Frode Grodås (born 24 October 1964) is a Norwegian football coach and former

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originally from Hornindal in

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. Capped 50 times for his country, he participated at the 1998 FIFA World Cup as well as being an unused substitute at the

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Playing career

During his career he played for several Norwegian clubs. After his ten-year spell at

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he spent six years abroad, in England, Germany and Spain. He won the English

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in 1997 with

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, keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win in the final. He rounded off his career with Norwegian Division One team

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. Grodås was last capped in 2002, aged 37 years and 318 days, and is the fourth oldest player at the Norwegian national team.

Coaching career

He has education from the

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. After retiring as a player, Grodås received the highest level of football coach education in Norway and took over

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from 1 December 2005. However, Grodås couldn't deliver the results, and Ham-Kam was relegated. Grodås was fired on 7 November 2006. 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 Heinz Müller received a two match suspension after hitting 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

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later that month. He returned to the bench in August 2007 after an injury to Müller. After Lillestrøm manager Tom Nordlie had resigned on 29 May 2008, Grodås stepped in as caretaker together with former Chelsea teammate

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. In 2010, Grodås ended his term with Lillestrøm in a mutual agreement and took over as goalkeeper-coach for the Norwegian national team.

Personal life

Grodås' son, Victor Grodås, is also a footballer, playing for Hødd from

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Career statistics

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Honours

Lillestrøm * 1. divisjon:

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runner-up: 1992 Chelsea *

: 1996–97 Schalke 04 *

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: 2000–01, 2001–02 *

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runner-up: 2001 Individual *

Kniksen Award The Kniksen Award ( no, Kniksenprisen), established in 1990, honors the best players in the Norwegian football premiership. The award is named after the legendary Norwegian football player Roald Jensen, nicknamed "Kniksen". Categories Catego ...

Goalkeeper of the Year: 1991, 1993 * VG Goalkeeper of the Year: 1993 * Romerikes Blad Athlete of the Year: 1993

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