Arne Senstad

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

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
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

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. "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.