Arild Stavrum

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Arild Stavrum (born 16 April 1972) is a former Norwegian footballer. His playing career included clubs as Molde, Brann, Stabæk, Helsingborg, Aberdeen and Besiktas.

[edit] Playing abroad

Arild Stavrum came to Scotland in 1999, joining Aberdeen F.C.. In his first season he made 32 appearances and scored 12 goals.

Stavrum spent season 2000-2001 again with Aberdeen, where he was the club's top scorer with 17 goals. He was popular with the clubs fans, however, as a result of a contract clause that allowed him to move for a nominal fee, he signed for Besiktas in Turkey. This came as a bit of a surprise to Aberdeen, as he was pictured in the Turkish media with a Besiktas shirt before Aberdeen were actually aware that he would be leaving. His time in Turkey was short lived, where he left within a year, after failing to be accepted by the hard-to-please fans.

[edit] International appearances

He played for Norway twice, once against Israel in a friendly.

[edit] Later career

He managed Molde F.K. to relegation in 2006 and was sacked after the season.

He has recently worked writing for the media in Norway, as well as occasionally contributing to Scottish newspapers.

It was announced in December 2007 that Arild had signed a two year coaching contract with Skeid of Oslo.

In between coaching, he presents the Norweigan version of Location, Location, Location.

Made his debut as a fictional novel writer in march 2008. "31 years on gras" (meaning "on hold") takes an ironic view of the life of a top footballer.

Arild enjoys watching paint dry and Italian BMT from Subway.