Frode Holstad Hansen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frode Holstad Hansen | ||
| Date of birth | 10 August 1961 | ||
| Place of birth | Fredrikstad, Norway | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Gresvik | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1978 | Fredrikstad | ||
| 1978–1979 | Gresvik | ||
| 1980–1983 | Fredrikstad | ||
| 1984–1986 | Start | ||
| 1987 | Vigør | ||
| 1988–1991 | Gresvik | ||
| 1992 | Fredrikstad | ||
| International career | |||
| 1981–1983 | Norway U21 | 5 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | Norway | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993 | Fredrikstad | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Frode Holstad Hansen (born 10 August 1961) is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper. During his career he played for Fredrikstad and Start in the top flight of Norwegian football. He also played for Gressvik and Vigør, and he was capped three times for Norway.
He was born in Fredrikstad and played for Gressvik in his youth. In 1978 Hansen had a short spell at Fredrikstad FK and played a couple of matches for the first-team before he returned to Gressvik. Hansen returned to FFK in 1980, and became the first-choice goalkeeper at the age of 18. After making his break-through in 1981, he was invited on a trial to Manchester United. The club offered him a contract, but Hansen rejected the offer and returned to Fredrikstad.[1]
After playing all the matches for Fredrikstad in 1982, Hansen had a dispute with the new head coach Tony Knapp, and did not play any matches in 1983, except 15 minutes in the last match of the season when he came on as a substitute to play outside left. The next season Hansen left for IK Start, and in the decisive match of the 1984-season, his club Start won 2–1 against his old club Fredrikstad which meant that FFK was relegated.[1]
After three seasons in Start, Hansen stepped down from top flight football, and joined the fourth tier team Vigør. One year later he returned to his youth club, Gressvik, and became player-coach for the sixth tier team.[2]