Frode Grodås
.jpg) Grodås in 2008 as Lillestrøm coach | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Frode Grodås[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 24 October 1964[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Volda, Norway[3] | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
AGF (goalkeeping coach) Norway (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –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) |
| International career | |||
| 1981 | Norway U-16[4] | 2 | (0) |
| 1982 | Norway U-19[4] | 3 | (0) |
| 1989 | Norway U-21[4] | 5 | (0) |
| 1991–2002 | Norway | 50 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006 |
HamKam | ||
| 2007–2010 | Lillestrøm (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2010– | Norway (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| 2024– | AGF (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Frode Grodås (born 24 October 1964) is a Norwegian football coach and former national team goalkeeper originally from Hornindal in Sogn og Fjordane.[3] Capped 50 times for his country,[5] he participated at the 1998 FIFA World Cup as well as being an unused substitute at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Playing career
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During his career he played for several Norwegian clubs. After his ten-year spell[6] at Lillestrøm he spent six years abroad, in England, Germany and Spain. He won the English FA Cup in 1997 with Chelsea,[3] 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.[7]
Coaching career
He has education from the
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
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. On January 8, 2024, Grodås signed a short contract with Danish Superliga club AGF until the summer of 2024. He would continue to fulfill his position on the Norwegian national team at the same time.[9]
Personal life
Grodås' son, Victor Grodås, is also a footballer, playing for Hødd from Ulsteinvik.[10]
Career statistics
Club
| Season | Club | Division | League | Cup | Other | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Norway | League | Norwegian Cup | Playoffs
|
Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1986 | Lillestrøm | 1. divisjon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1988 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 25 | 0 | ||||
| 1989 | 22 | 0 | 6 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
1990
|
7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 1991 | Tippeligaen
|
22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 28 | 1 | |||
| 1992 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | – | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 1993 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 1994 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 1995 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||
| 1996 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 3 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| England | League | FA Cup | League Cup
|
Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1996–97 | Chelsea | Premier League | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 27 | 0 | |
| 1997–98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1997–98 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | ||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Ligapokal
|
Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1998–99 | Schalke 04 | Bundesliga | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Spain | League | Copa del Rey | Copa de la Liga | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1998–99 | Racing Santander | La Liga | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 6 | 0 | ||
| Germany | League | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Ligapokal
|
Europe | Total | |||||||
| 1999–2000 | Schalke 04 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | |
| 2000–01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2001–02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Norway | League | Norwegian Cup | — | Europe | Total | |||||||
| 2002 | Hønefoss | 1. divisjon
|
19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 20 | 0 | ||
| 2003 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 33 | 0 | ||||
| Total | Norway | 292 | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 354 | 1 | |
| England | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Spain | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 322 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 393 | 1 | ||
International
- Source:[16]
| Norway | ||
| Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 12 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 50 | 0 |
Honours
Lillestrøm
- 1989[citation needed]
- Norwegian Football Cup runner-up: 1992[17]
Chelsea
Schalke 04
- DFB-Pokal: 2000–01, 2001–02[citation needed]
- DFB-Ligapokal runner-up: 2001[citation needed]
Individual
- Kniksen Award Goalkeeper of the Year: 1991, 1993[citation needed]
- VG Goalkeeper of the Year: 1993[citation needed]
- Romerikes Blad Athlete of the Year: 1993[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Frode Grodås" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Frode Grodås: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ Store Norske Leksikon(in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ^ a b c "Frode Grodås". N3Sport.no. Retrieved 29 April 2013
- NFF. Archived from the originalon 3 July 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ "Frode Grodås" (in Norwegian). Allkunne. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ Lyngøy, Roar (7 June 2013). "Kapteinen tror ikke han kopierer eldstemann" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Retrieved 12 June 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Bugge, Mette (5 September 2008). "40 år og fortsatt full fart". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 20.
- ^ MÅLMANDSTRÆNER PÅ PLADS, agf.dk, 8 January 2024
- ^ Løvoll, Karl-Petter (26 November 2010). "Grodås og Diomande til Hødd". Sunnmørsposten (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 April 2013.
- ^ "Frode Grodås" (in Norwegian). NFF. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Frode Grodas". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Frode Grodås" (in Norwegian). LSK Historikk.com. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Frôde Grodås" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Frode Grodås" (in Norwegian). AltomFotball.no. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "Frode Grodås". EU-Football.info. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
- ^ "1992 Norwegian Cup final in Oslo, October 25". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- ^ Moore, Glenn (19 May 1997). "Chelsea cruelly expose Boro fault lines". The Independent. London. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
External links
- Frode Grodås – FIFA competition record (archived)
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