Monday, August 04, 2008

Tribute to a legend............2OLEGEND !!!!

He is one of the prolific goalscorer.........
He is called as "babyface assassin"...........
He is one and the only one that deserved to be called "Super-sub"..........
He is the only player that score majority of his goals as substitute...........
He is the reason MU won the second Champions league after "The Tragedy".......
He is a legend......
He is 2oLEgend !!!!!!

Undeniably, he is one of my favorite in MU team, and recently MU had a friendly match against Espanyol to give Solskjaer a testimonial match....... although he didn't score but his presence still lingering around and MU manage to score at the last minute of the game. So here is some of the facts of the legend:

Full Name

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Position

Forward

Date of Birth

26th Feburary 1973

Squad Number

20

Place of Birth

Kristiansund, Norway

United Debut

25/8/1996
Blackburn (H)

Height

5' 10''

Transfer Fee

£1.5 million

Weight

11st 6

International

66 Caps - 24 goals

Fun Trivia about him

He supported Liverpool as a boy. (Don't think he'd be too welcome in the Kop nowadays hehehe)

Ole did a years National Service in the Norwegian Army.

Solskjaer didn't play in the Norwegian 1st Division until he was 22. Outside of football the person he says he most admires is Elvis.

He is known as the "baby faced assassin", because of his youthful looks. He hates being called it though.

Amazingly Solskjaer trained as a wrestler. His Dad was Norway's Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion from 1966-71.

Sir Bobby Charlton once said of him, "I don't know anybody who makes up his mind quicker than him. I am not just talking about strikers in the modern game - I have never seen anyone like him in the modern era. He's amazing."

Solskjaer quote about Barcelona 99: "When Teddy scored, I thought, yes! I'm going to play 40 minutes of a Champions League Final. That's going to be unbelievable."

The Stretford End has a banner dedicated to him reading "20LEGEND".

United fan's sing: (to the tune of "You are my sunshine")
"You are my Solskjaer, my Ole Solskjaer,
you make me happy, when skies are grey,
and Alan Shearer, was f**king dearer,
so Please don't take, My Solskjaer, Away....."

United fan's also sing: "Who put the ball in the Germans net? Ole Gunnar Solskjaer!!!"

Solskjær is a patron of the fans action group Shareholders United.


"The Goal"


1 comment:

Anonymous said...

ole ole ole kita juara kitalah juara....