Magnar Isaksen
Personal information
Full name Magnar Nikolai Isaksen
Date of birth (1910-10-13)13 October 1910
Place of birth Kristiansund, Norway
Date of death 8 June 1979(1979-06-08) (aged 68)
Place of death Oslo, Norway
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1925–1932 Kristiansund
1933–1946 Lyn
International career
1936–1938 Norway 14 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Berlin Team Competition

Magnar Nikolai Isaksen (13 October 1910 – 8 June 1979) was a Norwegian football (soccer) player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. At club level, Isaksen represented Kristiansund FK and Lyn.

Career

Magnar Isaksen was born in Kristiansund.[1] He was capped 14 times for Norway and scored five goals.[2]

Isaksen was selected in Norway's squad who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal in the football tournament.[3] He scored both Norway goals in the 2–0 win against Germany. Iskasen was injured in the semi-final against Italy and therefore did not play the bronze final.[1] He won two consecutive Norwegian Cups with Lyn in 1945 and 1946.[1]

He also took part in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

Norway

Lyn

References

  1. ^ a b c "Magnar Isaksen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Magnar Nikolai Isaksen national team profile". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Magnar Isaksen". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

External links

Norway squad โ€“ 1936 Summer Olympics โ€“ Bronze medalists
Norway squad โ€“ 1938 FIFA World Cup
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