Jarl Torske

He hails from Sunndal Municipality and spent his playing career in Sunndal, which reached their all-time high level of the second tier in Norwegian football.^[2] He amassed 403 games across all competitions.^[3] He was also player-manager for Sunndal throughout most of the 1980s,^[4] before qualifying as a teacher. He was also a member of the municipal council of Sunndal Municipality for the Socialist Left Party.^[5]

Torske did regional work in the Football Association of Norway before being hired as Åge Hareide's assistant manager in Molde FK in 1995.^[4] He left after the 1996 season, only to become assistant manager under Per Mathias Høgmo for Norway women's national football team in 1997.^[5] They had worked together with the Norwegian boys' under-16 and under-17 national teams. Høgmo and Torske coached Norway to win the 2000 Olympic Games. The next year, Torske became manager of Norway women's national under-19 football team. Staying until 2014, he managed the team to win silver medals at the 2001, 2003, 2008 and 2011 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championships.^[4] Several key players during this era came from Torske's native Sunndal, notably Ada Hegerberg, Andrine Hegerberg and Guro Reiten.^[2]

In 2014 he was again picked as Per Mathias Høgmo's assistant, this time for the Norway men's national football team.^[4] The spell lasted until 2016. He continued as an adviser for young managers in the Football Association of Norway before retiring in 2018.^[2] In 2020 he was hired by Molde FK as a developer of youth team coaches.^[6]