Egil Østenstad
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| Egil Østenstad | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Egil Johan Østenstad | |
| Date of birth | January 2, 1972 (age 35) | |
| Place of birth | Haugesund, Norway | |
| Nickname | Østen (the East) | |
| Playing position | forward | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | retired | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Torvastad I.L. | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1990-1996 1996-1999 1999-2003 2001 2003-2004 2004-2005 |
Viking F.K. Southampton F.C. Blackburn Rovers F.C. Manchester City F.C. (loan) Rangers F.C. Viking F.K. |
280 (88) 96 (29) 62 (11) 4 (0) 11 (0) 33 (16) |
| National team | ||
| 1993-2005 | Norway | 18 (6) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Egil Johan Østenstad (born January 2, 1972 in Haugesund), nicknamed "Østen", is a Norwegian director of football and former player at Viking. His active career also included spells at Southampton and Blackburn, among others.
Østenstad arrived at Viking from local club Torvastad in 1990, helping the club to win the Norwegian Premier League title in 1991, when he featured in 10 out of the 22 league games. He played a total of 280 games for the club, scoring 88 goals, before moving to Southampton in the FA Premier League in 1996. He enjoyed considerable success during his first three years with his new club, scoring 27 goals in 93 league games, including a hat-trick in a 6-3 win against Manchester United. However, in the 1999/2000 season he found himself outside the first team, and moved to Blackburn Rovers. Apart from a short loan spell with Manchester City in 2000-01 (which yielded four appearances), he stayed with Blackburn until the end of the 2002-03 season, playing a total of 62 league games for the club and scoring 12 goals. He then spent one season at Rangers , before making a long-awaited return to Viking midway through the 2004 season. He was an instant hit at his old club, scoring 3 goals in 9 games to help save the club from relegation. Although he continued to be a regular starter and a prolific goalscorer, Østenstad retired at the end of the 2005 season. An internet petition for him to stay on for another season collected close to 2500 signatures. [1]
Østenstad made his debut for the Norwegian national team in 1993, coming on as a substitute to score twice against the Faroe Islands. He was capped 17 times between 1993 and 1999, mostly as a substitute, and he played in the 1998 World Cup in France. Østenstad scored 6 times for Norway, making him the most efficient marksman in the history of the Norwegian national team with one goal in every 94 minutes played. On October 7, 2005, he made his comeback with the national team, starting in the 1-2 defeat to Scotland.
He retired after the 2005 season. He is now the director of football for Viking. Østenstad was also the inspiration for the character "Yngve" in the book Mannen som elsket Yngve (The Man Who Loved Yngve) by Tore Renberg. The author and Østenstad went to the same high-school. [2]
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Norway squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup | |
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1 Grodås | 2 Halle | 3 Johnsen | 4 Berg | 5 Bjørnebye | 6 Solbakken | 7 Mykland | 8 Leonhardsen | 9 T. Flo | 10 Rekdal | 11 Jakobsen | 12 Myhre | 13 Baardsen | 14 Heggem | 15 Eggen | 16 J. Flo | 17 H. Flo | 18 Østenstad | 19 Hoftun | 20 Solskjær | 21 Riseth | 22 Strand | Coach: Olsen |
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