Norwegian Soccer Player To Be Paid With Pizza

Posted by Adam Kuban, February 1, 2005 at 2:19 PM

From Norway's Aftenposten:

Striker Bård Erik Olsen, 32, has eight years experience with Norwegian second division club Sprint-Jeløy, and a stint with former top division club Moss, but had decided it was time to phase out sport and spend more time with his daughter.

But fifth division club Tronvik was looking for a power striker, and thought they might tempt Olsen to beef up and delay retirement, newspaper Moss Avis reports.

It started as a joke, but in the end the promise of a pizza a week convinced the striker to say yes.

"I can't just completely cut out football all of a sudden, so I am glad that Tronvik want me," Olsen told Moss Avis.

"For a few years we've tempted Bård Erik to Tronvik and said he could eat as much pizza as he wanted. Now that we have a chance we'll keep our word," said club member Kjetil Jensen.

Norway's lower division teams have made headlines for odd contracts before, with one high-profile transfer involving a player being sold for his weight in prawns.

The Norwegians really love their pizza. If calculations are correct, they eat more of it per capita than we do here in the U.S.

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