Øystein Drillestad is a retired Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 football midfielder.

He is a nephew of Bjørn Drillestad. He started his career in Råde IL

Råde IL

Råde Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Råde, Østfold. It has sections for association football, race walking, team handball, floorball, tennis, volleyball, speed skating and skiing....

, and participated in their successful run in the 1988 Norwegian Football Cup. He was a squad member for Norway in the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship. Ahead of the 1990 season he joined Norwegian First Division

Tippeligaen

Tippeligaen is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 (first tier) team Moss FK. In 1991 he was back in Råde. He later played for Sarpsborg FK.