Jostein Flo

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Personal information
Jostein Flo
Full name	Jostein Flo
Date of birth	October 3, 1964 (age 42)
Place of birth	Stryn, Norway
Nickname	-
Playing position	Director of football (former striker)
Club information
Current club	Strømsgodset
Youth clubs
	Stryn
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987-1990 1990-1991 1991-1993 1993-1996 1996-2002	Molde Lierse Sogndal Sheffield United Strømsgodset	72 (26) 25 (7) 48 (28) 84 (19) 161 (110)
National team
	Norway	53 (11)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Jostein Flo (born October 3, 1964 in Stryn) is a former Norwegian football (soccer) player, famous for his physical playing style and aerial dominance. 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 coach 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 garnered much criticism for its perceived long-ball approach. 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.^{[citation needed]}

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. Perhaps his most famous appearance for the national side was the World Cup match against Brazil on June 23 1998, when he came on as a late substitute and contributed heavily to turning a 0-1 deficit to a last-gasp 2-1 upset of the reigning World Cup champions.

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 former professional footballer. Håvard Flo is his cousin. ^[1]

Jostein Flo was a decent high jumper in his younger days, and has a personal best jump of 2.06 metres from 1983 (2.08 m indoor from 1987). ^[2]

[edit] References

^ Sogn og Fjordane county encyclopedia - NRK (Norwegian)
^ Norwegian all-time list high jump (Norwegian)

	Norway squad - 1994 FIFA 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 By 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