref> He played for [[Lillestrøm SK|Lillestrøm]] from 1957, becoming league champion in 1959. He represented Norway as an under-21, B and senior international.<ref>{{NFT player|50461}}</ref><ref>{{NFF|2604513}}</ref> From 1967 to 1971 he played for [[Ull/Kisa]].<ref>{{cite news|title=De 60 største fra Nord-Norge|date=28 September 2019|pages=8–11|work=VG|language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Romerikes 100 største fotballprofiler gjennom tidene|date=23 March 2016|pages=23–27|work=Romerikes Blad|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

After a time as player-coach of Ull/Kisa, in 1972 he coached Lillestrøm, and ahead of the 1973 season he joined [[Raumnes og Årnes IL]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Oddvar Richardsen ny R&Å-trener|date=18 October 1972|page=8|work=Raumnes|language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name=wf/>

His son [[Rune Richardsen]] was also capped for Norway. They were the eighth father-son combination to be capped.<ref>{{cite news|title=Familiedrømmen|date=3 September 2019|pages=20–21|author=Bratland, Tore Ulrik|work=Dagbladet|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

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