Background
Osnes was born in Nordfjordeid and made his senior debut for his local team Eid as a 16-year-old in 1938.
Osnes was born in Nordfjordeid and made his senior debut for his local team Eid as a 16-year-old in 1938.
After the end of the war, Osnes moved to Oslo to study teaching, and also joined Lyn after a successful trial. Poor eyesight forced him to retire from top-level football in 1950, and he returned home to Nordfjordeid where he worked several years as a gym teacher while playing for his local club Osnes moved back to Oslo in the early 1960s where he got a teaching job, and was also employed as a youth team coach for his old club Lyn, before coaching Vålerengen"s senior team in 1962.
In 1967, Osnes was appointed head coach at Lyn, and guided the club to a cup title in his first season.
Having lost star player Harald Berg, Lyn struggled in 1969, and Osnes stepped down at the end of the season. He later coached Aalesund and Strømsgodset.
Osnes died in August 2015, aged 93.