Egil Olsen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Egil Roger Olsen | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1942 | ||
| Place of birth | Fredrikstad, Norway | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1958–1965 | Østsiden | ||
| 1964 | Vålerenga | ||
| 1966–1967 | Vålerenga | ||
| 1968–1971 | Sarpsborg | ||
| 1972–1974 | Frigg | ||
| 1975 | Hasle-Løren | ||
| National team | |||
| 1964–1971 | Norway | 16 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1972–1973 | Frigg | ||
| 1974 | Frigg | ||
| 1975 | Hasle-Løren | ||
| 1976 | Østsiden | ||
| 1977 | Fossum | ||
| 1978–1979 | Frigg | ||
| 1979–1985 | Norway U21 | ||
| 1981–1983 | Frigg | ||
| 1985–1988 | Lyn | ||
| 1989 | Aalesund | ||
| 1990 | Norway U23 | ||
| 1990–1998 | Norway | ||
| 1998–1999 | Vålerenga | ||
| 1999–2000 | Wimbledon | ||
| 2002–2003 | Norway U19 | ||
| 2004–2005 | Fredrikstad | ||
| 2007–2008 | Iraq | ||
| 2009–2013 | Norway | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Egil Roger Olsen (born 22 April 1942 in Fredrikstad), nicknamed Drillo, is a Norwegian football manager and former footballer. He is best known as a highly successful manager of the Norway national team. He has since been manager of the Iraqi national football team, his departure from which caused considerable attention. In January 2009, he made a comeback as manager for the Norwegian national football team.
Olsen was a successful player with 16 caps for the national team, earning the nickname "Drillo" from his dribbling skills and technical ability. According to close friend Nils Arne Eggen, Olsen would have been awarded with more caps as a player, had it not been for Willi Kment, Norway's manager at the time, who did not approve of Olsen's long hair and generally scruffy appearance, as well as his personal political views. Olsen was also a formidable bandy player, while playing football.
He managed the Norwegian team from 1990 to 1998, guiding them to World Cup final tournaments in 1994 and 1998, with Norway peaking at number two on the FIFA ranking. He worked from 2005 to 2007 as an analyst for Vålerengens IF before joining Expekt.com.
In 1995 as Norway manager Egil Olsen used one of his three votes to nominate Norwegian women's football star Hege Riise as the FIFA World Player of the Year. The first time a woman player had been nominated in what is seen as a men's football award.
In June 1999, the then 57-year-old Olsen made his appearance in English football, when he was named as manager of Wimbledon. He reportedly turned down an approach from Celtic to take charge of the London club, becoming the first Norwegian to manage in the Premier League. Olsen has stated that his favorite player at the club was Welsh international Ben Thatcher. He remained in charge for less than a year, and was sacked just before the club was relegated from the Premier League, having been top division members since 1986. Club captain Robbie Earle said that "Olsen just didn't know how to get the best out of us".
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