Ståle Stensaas

Ståle Stensaas
Personal information
Full name Ståle Stensaas
Date of birth 7 July 1971 (1971-07-07) (age 40)
Place of birth Trondheim, Norway
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1991-1997 Rosenborg 85 (2)
1997-2000 Rangers 20 (1)
1999 → Nottingham Forest (loan) 7 (0)
2000-2007 Rosenborg 104 (12)
2007-2008 Lyn 24 (3)
2008 → Lillestrøm SK (loan) 9 (1)
National team
2001-2008 Norway 9 (1)
Teams managed
2009 Rosenborg Junior Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Ståle Stensaas (born 7 July 1971 in Trondheim) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. He spent the majority of his career at Rosenborg, and he is currently coaching Rosenborg's junior team.

Career

He played for the Norwegian Tippeliga side Rosenborg from 1992 to 1997 until he was sold to Rangers, where he scored twice against Kilmarnock in the league[1] and Falkirk in the League Cup.[2] After little success in the Scottish Premier League, he returned to Rosenborg in 2000. He was sold to F.C Lyn Oslo in the winter 2007, on a two-year contract. In the 2008 season he was on loan to Tippeligaen rivals Lillestrøm SK.

One of the highlights of his career is his super goal against Blackburn Rovers in the UEFA Champions League in 1995.[3]

He has nine caps, and one goal.

After his career as professional football player ended in 2008, he started coaching Rosenborg's junior team. The team won the Norwegian junior championship in the 2009 season[4]

Personal life

Stensaas has three children: Andreas, Hanne and Sophie. He is a carpenter by profession, in addition to professional footballing.

Honours

Rosenborg [5]

References

  1. ^ "Kilmarnock 0 Rangers 3". Sporting Life. 24 September 1997. http://www.sportinglife.com/football/scottishpremier/kilmarnock/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/97/09/24/SOCCER_Kilmarnock_Nightlead.html&TEAMHD=kilmarnock&DIV=scotsprem&TEAM=KILMARNOCK&RH=Kilmarnock&PREV_SEASON=1996. Retrieved 17 January 2010. 
  2. ^ "Rangers 4 Falkirk 1". Sporting Life. 19 August 1997. http://www.sportinglife.com/football/scotspremteams/rangers/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/97/08/19/SOCCER_Rangers_Nightlead.html&TEAMHD=rangers&DIV=scotsprem&TEAM=RANGERS&RH=Rangers&PREV_SEASON=1996. Retrieved 17 January 2010. 
  3. ^ "Ståle Stensaas" (in Norwegian). RBKweb. http://www.rbkweb.no/spiller/stensaas. Retrieved 2 November 2009. 
  4. ^ "RBK vant juniorcupen" (in Norwegian). Tips. 31 October 2009. http://www.fotballtips.no/Default.asp?u_action=display&u_log=26927. Retrieved 1 November 2009. 
  5. ^ "Mestvinnende" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/nrk_trondelag/sport_nrk_trondelag/rbk/1.1065148. Retrieved 1 November 2009. 

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