# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/egil-olsen
# Generated: 2026-08-31T23:27:06.074Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/egil-olsen"
name: "Egil Olsen"
slug: "egil-olsen"
description: "Egil Roger Olsen, nicknamed Drillo, is a Norwegian former football manager and player. He is best known as a highly successful manager of the Norway national team. He also served as the manager of the Iraq national team; his departure from the role attracted considerable attention. In January 2009, he returned as manager for the Norway national team, serving until 2013."
tagline: "Norwegian association football player and manager"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Egil_Drillo_Olsen.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Norway"
  isoCode: "NO"
category:
  name: "Footballers"
  slug: "footballers"
profileType:
  name: "Football / Soccer Player"
  slug: "footballer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857"
birthDate: "1942-04-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.47
  momentum:             25
  historical:           21.71312266666667
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  197
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0647629/"
    handle:    "nm0647629"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Егил Олсен"
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    title: "Egil Olsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ульсен, Эгиль Рогер"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egil_Olsen"
    title: "Egil Olsen"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egil_Olsen"
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    title: "Егіль Ульсен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Egil Olsen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump