Erik Ruthford Pedersen (born 14 February 1946) is a Norwegian former football manager.
A player with a modest career in
Start
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, he started his managing career in local clubs
Vindbjart and
Vigør before being hired by
Bodø/Glimt. After two seasons he returned to Start, first as assistant manager, then as manager from 1982 to 1984. After long periods as youth coach and assistant manager, he again became manager in 1995. From 2007 through 2017 he was their goalkeeper coach. He was the father of players
Kjetil Ruthford Pedersen and
Steinar Pedersen
Steinar Pedersen (born 6 June 1975) is a former Norwegian football defender. He is the son of Erik Ruthford Pedersen and brother of Kjetil Ruthford Pedersen. Pedersen is the first Norwegian to win the UEFA Champions League.
His career began w ...
, and after Steinar Pedersen was sacked as manager by Start's new director of sports
Tor-Kristian Karlsen in 2017, Pedersen quit Start. He was regarded as a club legend and a person who "''was'' Start".
He instead became goalkeeper coach of Vigør, and of
Arendal
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when his son Steinar Pedersen was managed there.
References
1946 births
Living people
Footballers from Kristiansand
Norwegian men's footballers
IK Start players
Norwegian football managers
FK Bodø/Glimt managers
IK Start managers
Association football goalkeeping coaches
Men's association football players not categorized by position
20th-century Norwegian sportsmen
Eliteserien managers
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