Tor Marius Gromstad

Tor Marius Gromstad ( born July 8, 1989 in Arendal, † 12 May, 2012 Oslo) was a Norwegian footballer. The central defender played for Stabæk Fotball in the Tippeligaen. For the club he played after his debut in the summer of 2008, 36 top-flight appearances, where he remained without a goal.

Career

Gromstad began his career in his hometown at the local club FK Arendal, with the youth team he won the South-Norwegian junior championship in 2005. There, the defense and midfield made ​​in early 2007 's attention. After he had rejected an initial offer of the first division Stabæk Fotball despite offered admission to the sports high school to concentrate in his home on the school career, he flew with the team of the club in February of this year the training camp in the Spanish La Manga del Mar Menor. In the same year he joined the club, but was initially only in youth Stabæk Fotball active.

On 21 July 2008 Gromstad debut in a 5-1 victory over Fredrikstad FK as a substitute for Kjølø Mike, overall he carried with three brief appearances in the 2008 season to win the league title at. First still mainly a reserve player, he stood in the seasons 2010 and also at times on the side of Veigar Páll Gunnarsson, Espen Hoff and Henning Hauger in the starting lineup. In the last third of the season 2011 he was promoted under the Swedish coach Jörgen Lennartsson team regular. Even his successor Petter Belsvik sat on him at the start of the following season he made together with Sean Cunningham in six of the first eight games of the season the Innenverteidigerduo.

13 May 2012 Gromstad was reported missing after he was last seen the day before, and his club turned to the public with a request for assistance in the search. On the following morning he was found dead at a construction site in Oslo.