Leif Gunnar Smerud

Leif Gunnar Smerud

Leif Gunnar Smerud, 2011
Personal information
Date of birth (1977-01-24) 24 January 1977
Place of birth Stavanger, Norway
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
Vidar
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1997 Vidar
1997–1999 Lillestrøm 54 (5)
2000–2002 Viking 0 (0)
2000 → Vidar (loan)
2003–2004 Mandalskameratene 52 (14)
2004–2005 Lyn 14 (1)
National team
1992 Norway U15 4 (0)
1994 Norway U17 2 (0)
1995 Norway U18 9 (0)
1996–1997 Norway U20 4 (0)
1997–1998 Norway U21 5 (0)
Teams managed
2007 Mandalskameratene
2011–2013 Hønefoss
2013– Norway U21
2016– Norway (women) (caretaker)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Leif Gunnar Smerud (born 24 January 1977 in Stavanger) is a Norwegian football manager and former player. He played in the top League for Lillestrøm, Viking and FC Lyn Oslo, and on the 2nd level for Mandalskammeratene. He also represented Norway up to U21-level, and played in the U18 European Championship i 1995.

He is currently National Team Head Coach for the Norwegian U21-national team. He was head coach of the Tippeligaen team Hønefoss between 2011 and 2013.[1] He took the team to the Top league in his first year, and was the first and only coach in history to keep them there. In 2011 he was named "young coach of the year" by the National Coach Association. Before his spell with Hønefoss he was an assistant coach for the women national team that won a bronze medal in the 2009 euro, a team who was named Team of the year in Norway in 2009. Smerud has a UEFA-Pro-license. He is also a trained psychologist.

References

  1. ↑ "Smerud og Hønefoss skiller lag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 23 November 2013.


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