Cato André Hansen (born 28 November 1972) is a Norwegian football coach and former defender who played most of his career for Bodø/Glimt in the

Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a professional association football league in Norway and the highest level of the Norwegian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Norwegian First Division ...

. After a spell at

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, Hansen was player-coach at

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for three seasons, and has later been head coach of Bodø/Glimt.

Career

Hansen hails from Strauman in

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, and played for Strauman IL and Vågakameratene before he turned professional. He played for Bodø/Glimt from 1995 to 2006, playing 217 games in the

. He became

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of the club for the 2006 season. Three months into the season, Hansen accepted a contract offer for

, and Bodø/Glimt agreed to let Hansen leave the club six months before his contract was due to expire. After the 2006 season, Hansen was hired as player-coach for

in the

Norwegian Second Division The Norwegian Second Division, also called 2. divisjon and often referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons, is the third-highest level of the Norwegian football league system. There are 28 teams divided into two groups, and at the ...

. After second place in the first season, Stavanger won the league in 2008 and was promoted to the

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. As Stavanger IF is a small club with limited economic means, they were relegated in their first season on a national level. Hansen returned home to Northern Norway and Bodø, where he started working as marketing director for the local handball side. In the pre-season of 2011, he was hired as assistant manager to his former club Bodø/Glimt. As a result of poor results, the club's head coach

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, left the club and left Hansen in charge. Bodø/Glimt announced one month later that Hansen would lead the team for the remainder of the 2011 season, and he led the team from the bottom of the table to fight for promotion, the club signed him for another season, with Tom Kåre Staurvik as assistant coach. After the 2012 season, Bodø/Glimt hired

Jan Halvor Halvorsen Jan Halvor Halvorsen (born 8 March 1963) is a former Norwegian football player and manager. Club career Halvorsen started his youth career in Pors, debuting at the age of fifteen and a half. He has also played for clubs like Brann, Rosenb ...

as head coach instead of Hansen.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Cato Andre 1972 births Living people People from Vågan Norwegian men's footballers Men's association football defenders FK Bodø/Glimt players Bryne FK players Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Norwegian football managers FK Bodø/Glimt managers Footballers from Nordland