# Oddvar Richardsen

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Norwegian footballer (1937-1997)

Oddvar Richardsen Personal information Full name Oddvar Kåre Richardsen Date of birth (1937-06-05)5 June 1937 Place of birth Brønnøysund, Norway[1] Date of death 18 July 1997(1997-07-18) (aged 60) Position Forward Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) Tjalg Brønnøysund 1957–1966 Lillestrøm 1967–1971 Ull/Kisa International career 1958 Norway u-21 1 (0) 1960–1963 Norway B 5 (0) 1961–1963 Norway 4 (0) Managerial career Ull/Kisa (player-coach) 1972 Lillestrøm 1973 Raumnes og Årnes * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Oddvar Richardsen** (5 June 1937 – 18 July 1997) was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) [football striker](/source/Football_striker) and later manager.

He started his career in local clubs [Tjalg](/source/IL_Tjalg) and [Brønnøysund](/source/Br%C3%B8nn%C3%B8ysund_IL), and the first from [Brønnøysund](/source/Br%C3%B8nn%C3%B8ysund) to become Norwegian league champion.[2] He played for [Lillestrøm](/source/Lillestr%C3%B8m_SK) from 1957, becoming league champion in 1959. He represented Norway as an under-21, B and senior international.[3][4] From 1967 to 1971 he played for [Ull/Kisa](/source/Ull%2FKisa).[5][6]

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](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Raumnes_og_%C3%85rnes_IL&action=edit&redlink=1).[7][1]

His son [Rune Richardsen](/source/Rune_Richardsen) was also capped for Norway. They were the eighth father-son combination to be capped.[8]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-wf_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-wf_1-1) [Oddvar Richardsen](https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/oddvar-richardsen/) at WorldFootball.net

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Horn, Jøran (27 November 2020). "Oddvar var vår første mester". *Brønnøysunds Avis* (in Norwegian). p. 17.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Oddvar Richardsen](https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/50461.html) at National-Football-Teams.com

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Oddvar Richardsen](https://www.fotball.no/fotballdata/person/profil/?fiksId=2604513) at the [Norwegian Football Federation](/source/Norwegian_Football_Federation) (in Norwegian)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** "De 60 største fra Nord-Norge". *VG* (in Norwegian). 28 September 2019. pp. 8–11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** "Romerikes 100 største fotballprofiler gjennom tidene". *Romerikes Blad* (in Norwegian). 23 March 2016. pp. 23–27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** "Oddvar Richardsen ny R&Å-trener". *Raumnes* (in Norwegian). 18 October 1972. p. 8.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Bratland, Tore Ulrik (3 September 2019). "Familiedrømmen". *Dagbladet* (in Norwegian). pp. 20–21.

v t e Lillestrøm SK – managers Rasmussen & Wright (1945) Wright (1946) Martinsen (1947–50) Jespersen (1951) Martinsen (1952–53) L. Lund (1954–55) Sørensen (1956–57) Guðmundsson (1958) Brubak (1959) Sunding & Guðmundsson (1960) L. Lund (1961) Larsen (1962) Svendsen (1963) H. Mathiesen (1964–65) Wahl (1966) Christiansen (1967) Wahl (1968) Johannessen (1969–70) Bergersen & Wahl (1971) Richardsen (1972) J. Hoff (1973) R. Mathiesen (1974) J. Hoff (1975–76) Hooley (1977–79) Schou-Andreassen (1980–81) J. Hoff (1982) Foulkes (1983–84) T. Lund (1985–87) Rundberg (1988) Hay (1989) T. Lund (1990–91) I. Hoff (1992–93) Thordarson (1994–95) Brogeland (1996) Pellerud (1997) Erlandsen (1998–2004) Rösler (2005–06) Nordlie (2007–08) Johnsen (2008) Berg (2008–11) Belsvikc (2011) Haglund (2012–14) Kristinsson (2015–16) Erlandsen (2016–18) Lennartsson (2018–19) Nordlie c (2019) G. Bakke (2020–23) Mesfin c (2023) E. Bakke c (2023) Georgson (2024) Asterhed c (2024) Nielsen (2024) Fagermo (2024) Ødegaard (2025–) (c) = caretaker

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