Lars Bakkerud (born 1 June 1971) is a retired Norwegian

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and later manager. After ending his professional career, he became player-manager of

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in 2007. He also took a 30% position as director of sports in Løv-Ham. By chance, these two teams faced each other in the

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. He resigned in Løv-Ham after the 2007 season. In mid-2008 he was hired as player developed in his former club

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. After three and a half years he took the same role in Brann, only to embark on a manager career in

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one year later. Both Lars Bakkerud and director of sports

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soon found themselves on illness absence, opening for

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as caretaker manager. When Bakkerud still had not returned at the end of the season. Ahead of the 2014 season he moved back to the Bergen district as director of sports in Os TF. In mid-2015 he relocated to his native

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as manager of Ørn-Horten. After a bad start in the

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he resigned. In 2017 he was ready for FK Tønsberg, where he became player developer, director of sports and coach.

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External links

Lars Bakkerud Interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bakkerud, Lars 1971 births Living people People from Larvik Norwegian footballers IF Fram Larvik players SK Brann players Panionios F.C. players Helsingborgs IF players Hønefoss BK players SK Vard Haugesund players Løv-Ham Fotball players Eliteserien players Super League Greece players Allsvenskan players Norwegian First Division players Association football midfielders Norwegian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Greece Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate footballers in Sweden Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Norwegian football managers Helsingborgs IF non-playing staff SK Brann non-playing staff Fredrikstad FK managers Sportspeople from Vestfold og Telemark