Gunnar Stensland (11 January 1922 – 24 November 2011) was a Norwegian

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and coach. In Norway he played for

Ålgård FK Ålgård Fotballklubb is a men's football club located in Ålgård, Norway that was founded in 1915. Ålgård played in Hovedserien, then the highest division in Norway, for several years after World War II. The club has been playing mainly at t ...

and

Viking FK Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, having won 8 ...

. He played 58 games and scored two goals for Viking from 1947 to 1950. In his time with Viking, he was part of their Cup winning team against

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in 1947. Later, he played two games for

FC Nancy Football club de Nancy was a French association football team playing in the city of Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle. The team was founded in 1901 and dissolved in 1968. Honours * Coupe de France finalist in 1953, 1962 * Division 2 in 1946 (North ...

in France, the forerunner of

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. He was coach of Viking from 1951 to 1952, Ålgård in 1956 and Stålkameratene in 1965. He was born in

Ålgård Ålgård (historic: ''Aalgaard'') is the administrative centre of Gjesdal municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located along the European route E39 highway, about southeast of the city of Sandnes in the Jæren district of t ...

, attended school in Ålgård and

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and police academy in Sweden. He worked in the police until retiring in 1979. He died in November 2011.

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1922 births 2011 deaths Men's association football midfielders Norwegian men's footballers Ålgård FK players Viking FK players AS Nancy Lorraine players Ligue 1 players Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in France Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Norwegian football managers Viking FK managers Norwegian police officers People from Gjesdal Footballers from Rogaland {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub