Magnar Isaksen

Magnar Isaksen
Isaksen in 1936
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 Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1925–1932 Kristiansund
1933–1946 Lyn
International career
1936–1938 Norway 14 (5)
Medal record
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place1936 BerlinTeam competition
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Magnar Nikolai Isaksen (13 October 1910 – 8 June 1979) was a Norwegian footballer who played as a forward for Kristiansund FK and Lyn. He made 14 appearances for the Norway national team and competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Career

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

Isaksen was selected in Norway's squad who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal in the football tournament. 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. He won two consecutive Norwegian Cups with Lyn in 1945 and 1946.

He also took part in the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

Honours

Norway

Lyn

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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.