Einar Rossbach (born 20 October 1964) is a former Norwegian international
goalkeeper
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Ham-Kam
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Tromsø
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Lyn
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Odd
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Silkeborg
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Pors Grenland
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. He was named goalkeeper of the year in both 1987 and in 1990, and received a
Kniksen award
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in 1990 as "Goalkeeper of the year". VG named him "player of the year" in 1990.
Playing career
Rossbach started his career with local clubs Stridklev, Urædd and Pors Grenland. In 1986 when Ham-Kam was promoted to the
Norwegian Premier League
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they signed Rossbach. In 1990 Rossbach moved to Tromsø, and became part of the Tromsø team who finished second in the top flight. After a year in Tromsø Rossbach moved to Oslo to play for Lyn and to attend the
Norwegian Police University College
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. Rossbach have made comebacks for both Tollnes and
Pors Grenland
Pors Fotball is a Norwegian football club from Porsgrunn, currently playing in the 3. divisjon. Pors plays in blue jerseys, and their home ground is Pors Stadion. Notable former players include Jan Halvor Halvorsen and Erik Pedersen.
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when the clubs struggled with injuries on their goalies, the last time in 2004, when he at the age of 39, guarded the goal in the first games of the season. He's currently working at Grenland police station.
Rossback was capped six times for
Norway
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, and also capped at U19 and U21 level.
Personal life
His son,
Sondre Rossbach
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Playing career
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Odds BK
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in the
Norwegian Premier League
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. Concurrently with his son's Odd career, Einar Rossbach was the goalkeeper coach of Odd from 2008 to 2020.