Jostein Flo

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Jostein Flo (born October 3, 1964) is a former Norwegian football (soccer) player, famous for being a dominant force in the air. At club level he usually played centre-forward. For the national team he played right winger, and he was instrumental for the tactics applied by former Norway-boss Egil Olsen. Playing a characteristic 4-5-1 formation, the left back would often hit long crosses to Flo, who in turn would head the ball to either one of the central midfielders or to the striker. This was known as the "Flo-pass", and the Norwegian national team gained a lot of criticism for focusing solely on long passes. Egil Olsen did, however, take the national team to two World Cups, and the long ball style of play is considered to have played an important role in accomplishing this.

He played for Stryn, Sogndal I.L., Molde F.K., Lierse S.K., Sheffield United F.C. and Strømsgodset I.F.. He was capped 53 times, and scored 11 goals for the Norwegian national team and was part of his country's squads at the 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups.

Flo retired after the 2002-season, having scored 120 goals in 184 games for Strømsgodset. After his playing career, he worked with marketing for the club before he filled the role of excecutive director from October, 2004 to January, 2006. Flo is currently the director of football of Strømsgodset. He is the older brother of Tore André Flo (who played for Chelsea and Rangers amongst other clubs) and Jarle Flo, also a professional footballer.

	Norway squad - 1994 World Cup
1 Thorstvedt | 2 Halle | 3 Johnsen | 4 Bratseth | 5 Bjørnebye | 6 Flo | 7 Mykland | 8 Leonhardsen | 9 Fjørtoft | 10 Rekdal | 11 Jakobsen | 12 Grodås | 13 Rise | 14 Nilsen | 15 Løken | 16 Sørloth | 17 Eggen | 18 Haaland | 19 Strand | 20 Berg | 21 Rushfeldt | 22 Bohinen | Coach: Olsen

	Norway squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Grodås | 2 Halle | 3 Johnsen | 4 Berg | 5 Bjørnebye | 6 Solbakken | 7 Mykland | 8 Leonhardsen | 9 T. Flo | 10 Rekdal | 11 Jakobsen | 12 Myhre | 13 Baardsen | 14 Heggem | 15 Eggen | 16 J. Flo | 17 H. Flo | 18 Østenstad | 19 Hoftun | 20 Solskjær | 21 Riseth | 22 Strand | Coach: Olsen