Leo Olsen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Leonidas Olsen | ||
| Date of birth | 25 September 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Colombia | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2001 | Harstad | ||
| 2002–2004 | Tromsø | ||
| 2005–2007 | Tromsdalen | ||
| 2008–2012 | Hønefoss | 95 | (15) |
| 2013–2015 | Jevnaker | ||
| 2016– | Hønefoss | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 October 2012 | |||
Christopher Leonidas Olsen (born 25 September 1981) is a Norwegian retired footballer.
He was born in Colombia, but was adopted to Harstad in Norway at the age of three. In 1996, he made his debut for Harstad. He was picked up by Tromsø in 2002 and played in the Norwegian Premier League. However, he had cruciate ligament injury problems. He played for Tromsdalen from 2005 to 2007 and joined Hønefoss in 2008.[1][2]
He made his debut for Hønefoss on 13 April 2008 and played 53 matches to 1 January 2010 of which three were cup matches. Before the 2013 season he joined a small local team, Jevnaker.
After a lengthy spell in Jevnaker, he rejoined Hønefoss as playing coach for the reserve team.[3] He also played two cup games for Hønefoss' A team.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| 2008 | Hønefoss | 1. divisjon | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 4 |
| 2009 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 8 | ||
| 2010 | Tippeligaen | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1. divisjon | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 2 | |
| 2012 | Tippeligaen | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Career Total | 95 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 105 | 15 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Profile on Hønefoss BK website[permanent dead link]
- ^ Profile on Tromsø IL website Archived 2008-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Nilsen, Tommy (16 February 2016). "Nå gjør Leo comeback". Ringerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 23.
- ^ Leo Olsen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
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- 1981 births
- Living people
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- Footballers from Troms
- Colombian emigrants to Norway
- Harstad IL players
- Norwegian men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
- Tromsø IL players
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