Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Photo: Tor Atle Kleven, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ole Gunnar Solskjær Net Worth

Football manager
⚽ SoccerFormer Manchester United managerNorway
Declared net worth (2024 Norwegian tax list)
NOK 100.2M
Declared on Norway's 2024 tax list · scored the 1999 Champions League final winner · former Manchester United manager
About $11M in US dollars (ECB rate, October 30, 2026).
Figure published in 2025. Latest Norwegian tax list estimate we could find.
Source: VG, Skattelister for Kristiansund 2024 (official Norwegian tax list: income, net wealth and tax), December 2025. Updated November 1, 2026.
How to read this: the headline is the net wealth (nettoformue) recorded for Ole Gunnar Solskjær on Norway’s official tax list for the 2024 income year, as published by VG. It is what the Norwegian Tax Administration assessed from the tax return: assets minus debts, at tax values. Homes are counted at a fraction of their market price and shares at a discount, and money held in a personal holding company shows up only through the value of its shares, so the real figure is usually higher. This is an official tax figure, not a journalist’s estimate, and we show it as published. The figure was published in NOK; the US dollar amount next to it is our simple conversion at the European Central Bank reference rate of October 30, 2026, not a separate estimate.

Where the money comes from

Playing career at Manchester UnitedManager contractsSavings and investments
Net wealth, 2024 tax listNOK 100.2 million, listed in Kristiansund (VG)
VG
Taxable income, 2024NOK 9.3 million, with NOK 3.3 million paid in tax (VG)
VG
Cross-checkTV 2 also listed his 2024 income of about NOK 9.3 million among Norway's top sports earners
TV 2

Ole Gunnar Solskjær is a Norwegian football manager and former striker, best known for his 11 years as a player at Manchester United. Nicknamed the Baby-faced Assassin, he scored 126 goals in 366 games for United, including the injury-time winner against Bayern Munich in the 1999 Champions League final that completed the club's treble. He later managed Molde, Cardiff City, Manchester United and Beşiktaş.

Norway's official tax list for the 2024 income year records his net wealth at NOK 100.2 million, about $10.9 million at the October 30, 2026 exchange rate, according to VG. His taxable income for the year was NOK 9.3 million.

What the tax list shows

VG's tax list for Kristiansund, where Solskjær is registered, shows net wealth of NOK 100,165,923 for 2024, taxable income of NOK 9,264,116 and tax of NOK 3,324,414.

His income in 2024 came in a year when he was out of club management and working as a technical observer for UEFA. He returned to the dugout with Beşiktaş in January 2025, so that contract is not reflected in these figures.

Career at a glance

Solskjær grew up in Kristiansund and scored freely for Clausenengen before a breakthrough season at Molde earned him a move to Manchester United in 1996. Famous as a super-sub, he won six Premier League titles and the 1999 Champions League with United before knee injuries ended his career in 2007.

As a manager he won Molde's first two league titles, had a short spell at Cardiff and took charge of United from December 2018 to November 2021, reaching the 2021 Europa League final. He was Beşiktaş head coach from January to August 2025.

About this figure

Norway publishes every taxpayer's income, net wealth and tax paid each year, and newspapers comb the lists for famous names. VG published Solskjær's figures for the 2024 income year when the lists were released on December 3, 2025. Net wealth on the list is the figure the Tax Administration assessed from his tax return, assets minus debts.

Tax values are lower than market values, especially for homes and shares, so the figure understates what Solskjær would be worth if everything were sold. We show it in Norwegian kroner, as published, with a rough US dollar conversion at the October 30, 2026 exchange rate. Income figures mentioned on this page are earnings for one year, not wealth.

Career and money timeline

  1. 1996

    Joins Manchester United from Molde for £1.5 million.

  2. 1999

    Scores the stoppage-time winner in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich, completing United's treble.

  3. 2011

    Becomes Molde manager and wins the Norwegian league in his first two seasons.

  4. 2019

    Is appointed Manchester United manager on a permanent basis.

  5. 2025

    Manages Beşiktaş from January to August; VG publishes his 2024 tax list figures in December.

Ole Gunnar Solskjær net worth FAQ

What is Ole Gunnar Solskjær's net worth?

Norway's official tax list for the 2024 income year records net wealth of NOK 100,165,923 for Ole Gunnar Solskjær, as published by VG when the lists came out on December 3, 2025. That is about $10.9 million at the October 30, 2026 exchange rate. Tax values understate market value, so his real wealth is likely higher.

Where do these numbers come from?

From Norway's public tax lists, which show each taxpayer's income, net wealth and tax. VG's searchable tax list for Kristiansund, his home town, shows his 2024 figures. Every figure on this page links to its source below.

How much does Solskjær earn?

He reported taxable income of NOK 9.3 million for 2024, according to VG's tax list. That is income for one year, not wealth.

Sources

  1. VG, Skattelister for Kristiansund 2024 (official Norwegian tax list: income, net wealth and tax) (December 3, 2025)
  2. TV 2, Aursnes på pengetoppen: Dette tjente Norges største idrettsprofiler (tax lists 2024) (December 3, 2025)
  3. Background facts: Wikipedia, Ole Gunnar Solskjær (accessed November 1, 2026). Used for career facts only, never for money figures.

Photo: Tor Atle Kleven, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Every number on this page comes from the named source next to it. Totals and percentages are simple sums of those published figures. We never fill in missing years with our own guesses. How we handle estimates.