Jan Petter Olsen

Jan Petter Olsen (born 19 February 1965) is a retired Norwegian football striker.

Jan Petter Olsen
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-02-19) 19 February 1965
Position(s) striker
Youth career
Skeid
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1996 Skeid
1997–2002 Årvoll
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He hails from Sinsen, Oslo and started playing for Skeid as a child. He also played bandy for Skeid and ishockey he have played A-football,A-Ishockey and A-bandy for the same club Skeid, and when approaching adulthood he concentrated on that sport.[1][2] He was capped three times for Norway in 1989.[3]

Olsen started playing football again at the age of 22, and scored the goal that secured Skeid's promotion from the 1995 1. divisjon.[4] He had then played bandy for Røa as late as the Norwegian Bandy Premier League 1994–95.[5]

In the 1996 Eliteserien he played 18 games for Skeid.[6] Ahead of the 1997 season he joined. Falkirk . Then Årvoll,[7] where he played for several years.[6]

References
  1. Sjem, Sturla (10 April 1996). "Knust av Knoll og Tott". VG (in Norwegian). p. 34.
  2. Pedersen, Kaj T. (19 September 1995). "Sa-sa-sa, bra-bra-bra, Skeid!". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian).
  3. "Representasjon" (in Norwegian). Skeid Bandy. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. Eriksen, Arvid (19 September 1995). "Kjendis-jubel da Skeid rykket opp". VG (in Norwegian). p. 34.
  5. "Røa må skaffe ny spiss". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 19 September 1995.
  6. Jan Petter Olsen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  7. "Fotball: Eliteserielagenes spillerstaller" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 8 April 1997.


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