Jostein Flo

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Jostein Flo
Personal information
Full name	Jostein Flo
Date of birth	(1964-10-03) 3 October 1964
Place of birth	Flo, Stryn, Norway
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Strømsgodset (director of football)
Youth career
	Stryn
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1987–1990	Molde	72	(26)
1990–1991	Lierse	25	(7)
1991–1993	Sogndal	48	(28)
1993–1996	Sheffield United	84	(19)
1996–2002	Strømsgodset	161	(110)
Total		390	(190)
National team
1987–2000	Norway	53	(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Jostein Flo (born 3 October 1964 in Flo, Stryn, Norway) is a Norwegian former football player, famous for his physical playing style and aerial dominance. He is currently Director of Football in Strømsgodset.

Biography

At club level he usually played center-forward. For the national team he played right winger, and 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, 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 23 June 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 executive director from October, 2004 to January, 2006. Flo is currently the director of football of Strømsgodset.

Personal life

Flo is from a family of footballers; he is the younger brother of Kjell Rune Flo,who also played for Molde, and the older brother of Tore André Flo. who played for Chelsea and Rangers, and Jarle Flo who played for Norwegian Sogndal.^[1] Håvard Flo (who played for Sogndal, AGF, SV Werder Bremen, and Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.) is his cousin.^[2] In addition, Ulrik Flo is his nephew.^[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).^[3]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Tomasgård, Jørn-Arne (10 June 2011). "Flo-bølgja som ikkje stoppar" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
↑ Sogn og Fjordane county encyclopedia - NRK (Norwegian)
↑ Norwegian all-time list high jump (Norwegian)

v t e Norway squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup

1 Thorstvedt 2 Halle 3 Johnsen 4 Bratseth (c) 5 Bjørnebye 6 J. 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 Håland 19 Strand 20 Berg 21 Rushfeldt 22 Bohinen Coach: Olsen

v t e Norway squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup

1 Grodås (c) 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

Persondata
Name	Flo, Jostein
Alternative names	Flo, Jostein
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	1964-10-3
Place of birth	Stryn , Norway
Date of death
Place of death

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