Roar Stokke (born 22 August 1959) is a former football player, coach and commentator, from Norway. In the mid-1980s he played for

Strindheim IL Strindheim Idrettslag is a Norwegian multisports club located in Trondheim. It has sections for athletics, handball, football, speed skating, and cross-country skiing. The cross-country ski team has several world cup competitors (see separate ar ...

. Ahead of the 1988 season he left for

Nardo FK Nardo Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from Trondheim. The men's team currently plays in the 3. divisjon, having been relegated from the 2. divisjon in 2021. The club played on the second tier from 1993 to 1996. History The club was ...

. In 1993, he was playing head coach of Nardo. In 1994 Nardo barely missed promotion to the

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, marking the heyday of the club's history. Stokke was offered the position as head coach of

Tromsdalen UIL Tromsdalen UIL is a Norwegian sports club founded in 1938, from Tromsdalen in the municipality of Tromsø. It has sections for football, athletics, skiing and gymnastics. The men's football team plays in 2. divisjon, the third level in Norwegi ...

, but refused. However, he resigned from Nardo in September 1995 after disagreements with the board of directors. He was later football commentator in the radio station

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, and also worked as key account manager in DFDS Tollpost. When

Knut Theodor Gleditsch Knut Theodor "Gle" Gleditsch (July 3, 1938 – February 13, 2001) was a Norwegian sportscaster from Sande, Vestfold. Life After spending some time at sea and studying as a business economist from the BI Norwegian Business School, he became a ...

died, he left a vacant seat as the main football commentator of TV 3, which Stokke came to fill. TV3 decided to "brand" the relatively unknown Stokke as a new football profile. Every year Roar comment the matches in the Champions League for the Norwegian channel viasat, and is famous for his extraordinary quotes.

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1959 births Living people Norwegian men's footballers Strindheim IL players Norwegian football managers Norwegian association football commentators Men's association football players not categorized by position 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-bio-stub