UNITED folk hero Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is using the £2million raised from his testimonial to build schools in Africa.
The former Red Devils' striker, and current reserve team coach, is breaking with tradition and donating the money to construct ten colleges in Angola, Malawi and Mozambique.
Normally testimonial matches are staged as a reward for players who spend ten or more years at a club and more than 60,000 fans turned out to watch United defeat Spanish club Espanyol 1-0 at the weekend.
But Ole, who lives in Nether Alderley is using his cash to help the world’s most impoverished youngsters.
The 35-year-old, nicknamed the baby faced assassin, has good reason for his decision as he has been a UN goodwill ambassador since 2001 after a life-changing visit to a camp for abandoned children in Thailand during a Reds’ tour.
Kjersti Flogstad, executive director of Unicef Norway, said: "There are not many people – let alone footballers – who are like Ole. It has been a big joy and a source of motivation to work with him."
With Scholes and Tevez both going close without scoring in the first half of the match, United found it difficult and it required the 68th-minute introduction of Nether Alderley resident, Solskjaer, who retired 12 months ago, to inject new life into the European champions.
The dad-of-three hit the target twice before youngster Fraizer Campbell won the game with a neat finish from Ryan Giggs’ lay-off on 82 minutes.
Solskjaer, revered for his last-minute goal which won the European Champions League final in 1999, has previously donated all his earnings from a kit sponsorship deal with Nike to Unicef and is understood to be taking a hands-on role with the school-building programme.
