Tommy Hansen (footballer, born 1971)

Tommy Hansen (born 26 February 1971) is a retired Norwegian football defender.

Tommy Hansen
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-02-26) 26 February 1971
Playing position(s) defender
Youth career
Gjøvik Sport
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1991 Gjøvik Sport
1992 HamKam
1993–1994 SK Gjøvik-Lyn
1995 Jevnaker
1996–1999 Sogndal
2000–2002 Fagerborg
2003 Stabæk 2
2009 Gjøvik FF
Teams managed
2002–2003 Stabæk (youth)
2007–2008 Raufoss (player developer)
2009–2011 Gjøvik FF (director of sports,
assistant coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He hailed from Gjøvik and came through the youth ranks of the city's traditionally working-class club Gjøvik Sport, the squad also boasting Atle Maurud and Tom Henning Hovi. In 1991 Hovi and Hansen trialled with Kongsvinger and were ultimately given the chance at HamKam.[1][2] After failing to break through at HamKam, Hansen took two seasons in his hometown's SK Gjøvik-Lyn.[3]

He then played for Jevnaker IF in 1995 and joined Sogndal Fotball in 1996, both on the second tier.[4] He helped win promotion for Sogndal and played 30 Eliteserien games over three seasons. In 2000 and 2001 he played low-key with fourth-tier Fagerborg BK[5] before becoming a coach.

Hansen coached Stabæk youth teams before moving home to Gjøvik. In 2007 he was hired as player developer of Raufoss IL as well as coach at Raufoss Upper Secondary School.[6] In 2009 he became director of sports in Gjøvik FF, serving as such and later as assistant coach until the end of 2011.[7][8] He also briefly featured on the pitch.[9] He later held lesser coaching position such as children's coached in Vind IL and assistant in Moelven IL.

References
  1. "Smaken på toppfotball". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 31 August 1991.
  2. "Hovi og Hansen til Hamkam". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 23 October 1991. p. 17.
  3. Befring, Knut (11 February 1995). "Hansen til JIF". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian).
  4. Nord, Bjørn Asle (22 November 1995). "Sogndal-jakten innstilt". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). p. 25.
  5. Tommy Hansen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  6. Nord, Bjørn Asle (20 April 2007). "Unner Sogndal alt godt - unntatt poeng". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). p. 26.
  7. Gullord, Tommy (22 November 2008). "I dialog med Hovi". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian).
  8. Mykleset, Marius (15 October 2011). "Simenstad gir seg". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian).
  9. Danielsen, Hans Ove (3 August 2009). "En sliteseier". Oppland Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian).
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.