Frode Grodås

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Frode Grodås
Frode Grodås.jpg
Frode Grodås at Viking Stadion
Personal information
Full name Frode Grodås
Date of birth 24 October 1964 (1964-10-24) (age 47)
Place of birth Volda, Norway
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
Hornindal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1982–1988 Sogndal (0)
1988–1996 Lillestrøm 182 (1)
1996–1998 Chelsea 21 (0)
1998 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
1999–2002 Schalke 04 13 (0)
1999 Racing Santander 22 (0)
2002–2004 Hønefoss 26 (0)
2007 Lillestrøm 0 (0)
National team
1989 Norway U21 5 (0)
1991–2000 Norway 50 (0)
Teams managed
2006 Ham-Kam
2007–2010 Lillestrøm (goalkeeping coach)
2010 Norway (goalkeeping coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Frode Grodås (born 24 October 1964) is a football coach and former national football team goalkeeper originally from Hornindal, Norway.[1] Capped 50 times for his country,[2] he participated at the 1998 FIFA World Cup as well as being an unused substitute at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

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[edit] Playing career

During his career he played for several Norwegian clubs. After his eight year spell at LSK he spent six years abroad, in England and Germany and in Sevilla in Spain.[3] He won an English FA Cup medal in 1997 with Chelsea,[1] keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win. He rounded off his career in the Norwegian Division One team Hønefoss.

[edit] Coaching career

He has education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.[4] After retiring as a player, Grodås received the highest level of football coach education in Norway, and took over HamKam from 1 December 2005. However, Grodås couldn't deliver the results, and Ham-Kam was relegated, and Grodås was fired on 7 November.

In December 2006 Grodås signed a three-year contract with Lillestrøm, as a goalkeeper-coach. Grodås is then back in what he regards as his home club. He has also acted as the third-choice goalkeeper for the club. In June 2007 Lillestrøm's first-choice goalkeeper Heinz Müller received a two match suspension after hitting Geir Ludvig Fevang with his left knee. As a result of this Grodås sat on the substitute bench as backup goalie, during the Tippeliga-match against Sandefjord later that month. He returned to the bench in August 2007, after an injury to Müller.

After Lillestrøm SK coach Tom Nordlie resigned on 29 May 2008 Grodås stepped in as caretaker, together with former Chelsea teammate Erland Johnsen.

In 2010, Grodås ended his term with Lillestrøm SK, in a mutual agreement, and took over as goalkeeper-coach for the Norwegian national team

[edit] Club Playing Honours

Lillestrøm Sportsklubb
Chelsea F.C.
FC Schalke 04

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Frode Grodås" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Frode_Grod%C3%A5s. Retrieved 19 May 2009. 
  2. ^ "unknown". fotball.no. http://www.fotball.no/histstat.ASP?WCI=wiPerson&personid=2714041. [dead link]
  3. ^ "Frode Grodås" (in Norwegian). aftenposten.no. http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?service=default&stats=true&type=person&personId=101. Retrieved 2 June 2011. 
  4. ^ Bugge, Mette (5 September 2008). "40 år og fortsatt full fart" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten: p. 20. 
  5. ^ "Cup-Winning Keepers: Frode Grodas". Chelsea FC. 13 May 2011. http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2050992,00.html. Retrieved 2 June 2011. 
Norway squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup
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Norway squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup
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