Frode Grodås

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Frode Grodås
Personal information
Full name Frode Grodås
Date of birth October 24, 1964 (1964-10-24) (age 43)
Place of birth    Volda, Norway
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth clubs
Hornindal
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1982–88
1988–96
1996–98
1998
1999–02
1999
2002–04
2007-		 Sogndal
Lillestrøm
Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur
Schalke 04
Racing Santander
Hønefoss
Lillestrøm		 00? (0)
182 (1)
021 (0)
000 (0)
013 (0)
022 (0)
026 (0)
000 (0)   
National team
1989–2002 Norway 050 (0)
Teams managed
2006
2007-		 Ham-Kam
Lillestrøm (goalkeeper-coach)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

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

During his career he played for several Norwegian clubs, most notably Lillestrøm, which he regards as his home club. After his 8 year spell at LSK he spent six years abroad, in England and Germany. He became English FA Cup champion in 1997 with Chelsea. He rounded off his career in the Norwegian Division One team Hønefoss. After retiring as a player, Grodås received the highest level of football coach education in Norway, and took over Ham-Kam from December 1, 2005. However, Grodås couldn't deliver the results, and Ham-Kam was relegated, and Grodås was fired on November 7.

In December of 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 also acts as the third-choice goalkeeper for the club.

In June of 2007 Lillestrøm`s, first-choice goalkeeper Heinz Müller received a two match suspension after hitting IK Start`s 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 the 29 May 2008 Grodås stepped in as caretaker, together with former Chelsea FC teammate Erland Johnsen.

v • d • e
Lillestrøm S.K. – current squad

1 Fredrikson • 2 Pedersen • 4 Bertheussen • 5 Bjørkøy • 7 Søgård • 8 Husár • 9 Riseth • 10 Riise • 11 Myklebust • 12 Moldskred • 13 Kippe • 14 Brenne • 15 Johnsen • 16 Arnarsson • 17 Midttun Lie • 18 Sundgot • 19 Abshir • 20 Kiesenebner • 21 Essediri • 22 Bergan-Foss • 23 Andresen • 24 Gundersen • 25 Mouelhi • 27 Grodås • 30 Occean • Manager: Nordlie
v • d • e
Norway squad - 1994 FIFA World Cup
1 Thorstvedt • 2 Halle • 3 Johnsen • 4 Bratseth • 5 Bjørnebye • 6 J. Flo • 7 Mykland • 8 Leonhardsen • 9 Fjørtoft • 10 Rekdal • 11 Jakobsen • 12 Grodås • 13 By Rise • 14 Nilsen • 15 Løken • 16 Sørloth • 17 Eggen • 18 Håland • 19 Strand • 20 Berg • 21 Rushfeldt • 22 Bohinen • Coach: Olsen
 Flag of Norway
v • d • e
Norway squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Grodås • 2 Halle • 3 Johnsen • 4 Berg • 5 Bjørnebye • 6 Solbakken • 7 Mykland • 8 Leonhardsen • 9 T. Flo • 10 Rekdal • 11 Jakobsen • 12 Myhre • 13 Baardsen • 14 Heggem • 15 Eggen • 16 J. Flo • 17 H. Flo • 18 Østenstad • 19 Hoftun • 20 Solskjær • 21 Riseth • 22 Strand • Coach: Olsen
 Flag of Norway


Persondata
NAME Grodås, Frode
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grodås, Frode
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 1964-10-24
PLACE OF BIRTH Volda, Norway
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH