Cato André Hansen

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. After a spell at Bryne, Hansen was player-coach at Stavanger IF for three seasons, and has later been head coach of Bodø/Glimt.

Cato Hansen
Cato André Hansen
Personal information
Full name Cato André Hansen
Date of birth (1972-11-28) 28 November 1972
Place of birth Vågan, Norway
Position(s) Defender (association football)
Youth career
Strauman IL
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1995 Vågakameratene
1995–2006 Bodø/Glimt 234 (15)
2006 Bryne 3 (0)
2007–2009 Stavanger IF
Teams managed
2007–2009 Stavanger IF (player-coach)
2011–2012 Bodø/Glimt
2020– Grand Bodø (women)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Hansen hails from Strauman in Vågan municipality in Lofoten, and played for Strauman IL and Vågakameratene before he turned professional.[1] He played for Bodø/Glimt from 1995 to 2006, playing 217 games in the Norwegian Premier League.[2] He became captain of the club for the 2006 season.[3] Three months into the season, Hansen accepted a contract offer for Bryne, and Bodø/Glimt agreed to let Hansen leave the club six months before his contract was due to expire.[4]

After the 2006 season, Hansen was hired as player coach for Stavanger IF in the Norwegian Second Division. After a second place in the first season, Stavanger won the league in 2008 and was promoted to the Norwegian First Division. 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.[1] As a result of poor results, the club's head coach Kåre Ingebrigtsen, 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,[5] 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.[6] After the 2012 season, Bodø/Glimt hired Jan Halvor Halvorsen as head coach instead of Hansen.[7]

References
  1. "Cato blir Glimt-assistent" (in Norwegian). Lofotposten. 8 March 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  2. (in Norwegian) Cato Hansen profile, from 100 % Fotball, retrieved 25 July 2006
  3. (in Norwegian) Glimt banket Steigen Archived 2007-03-12 at the Wayback Machine, by Per Steinar Markussen, published by fotballmagasinet.no, retrieved 25 July 2006
  4. (in Norwegian) Glimt og Bryne ble enige Archived 2006-07-20 at the Wayback Machine, by Atle Andersen and Øyvind Sandsmark, published by 100 % Fotball, retrieved 25 July 2006
  5. Budalen, Andreas; Forland, Gisle (24 June 2011). "Cato Hansen: – Jeg gleder meg til fortsettelsen" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  6. Budalen, Andreas (16 November 2011). "Hansen og Staurvik skal trene Glimt" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  7. Røiseland, Simen Follesø (19 December 2012). "Jan Halvor Halvorsen trener Bodø/Glimt de neste tre årene" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
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