Stian Vatne (born 10 May 1974) is a Norwegian former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player. He started his club career in Molde HK, and later played for Stavanger IF in Norway,

Kadetten Schaffhausen Kadetten Schaffhausen is a Switzerland, Swiss professional handball team located in Schaffhausen. Their home matches are played at the :de:BBC-Arena, BBC Arena which has a capacity of 3,500. They compete in the Swiss First League of Handball and w ...

in Switzerland,

Ademar León Ademar is a masculine Germanic name, ultimately derived from ''Audamar'', as is the German form Otmar. It was in use in medieval France, Latinized as ''Adamarus'' or ''Ademarus'', and in modern times has been popular in French, Spanish and Portug ...

, Algeciras BM and CAI BM Aragón in Spain and lastly Füchse Berlin in Germany. He made his debut on the Norwegian national team in 1994, and played 101 matches scoring 128 goals. In 2013 he received the

Håndballstatuetten Håndballstatuetten is a Norwegian Handball award given to Norwegian players who has represented the Norwegian national team. The awardee must have played at least 200 matches and played at least 60% of matches in a 6-year period. It is awarded a ...

, the highest handball award in Norway.

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at the Norwegian Handball Association (Retrieved on 4 August 2008) 1974 births Living people Norwegian male handball players Sportspeople from Molde Liga ASOBAL players Norwegian expatriate handball players in Germany Norwegian expatriate handball players in Spain Expatriate handball players in Switzerland Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Füchse Berlin Reinickendorf HBC players {{Norway-handball-bio-stub