Lars Bakkerud
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lars Henrik Bakkerud | ||
| Date of birth | 1 June 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Larvik, Norway | ||
| Position | 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]
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.