Espen Olsen

{{Short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1979)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Espen Olsen

| image = Stroemmen stadium IMG 7632 stroemmen if ESPEN OLSEN.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption = Espen Olsen, 2012

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|3|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Oslo, Norway

| height = {{height|m=1.80}}

| position = Striker

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| youthyears1 = 1985–1998

| youthclubs1 = Strømmen

| youthyears2 =

| years1 = 1999–2001

| clubs1 = Lørenskog

| caps1 = 55

| goals1 = 58

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 2002–2007

| clubs3 = HamKam

| caps3 = 166

| goals3 = 45

| years4 = 2007

| clubs4 = Stabæk

| caps4 = 6

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2008

| clubs5 = → Start (loan)

| caps5 = 18

| goals5 = 9

| years6 = 2008–2011

| clubs6 = Sogndal

| caps6 = 90

| goals6 = 21

| years7 = 2011–2012

| clubs7 = Strømmen

| caps7 = 36

| goals7 = 7

| nationalyears1 = 2006

| nationalteam1 = Norway

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2013–2014

| managerclubs1 = Strømmen (director of sports)

| manageryears2 = 2015–2018

| managerclubs2 = Strømmen

| manageryears3 = 2019–

| managerclubs3 = HamKam (director of sports)

| manageryears4 = 2020

| managerclubs4 = HamKam

| pcupdate = 11 November 2012

| ntupdate =

}}

Espen Olsen (born 13 March 1979) is a retired Norwegian footballer. He was appointed manager of Strømmen IF ahead of the 2015 season.{{cite web|title=Espen Olsen ny trener i Strømmen|url=http://www.h-a.no/sport/espen-olsen-ny-trener-i-strommen|accessdate=27 March 2018|language=Norwegian|date=2014-09-04|archive-date=2016-08-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807114129/http://www.h-a.no/sport/espen-olsen-ny-trener-i-strommen|url-status=dead}} Ahead of the 2019 season he went on to HamKam as director of sports.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smp.no/ntb/sport/2018/11/06/Olsen-gir-seg-som-trener-i-Str%C3%B8mmen-%E2%80%93-g%C3%A5r-til-HamKam-17824695.ece|title=(+)Olsen gir seg som trener i Strømmen – går til HamKam|date=6 November 2018}} He played for Lørenskog, HamKam, Stabæk, Start, Sogndal and Strømmen. He also played two matches for Norway national football team, against Mexico and USA in January 2006.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/noo-intres2006.html Norway International Matches - Details 2006] - from the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation