Tore Stenshagen (born 11 December 1965) is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1965-12-11) 11 December 1965 (age 56) | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1983 | Vålerenga | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1984 | Vålerenga | ||
| 1985–1986 | Kjelsås | ||
| Lørenskog | |||
| 1992–1998 | Lyn | 93 | (0) |
| 1993 | → Bærum (loan) | ||
| 1999 | Kjelsås | ||
| 2006–2015 | Kragerø | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009 | Kragerø | ||
| 2011 | Kragerø | ||
| 2016 | Kragerø/Helle (junior) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Hailing from Tveita,[1] he played youth football for Vålerenga IF and was selected for Norway's youth national team.[2] In 1984 he was drafted into the senior team.[3] In 1985 he went on to Kjelsås IL.[4] Afterwards he played for Lørenskog IF.[5]
In 1992 he joined SFK Lyn, but was scarcely used on the first team[6] and was loaned out to Bærum SK in 1993.[7] With Lyn he experienced two spells in the Eliteserien and two in the 1. divisjon, suffering two relegations (1993, 1997) and winning one promotion (1996). He was mostly their first-choice goalkeeper from 1996 through 1998, but is remembered for a loss against Brann in 1997 when he asked to be substituted off.[6] After the 1998 season he was poised to join Skeid, but the board of directors overturned the coaches' decision to sign him, and he instead returned to Kjelsås.[5] He retired after one season.[8]
Ahead of the 2009 season Stenshagen became head coach of fifth-tier team Kragerø IF,[9] where he also played for several seasons[10] and scored a number of goals.[11][12] He did not continue coaching in 2010, but returned in the latter half of 2011.[13][14] He also coached the junior team.[15]
Stenshagen worked for many years as a prison guard in Oslo Prison,[1] and eventually started in Skien Prison, being directly involved with their infamous prisoner Anders Behring Breivik.[16]