Frode Grodås

Frode Grodås (born 24 October 1964) is a Norwegian football coach and former national team goalkeeper originally from Hornindal in Sogn og Fjordane.[2] Capped 50 times for his country,[4] he participated at the 1998 FIFA World Cup as well as being an unused substitute at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Frode Grodås
Frode Grodås in 2008 as Lillestrøm coach
Personal information
Full name Frode Grodås[1]
Date of birth (1964-10-24) 24 October 1964
Place of birth Volda, Norway[2]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
0000–1982 Hornindal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1986 Sogndal (0)
1987–1996 Lillestrøm 182 (1)
1996–1998 Chelsea 21 (0)
1998 Tottenham Hotspur 0 (0)
1998–2002 Schalke 04 3 (0)
1999 → Racing Santander (loan) 6 (0)
2002–2003 Hønefoss 49 (0)
2007 Lillestrøm 0 (0)
National team
1981 Norway U-16[3] 2 (0)
1982 Norway U-19[3] 3 (0)
1989 Norway U-21[3] 5 (0)
1991–2002 Norway 50 (0)
Teams managed
2006 HamKam
2007–2010 Lillestrøm (goalkeeping coach)
2010– Norway (goalkeeping coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

During his career he played for several Norwegian clubs. After his ten-year spell[5] at Lillestrøm he spent six years abroad, in England, Germany and Spain. He won the English FA Cup in 1997 with Chelsea,[2] keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win in the final. He rounded off his career with Norwegian Division One team Hønefoss.

Grodås was last capped in 2002, aged 37 years and 318 days, and is the fourth oldest player at the Norwegian national team.[6]

Coaching career

He has education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.[7] 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. Grodås was fired on 7 November 2006.

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 manager Tom Nordlie had 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 in a mutual agreement and took over as goalkeeper-coach for the Norwegian national team.

Personal

Grodås' son, Victor Grodås, is also a footballer, playing for Hødd from Ulsteinvik.[8]

Career statistics

Club
Source:[9][10][11][12][13]
Season Club Division League Cup Other Continental Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Norway League Norwegian Cup Playoffs Europe Total
1986 Lillestrøm1. divisjon 0000–0000
1987 0000–0000
1988 22030––250
1989 22060–20300
1990 7020000090
1991Tippeligaen 22160––281
1992 22070––290
1993 19040–40270
1994 22030–40290
1995 25070–40360
1996 21030–30270
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
1996–97 ChelseaPremier League 2105010–270
1997–98 0000000000
1997–98 Tottenham Hotspur 000000–00
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal Europe Total
1998–99 Schalke 04Bundesliga2010100040
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Europe Total
1998–99 Racing SantanderLa Liga6000––60
Germany League DFB-Pokal DFB-Ligapokal Europe Total
1999–2000 Schalke 04Bundesliga000000–00
2000–01 100000–10
2001–02 0000100010
Norway League Norwegian Cup — Europe Total
2002 Hønefoss1. divisjon 19010––200
2003 30030––330
Total Norway 2921450001703541
England 210501000270
Germany 3010200060
Spain 6000——60
Career total 3221510301703931

International
Source:[14]
Norway
YearAppsGoals
199110
199260
199320
199460
199550
199670
199780
1998120
199910
200000
200100
200220
Total500

Honours

Lillestrøm

Chelsea

Schalke 04

Individual

References
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  2. "Frode Grodås". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
  3. "Frode Grodås". N3Sport.no. Retrieved 29 April 2013
  4. "Frode Grodås" (in Norwegian). NFF. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  5. "Frode Grodås" (in Norwegian). Allkunne. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  6. Lyngøy, Roar (7 June 2013). "Kapteinen tror ikke han kopierer eldstemann" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  7. Bugge, Mette (5 September 2008). "40 år og fortsatt full fart". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 20.
  8. Løvoll, Karl-Petter (26 November 2010). "Grodås og Diomande til Hødd". Sunnmørsposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  9. "Frode Grodås" (in Norwegian). NFF. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  10. "Frode Grodas". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  11. "Frode Grodås" (in Norwegian). LSK Historikk.com. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  12. "Frôde Grodås" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  13. "Frode Grodås" (in Norwegian). AltomFotball.no. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  14. "Frode Grodås". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  15. "1992 Norwegian Cup final in Oslo, October 25". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  16. Moore, Glenn (19 May 1997). "Chelsea cruelly expose Boro fault lines". The Independent. London. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
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