Eirik Skjælaaen

Lars Bakkerud (born 14 October 1974) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder.

Eirik Skjælaaen

Eirik Skjælaaen.
Personal information
Date of birth	(1974-10-14) 14 October 1974
Place of birth	Bergen, Norway
Playing position(s)	midfielder
Youth career
–	Bergen Nord
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–1991	Bergen Nord
1992–1999	Brann	40	(7)
1998	→ Haugesund (loan)	3	(0)
1999–2003	Fyllingen
National team
1990	Norway U15	1	(1)
1991	Norway U16	2	(0)
1992	Norway U17	6	(0)
1993	Norway U18	3	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

A youth player in Bergen Nord FK, he was among others offered a scholarship from a university in Colorado.[1] He represented Norway as a youth international.[2] In 1992 he joined the largest club in Bergen, SK Brann.[3] He appeared for the first team from 1995 on, and following a 1995 season with ample playing opportunities he featured more scarcely in 1996 and 1997 and not at all in 1998.[2]

In late July 1998 a quintet was axed from the Brann squad, being demoted to the junior team lest they found another club: Geir Hasund, Eirik Skjælaaen, Gunnar Norebø, Morten Pettersen and André Herfindal.[4] A week later Skjælaaen signed for FK Haugesund on loan.[5] After a lengthy contract dispute also involving the players' trade union, Skjælaaen was finally released in April 1999 and commenced a long stint in Fyllingen.[6][7]

References

1. "Fra Ask(en) til ilden". VG (in Norwegian). 31 July 1990.
2. Eirik Skjælaaen at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
3. "Fra Ask(en) til ilden". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 24 April 1992.
4. "Fem vraket i Brann". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 28 July 1998.
5. "Skjælaaen til Haugesund" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 4 August 1998.
6. "Forlik mellom Hasund og Brann" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 9 April 1999.
7. "Skjælaaen klar for Fyllingen". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 12 April 1999.