About Ove Ødegaard
Lived 1931 – 1964 (aged 33). Ove Ødegaard was a Norwegian association football player.
Ove Ødegaard (11 April 1931 – 15 November 1964) was a Norwegian footballer.
He made his international debut for Norway on 10 June 1952, playing a 1–2 loss to neighbours Finland at the Bislett Stadium in Oslo. He was a standby player for their squad at the year's Olympics in Finland.
Ødegaard totalled six matches for Norway – one apiece in 1955 and 1958, and three in 1959. On 23 September 1959, at the Praterstadion in Vienna, he scored his only international goals in a 5–2 loss to Austria; Norway lost 6–2 on aggregate and failed to qualify for the 1960 European Nations' Cup.
At the club level, he spent most of his career with SK Snøgg. In 1958, he moved to Odds BK, where he lost in the cup final to Rosenborg BK in 1960.
He drowned age 33 at Brunlanes, when a wave struck him while fishing.
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Who was Ove Ødegaard?
Norwegian association football player (1931-1964)
When was Ove Ødegaard born?
Ove Ødegaard was born on 11 April 1931 in Norway.
When did Ove Ødegaard die?
Ove Ødegaard died on 15 November 1964 in Skagerrak.
What was Ove Ødegaard's occupation?
Ove Ødegaard was an association football player.
What nationality was Ove Ødegaard?
Ove Ødegaard was Norwegian.
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