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Frode Grodås
	Grodås in 2008 as Lillestrøm coach
Personal information
Full name	Frode Grodås
Date of birth	24 October 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth	Volda, Norway
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	AGF (goalkeeping coach); Norway (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
0000–1982	Hornindal
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1986	Sogndal
1987–1996	Lillestrøm
1996–1998	Chelsea
1998	Tottenham Hotspur
1998–2002	Schalke 04
1999	→ Racing Santander (loan)
2002–2003	Hønefoss
2007	Lillestrøm
International career
1981	Norway U-16
1982	Norway U-19
1989	Norway U-21
1991–2002	Norway
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

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 Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.^[8] After retiring as a player, Grodås received the highest level of football coach education in Norway and took over HamKam 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 Sandefjord 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 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

Source:^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]

Season	Club	Division	League		Cup		Other		Continental		Total
Season	Club	Division	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	Chelsea		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	Hønefoss	1. divisjon	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]

Year	Apps	Goals
Norway
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

1. divisjon: 1989^{[citation needed]}
Norwegian Football Cup runner-up: 1992^[17]

Chelsea

FA Cup: 1996–97^[18]

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]}

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