Arild Stavrum (born 16 April 1972) is a Norwegian football coach and former player. His playing career included clubs as Brann,

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, Stabæk,

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and

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Playing career

Hailing from

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, he started his career in local club

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, and played for another two small clubs Jerv and

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. He was then picked up by Brann, and later by

. At Molde he formed a partnership with

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and Ole Bjørn Sundgot known as "the three S'es". He then played one season for Stabæk before going abroad with

in Sweden. Playing under former Molde coach

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, Stavrum became

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in the 1998 season. On 30 October 1999, he scored the only goal of the game when Helsingborgs IF defeated

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on away ground, winning Allsvenskan and the Swedish Championship. He then went to

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, joining

. In his first season, he made 32 appearances and scored 12 goals. He scored 17 goals in his second season with Aberdeen, which made him the second highest goalscorer in the 2000–01 Scottish Premier League. He was popular with the fans in Aberdeen, particularly after he cut and collected his trademark long hair, posting the offending follicles to local journalist Charlie Allan, who had previously claimed said locks were holding the Norwegian back. However, as a result of a contract clause that allowed him to move for a nominal fee, he signed for

in Turkey. This came as a bit of a surprise to Aberdeen, as he was pictured in the Turkish media with a Beşiktaş shirt before Aberdeen were actually aware that he would be leaving. His spell in Turkey was short-lived, as he left within a year. He returned to a second and final spell in the Norwegian league with Molde. He retired from a playing career following the 2004 season. On the international level, Stavrum played for

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twice, once against

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in a friendly.

Later career

In the 2005 season Stavrum was appointed coach of Second Division team

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. Having guided them to a respectable league position, Stavrum was hired by his old team Molde. However, he coached the team to relegation in

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and was sacked after the season. It was announced in December 2007 that Arild had signed a two-year coaching contract with

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. Outside of football, he has written for the media in Norway, as well as occasionally contributing to

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. In 2008, he made his debut as a fiction writer, with the novel ''31 år på gress'' published by the Norwegian publishing house Oktober.31 år på gress
at Bokkilden

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