Arne Senstad

Arne Senstad
Personal information
Born (1969-08-08) 8 August 1969 (age 55)
Kapp, Norway
Nationality Norwegian
Club information
Current club Poland (manager)
Senior clubs
Years Team
–1996
 Fredensborg/Ski
1996–
 TV Möhlin
Teams managed
2006–2013
 Storhamar HE
2013–2015
 Oppsal
2015–2019
 Storhamar HE
2019–
 Poland
2023–
 Larvik HK

Arne Senstad (born 8 August 1969) is a professional Norwegian handball coach for the Polish women's national team.

Playing career

Between 1989 and 1999 he played professional handball in Norway and Switzerland.[1] He transferred from Fredensborg/Ski to TV Möhlin in 1996 on the basis of a tip from fellow player Stig Rasch.[2][3]

Coaching career

Between 2006 and 2013 he was coach of the Norwegian Storhamar HE women's team. 2007/08, 2009/10 and 2011/12 they became third at the Eliteserien. He received trainer of the year title in the 2011/2012 season.[4]

2013 he started to coach Oppsal and reached the fourth place in his second season.

For the 2015/16 season he went back to Storhamar. Because of financial trouble Storhamar was relegated to the Division 1.[5] They achieve the direct promotion in the following year. In the season 2017/18 they became again third and at following year they were runner-up in the league. 2018 they were also runner-up at the Norwegian cup. He received again the honor of coach of the year in 2019.[1] He also reached the quarterfinal of the 2018–19 Women's EHF Cup.

On 19 August 2019 the Poland Handball Federation announced that Senstad will be the coach of the women's national team.[1][6]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Arne Senstad trenerem Reprezentacji Polski Kobiet" (in Polish). Polish Handball Association. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Arne Senstad blir proff". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 13 December 1996. p. 39.
  3. ^ "Handball: Norwegische Verstärkung für Möhlin". Thuner Tagblatt (in Swiss High German). 13 December 1996. p. 20. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Arne Senstad til Oppsal" [Arne Senstad to Oppsal]. Oppsal (in Norwegian). 16 March 2013. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Klubben er degradert, men Senstad blir i Storhamar". oa.no. 3 July 2015. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Norweg poprowadzi kadrę piłkarek ręcznych. "Zrobię wszystko, by zrealizować cele"". Eurosport (in Polish). 19 August 2019. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.