Tor Røste Fossen (19 June 1940 – 7 August 2017) was a
Norwegian
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football
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player and coach. He played for
Rosenborg from 1964 to 1971, earning two
Norwegian Premier League
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titles and one
Norwegian Cup
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championship. He coached several Norwegian clubs besides coaching the
Norway national football team
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during ten years 1978–1987.
Biography
Fossen grew up in Engerdal and
Vågå
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. He came to
Trondheim
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in 1962 where he played as
goalkeeper
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in
Rosenborg. Until 1969 Fossen played 55 matches in the top division. In 1970 a new goalkeeper,
Geir Karlsen, arrived at Rosenborg, and Fossen was benched. He then became assistant coach under
George Curtis, and in 1972 head coach together with
Nils Arne Eggen
Nils Arne Eggen (17 September 1941 – 19 January 2022) was a Norwegian footballer, manager and teacher from Orkdal. Eggen was closely tied to Rosenborg, the club he managed for 23 years between 1970 and 2010. He is Norway's most successful clu ...
coaching Rosenborg to the
double
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, winning both the league and the cup titles. Fossen continued without Eggen 1973–1974, and the team became second both in the league and in the cup 1973. Fossen coached
Start
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1975–1977 to bronze medal in the league 1975. Besides this Fossen also coached Norway national team for juniors 1972–1976.
From 1978 to 1987 Fossen coached the
Norway national football team
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. One of the victories in Fossen's time as Norway manager was the 2–1 win against England in the
1982 World cup qualification
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. This victory is eternalized by radio reporter
Bjørge Lillelien
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. Fossen coached Norway in the
1984 Olympics.
Later Fossen coached
Frigg Oslo, together with
Hallvar Thoresen
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...
,
Faaberg, and
Strømsgodset, together with
Einar Sigmundstad, winning the
1991 Norwegian Football Cup, beating Rosenborg 3–1 in the final. His last post as a coach was in Frigg Oslo before taking over other managerial tasks in the club. Fossen retired 2007.
Honours
Player
Rosenborg
*
Norwegian top division
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:
1967
Events
January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 5
** Spain and Romania sign an agreement in Paris, establishing full consular and ...
,
1969
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Events January
* January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco.
* January 5
**Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...
*
Norwegian Cup
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:
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
Ja ...
Coach
Strømsgodset
*
Norwegian Cup
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:
1991
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References
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1940 births
2017 deaths
People from Østre Toten
Men's association football goalkeepers
Norwegian men's footballers
Rosenborg BK players
Eliteserien players
Norwegian football managers
Rosenborg BK non-playing staff
Rosenborg BK managers
IK Start managers
Norway national football team managers
Frigg Oslo FK managers
Strømsgodset Toppfotball managers
Eliteserien managers
Footballers from Innlandet