The genius of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Molde FC until he was recruited by Manchester United.

The genius of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at Molde FC until he was recruited by Manchester United.

Damn, that's the fate of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer at the end of his tenure as manager at Manchester United, the phrase from hero to zero seems fitting to describe his current destiny.

Starting his career as a footballer at local club Clausenengen, before joining promoted Norwegian League team Molde in 1995 for two seasons, Solskjaer, who plays as a striker, scored 41 goals in 54 appearances in all competitions. It was his performance with Molde FF that made a coach as big as Ferguson bring him to Old Trafford for a dowry of 1.5 million Pounds Sterling.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer then grew up with Manchester United, he incarnated as a sharp striker to get the nickname The Baby Face Assassin aka the baby-faced killer. He shone in the Theater Of Dreams with a record of 126 goals in 366 appearances from 1996 to 2007, 12 trophies including the treble winner in the 1999 season were Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's offerings during playing for Manchester United.

An achievement that established him as a legend of the Red Devils, not long after retiring, he continued his career as coach of the Manchester United reserve team in the 2008 to 2011 season and presented four trophies for the Red Devils reserve team before being signed by his former club in Norway Molde.

In charge of Molde starting the 2011 season, he marked his career in the Norwegian League with a humiliating defeat. Molde fell 3-0 from a promoted club, he could only bring his club to victory in the fourth week, after that Molde's performance under his care was getting better. In fact, since Week 14 Molde managed to lead the top League standings on October 30, 2011, right in Week 28 a 2-2 draw against Tromsgodset was enough to make Molde's position firmly at the top of the Kkasemen until the end of the season.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer won the Norwegian League in his first season in charge of Molde, more specifically it was Molde's first league title after 100 years of the club's existence. As a result, he was awarded the Norwegian League's best coach award for the 2011 season, in his second season again, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer managed to bring Molde to win the second Norwegian League title in a row.

Molde under him collected 62 points from 19 wins and five draws in 30 games, these successes once again made him win the title of best coach of the Norwegian League in the 2012 season. The 2013 season or Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's third season dealing with Molde with difficult times, he only able to bring Molde to seven points in the first 11 matches, but slowly but surely Ole Gunnar Solskjaer managed to fix his team and led Molde to finish in sixth place at the end of the season.

Not only that, he also managed to bring Molde to the Norwegian Cup trophy after defeating Roshanberg in the final 4-2. This achievement became the third Norwegian Cup trophy for Molde, while for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer this achievement made him recorded always winning the trophy in his three seasons in charge of the club.

After years of trophy-laden, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer left Malmo and was appointed as the new coach of Cardiff City in the winter of 2014. Unfortunately his first season in the Premier League as a coach was a total failure, Cardiff City were also relegated to the Championship division before being sacked in September 2014 .

A year later Ole Gunnar Solskjaer returned to the Norwegian League and returned to coach Molde, he was appointed on 21 October 2015 to replace interim coach Erling Moe. That season he brought Molde to finish in sixth place, the following season Molde's performance with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer got better, they managed to end the League in fifth position, while in the Europa League he managed to lead Molde to the last 32 of the Europa League.

The improved results achieved in the 2017 and 2018 seasons, in those two seasons, managed to lead Molde to end the Norwegian League as runners-up. While coaching Molde, he not only presented trophies, he was also quite successful in orbiting several Martin Ings players and Erling Haland was one of the players in orbit in his first period coaching Molde.

Incidentally both players were brought in for free and now both occupy the Norwegian national team squad, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is also the coach who helped Mathias Norman shine, brought in in the 2017 season. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer loaned the player for two years from the Premier League club. who did not wear it at all, under his tutelage Norman made 18 appearances and is now an important player at Norwich City and the Norwegian national team.

The most memorable was, of course, Erling Haland, the goal-hungry striker belonging to Borussia Dortmund who had experienced direct guidance from him, he joined Molde in the 2017 season when he was only 16 years old. Haland's first season with the coach ended with a score of four goals, but in the 2018 season his performance immediately exploded, Haland became the club's top scorer with a score of 16 goals in 30 appearances in that season to be precise in July 2018 Haland also scored four goals in just 21 minutes. .

The increase in performance cannot be separated from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's big contribution, in that season being Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's last season to coach Molde, because in December 2018 he was appointed by his former club Manchester United to become a recruiter coach to replace Jose Mourinho. It was there then that he marked his debut as Manchester United coach, with sweet ink against his former club he brought the Red Devils to a 5-1 win over host Cardiff City.

It was the first time Manchester United had scored five goals in one game after having last tasted it in 2013 under er Alex Ferguson, so that in March 2019 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was awarded a permanent contract after winning 14 of his first 19 games as Manchester United manager. .

However, after getting a permanent contract, the red devils with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer actually continued to experience ups and downs, the peak after a series of bad results achieved this season, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer received a letter of dismissal after his team were humiliated at home to the Watford promotion team.
The dismissal from the Manchester United coach seat has actually become a highly anticipated thing, knowing that Manchester United supporters are already furious to see their favorite team often perform poorly under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, both in domestic and European competitions.

However, behind the sacking lies a heartbreaking story, quoted from the sportbible, several Manchester United players and staff reportedly cried after the humiliating defeat to Watford, especially for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer when his sacking was very painful. How could his name not be so revered when he was still a Manchester United player, unfortunately the past has now turned into insults.

After the match against Watford, Ole Gunnar Solksjaer bravely approached the stands of Manchester United supporters to apologize, unfortunately his classy actions were rebuked by Manchester United supporters. Seeing this Bruno Fernandes scolded Manchester United fans and asked them not to blame Ole Gunnar Solskjaer alone, it was certainly a sad sight.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer may have left his former club in poor condition, during almost three years in charge of Manchester United, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer also failed to present a single trophy, the best result he ever presented was being runner-up in the Europa League last season.

Even though he didn't leave a single trophy, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who has always been a Manchester United legend, doesn't think he deserves to be scolded, especially if he receives this embarrassing thing from the red devil fans themselves.

Remember you may hate Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as a former Manchester United manager, but as a player he was Manchester United's hero in presenting the Champions League title a few years ago. His goal at the end of the match saw Manchester United beat Bayern Munich in the final. Continue to respect and love him as a person, however Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is also a human being who cannot escape mistakes.