Arne Senstad

Arne Senstad
Arne Senstad
Personal information
Born	8 August 1969 (age 55); Kapp, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Club information
Current club	Poland (manager)
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1996	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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Arne Senstad trenerem Reprezentacji Polski Kobiet" (in Polish). Polish Handball Association. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
^ "Arne Senstad blir proff". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 13 December 1996. p. 39.
^ "Handball: Norwegische Verstärkung für Möhlin". Thuner Tagblatt (in Swiss High German). 13 December 1996. p. 20. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.

[pl-1] "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.

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