Espen Granli

Espen Granli (born 16 September 1965) is a retired Norwegian football goalkeeper and later goalkeeping coach.

Espen Granli
Personal information
Date of birth (1965-09-16) 16 September 1965
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) goalkeeper
Youth career
Stabæk
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1996 Stabæk
1996–1997 Lyn 9 (0)
Teams managed
Lyn (goalkeeper coach)
Stabæk (goalkeeper coach)
Stabæk women (goalkeeper coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He made his debut for Stabæk in 1984, amassing 156 league and cup games until 1995. He was one of the few players who won successive promotions with Stabæk from the Fifth Division to the first tier, and finally got his Eliteserien debut in the 1995 season closer against Vålerenga. In 1996 he started the season as reserve before joining 1. divisjon club Lyn. Lyn won promotion and in the 1997 Eliteserien Granli got 7 more first-tier games.[1][2]

He subsequently became goalkeeping coach in Lyn, and later in for the Stabæk men's and women's team simultaneously.[3]

He is the father of footballers Daniel and Celine Granli.

References

  1. [www.stb.guru/players/1726/espen-granli "Spiller: Espen Granli"] Check |url= value (help) (in Norwegian). STB Guru. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. "Espen Granli som Lynspiller" (in Norwegian). Lynhistorie.com. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. Holmlund, Tor Bjørnar (30 April 2015). "Espen (49) lager landslagsspillere og Englands-proffer". Budstikka (in Norwegian). Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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