Gaute Helstrup

Gaute Helstrup (born 15 May 1976) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder and current manager.

Gaute Helstrup
Personal information
Full name Gaute Ugelstad Helstrup
Date of birth (1976-05-15) 15 May 1976
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) midfielder
Club information
Current team
Tromsø (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
Teams managed
2005–2006 Tromsdalen (assistant)
2007–2008 Tromsdalen (developer)
2009–2010 Tromsdalen (assistant)
2011–2018 Tromsdalen
2019–2020 HamKam
2020– Tromsø
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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,[2][3] then manager.[4] After guiding Tromsdalen to a record-high 7th place in the 2018 1. divisjon he was picked up by Hamarkameratene as their new manager.[5] In May 2020 he was bought free from his Hamarkameratene contract and signed by Tromsø IL as manager.[6]

References

  1. Salomonsen, Per; Anthonsen, Hugo (10 June 2008). "Gaute U. Helstrup" (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. ""Jeg vet hva som skal til for å lykkes"". Bladet Tromsø (in Norwegian). 5 December 2008.
  3. Eidissen, Lars (23 November 2010). "Åpner for Helstrup". Nordlys (in Norwegian).
  4. "Helstrup tar over hovedansvaret". Bladet Tromsø (in Norwegian). 3 December 2010.
  5. Kvålshagen, Robert Ulven (29 November 2018). "Helstrup ny trener i HamKam" (in Norwegian). HamKam. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  6. "Ny hovedtrener på plass". Tromsø IL. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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