Gaute Helstrup
Norwegian footballer and manager (born 1976) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaute Ugelstad Helstrup (born 15 May 1976) is a professional football manager and former Norwegian football midfielder who is the assistant manager of Bodø/Glimt.[2]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gaute Ugelstad Helstrup | ||
Date of birth | (1976-05-15) 15 May 1976 (age 47) | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bodø/Glimt (assistant manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
–1990 | Krokelvdalen | ||
1991–1994 | Tromsdalen | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1994–1997 | Tromsdalen | ||
1998–2000 | Tromsø | 31[1] | (2) |
2001 | Haugesund | 24 | (0) |
2002–2006 | Tromsdalen | ||
Managerial career | |||
2005–2006 | Tromsdalen (assistant) | ||
2007–2008 | Tromsdalen (developer) | ||
2009–2010 | Tromsdalen (assistant) | ||
2011–2018 | Tromsdalen | ||
2019–2020 | HamKam | ||
2020–2023 | Tromsø | ||
2024– | Bodø/Glimt (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
He joined Tromsdalen at the age of 15, made his first-team debut at the age of 18 and played there his entire career. The exception was four seasons in the Eliteserien, in Tromsø and Haugesund.[1]
Helstrup served as assistant coach of Tromsdalen in 2005 and 2006, then player developer.[1] From 2009 through 2010 he was again assistant under Morten Pedersen,[3][4] then manager.[5] After guiding Tromsdalen to a record-high 7th place in the 2018 1. divisjon he was picked up by Hamarkameratene as their new manager.[6] In May 2020 he was bought free from his Hamarkameratene contract and signed by Tromsø IL as manager.[7]