Lars Friis
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 May 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Feldborg, Denmark | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cercle Brugge (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Feldborg/Haderup IF | |||
| Aulum IF | |||
| Ikast FS | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –1999 | Feldborg/Haderup IF | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2018–2019 | Brentford B | ||
| 2021–2022 | Viborg | ||
| 2022 | AaB | ||
| 2024–2025 | Sparta Prague | ||
| 2026– | Cercle Brugge | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lars Friis (born 7 May 1976) is a Danish professional football manager. He is the current manager of Cercle Brugge.
Lars Friis was born on 7 May 1976 in Feldborg, Denmark. He started playing youth football for local club, Feldborg-Haderup IF. Known for his technical ability and dedication, he often played as a centre-back or midfielder, despite not being particularly fast or physically imposing.[1]
After a year at a nearby efterskole, where he played for Aulum IF, Friis joined Ikast FS, competing at the top youth levels before the formation of Midtjylland.[1]
He later returned to FHIF to start his senior career but was forced to retire at age 23 due to a cruciate ligament injury.[1]
Coaching career
Friis began his coaching career in 1999 at Midtjylland, where he was until 2015, when he also left the club shortly after Glen Riddersholm's departure.[2] Soon after, he accompanied Riddersholm to AGF as an assistant. In the spring of 2018, he was offered to join Brentford as a development coach, [3] but after a year he returned to AGF as an assistant, now for David Nielsen.[4]
