Steinar Ege

Steinar Ege (born 10 April 1972) is a retired Norwegian handballer and handball coach. He last played for Handball-Bundesliga side THW Kiel. Ege was a member of the Norwegian national handball team, which he represented over 250 times during his career.

After his playing career he became a youth coach at the Danish club Frederiksberg IF. Later he became the goalkeeping coach for the Norwegian national team.

Career In Norway Ege played for Greipstad, Øyestad IF, Kristiansand IF, Stavanger Håndball and Viking HK. He started his professional career in 1997 for German club VfL Gummersbach. In 1999 he moved to THW Kiel. Here he won the German Bundesliga in 2000 and in 2002 and the EHF Cup in 2002. He also reached the final of the EHF Champions League in 2000 with the club. He also won the Danish Cup in 2010. When the club went bankrupt in 2012, he retired. In 2015 he made a short comeback for THW Kiel, where he played from March to June in the 15/16 season. At the 2021 Olympics he lost the record for most matches on the Norwegian national team to Bjarte Myrhol.

Private life He is married to Lene Ege, formerly Andersen, who was also a professional handballer. Before he became a professional handballer he worked as a carpenter.