Einar Rossbach

Einar Rossbach
Personal information
Date of birth	20 October 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth	Porsgrunn, Norway
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Stridsklev
	Urædd
Senior career*
Years	Team
????–1981	Urædd
1982–1985	Pors Grenland
1986–1987	Ham-Kam
1988–1989	Pors Grenland
1990	Tromsø
1991–1993	Lyn
1994	Odd Grenland
1994–1995	Silkeborg
1999	Tollnes
2004	Pors Grenland
International career
1982	Norway U19
1984–1987	Norway U21
1990–1993	Norway
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Einar Rossbach (born 20 October 1964) is a former Norwegian international goalkeeper, he has played for Stridsklev, Ham-Kam, Tromsø, Lyn, Silkeborg, Tollnes and Pors Grenland. He was named goalkeeper of the year in both 1987 and in 1990, and received a Kniksen award in 1990 as "Goalkeeper of the year".^[2] VG named him "player of the year" in 1990. Rossback was capped six times for Norway.^[1]

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 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. Rossbach have made comebacks for both Tollnes and Pors Grenland 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.

Personal life

His son, Sondre Rossbach, is goalkeeper for Odds BK in the Norwegian Premier League.^[3]

External links

Einar Rossbach at National-Football-Teams.com

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Einar Rossbach, 20.10.1964". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 13 May 2003. Retrieved 11 June 2009.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 February 2005. Retrieved 2009-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Sondre (19) følger i pappas fotspor: - Tok valget sammen da jeg var elleve år".

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[nff-1] "Einar Rossbach, 20.10.1964". fotball.no (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Archived from the original on 13 May 2003. Retrieved 11 June 2009.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 February 2005. Retrieved 2009-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Sondre (19) følger i pappas fotspor: - Tok valget sammen da jeg var elleve år".

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