Lars Bakkerud

Norwegian footballer (born 1971)

Lars BakkerudPersonal information

Full name|  Lars Henrik Bakkerud
Date of birth|  (1971-06-01) 1 June 1971 (age 54)
Place of birth|  Larvik, Norway
Position(s)|  midfielder
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
–1991|  Fram Larvik|  |
1992–1998|  Brann|  100|  (2)
1998–1999|  Panionios|  12[1]|  (0)
1999–2003|  Helsingborg|  63[1]|  (5)
2003|  Hønefoss|  |
2004|  Larvik Fotball|  |
2005|  Vard|  |
2006|  Løv-Ham|  |
2007|  Norheimsund|  |
Managerial career
2006|  Sandviken women (assistant)
2007|  Norheimsund (player-manager)
2007|  Løv-Ham (director of sports)
2008–2011|  Helsingborg (developer)
2012|  Brann (developer)
2013|  Fredrikstad
2014–2015|  Os (director of sports)
2015–2016|  Ørn-Horten
2017–|  FK Tønsberg (developer/director)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lars Bakkerud (born 1 June 1971) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder and later manager.[2]

## Manager career

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After ending his professional career, he came out of retirement to play the latter part of 2005 for SK Vard Haugesund. A back injury ruled him out already in August 2005.[3][4] He was then hired as assistant manager of IL Sandviken's female team under head coach Arne Møller.[5] Their stint ended in the summer of 2006, and Bakkerud was available to play for Løv-Ham.[6] He was wanted as manager of Løv-Ham ahead of the 2007 season,[7] but ended up as player-manager of Norheimsund while also taking a 30% position as director of sports in Løv-Ham. By chance, these two teams faced each other in the 2007 Norwegian Football Cup.[8][9] He resigned in Løv-Ham after the 2007 season.[10]

In mid-2008 he was hired as player developed in his former club Helsingborg.[11] After three and a half years he took the same role in Brann,[12] only to embark on a manager career in Fredrikstad one year later.[13] Both Lars Bakkerud and director of sports Joacim Jonsson soon found themselves on illness absence, opening for Håkon Wibe-Lund as caretaker manager. When Bakkerud still had not returned at the end of the season, his contract was terminated.[14][15]

Ahead of the 2014 season Bakkerud moved back to the Bergen Region as director of sports in Os TF.[16] In mid-2015 he relocated to his native Vestfold as manager of Ørn-Horten.[17] After a bad start in the 2016 2. divisjon he resigned his position.[18] In 2017 he was ready for another club in the region, FK Tønsberg, where he became player developer,[19] director of sports and coach.

## Personal life

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He married footballer Elin Hopland in the summer of 1996.[20]

## References

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1. ^ a b Lars Bakkerud at WorldFootball.net
2. ^ Lars Bakkerud at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
3. ^ "Pensjonist inntar Vard-midtbanen". Haugesunds Avis (in Norwegian). 7 July 2005. p. 32.
4. ^ "Bakkerud ferdig i Vard". Haugesunds Avis (in Norwegian). 19 August 2005. p. 29.
5. ^ "Lars Bakkerud ny trener i Sandviken". Østlands-posten (in Norwegian). 15 November 2005. p. 17.
6. ^ "Ønsker å bidra". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 29 August 2006. p. 32.
7. ^ "Løv-Ham og Norheimsund kjemper om Lars Bakkerud". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 1 December 2006. p. 30.
8. ^ "Bakkerud ny sportslig leder". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 16 April 2007.
9. ^ "Cupkrøll for Lars Bakkerud". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 8 May 2007.
10. ^ "Gir Løv-Ham 12 mill". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 16 November 2007.
11. ^ "Bakkerud blir spillerutvikler i Helsingborg" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 4 August 2008.
12. ^ "Bakkerud til ungdomssatsning". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 20 October 2011.
13. ^ "Bakkerud blir FFK-trener". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 29 November 2012.
14. ^ "FFK-treneren sykmeldt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 6 June 2013.
15. ^ "Bakkerud ferdig i FFK" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 9 October 2013.
16. ^ "Lars Bakkerud til Os Fotball". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 23 November 2013.
17. ^ "- Det var et lett valg for oss". Gjengangeren (in Norwegian). 7 August 2015.
18. ^ "- Det rette for klubben og meg". Gjengangeren (in Norwegian). 27 April 2016.
19. ^ "Tidligere Ørn-trener til FKT". Gjengangeren (in Norwegian). 14 January 2017.
20. ^ Hatland, Ingelill (11 April 1997). "– Ikke kall oss fotballenker". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). pp. 18–19.

## External links

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* Lars Bakkerud Interview

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals