Erik Ruthford Pedersen Explained

Erik Ruthford Pedersen
Birth Date:14 February 1946
Clubs1:Start
Manageryears1:1977–1978
Managerclubs1:Vindbjart
Manageryears2:1978–1978
Managerclubs2:Vigør
Manageryears3:1979–1980
Managerclubs3:Bodø/Glimt
Manageryears4:1981
Managerclubs4:Start (assistant)
Manageryears5:1982–1984
Managerclubs5:Start
Manageryears6:1985–1989
Managerclubs6:Start (youth)
Manageryears7:1991–1995
Managerclubs7:Start (assistant)
Manageryears8:1995
Managerclubs8:Start
Manageryears9:2007–2017
Managerclubs9:Start (goalkeeping coach)
Manageryears10:2010–2017
Managerclubs10:Vindbjart (goalkeeping coach)
Manageryears11:2018–
Managerclubs11:Vigør (goalkeeping coach)
Manageryears12:2019
Managerclubs12:Arendal (goalkeeping coach)

Erik Ruthford Pedersen (born 14 February 1946) is a Norwegian former football manager.

A player with a modest career in Start, he started his managing career in local clubs Vindbjart and Vigør before being hired by Bodø/Glimt. After two seasons he returned to Start, first as assistant manager, then as manager from 1982 to 1984. After long periods as youth coach and assistant manager, he again became manager in 1995. From 2007 through 2017 he was their goalkeeper coach.[1] He was the father of players Kjetil Ruthford Pedersen and Steinar Pedersen, and after Steinar Pedersen was sacked as manager by Start's new director of sports Tor-Kristian Karlsen in 2017, Pedersen quit Start.[2] He was regarded as a club legend and a person who "was Start".[3] He instead became goalkeeper coach of Vigør, and of Arendal when his son Steinar Pedersen was managed there.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erik Ruthford Pedersen - Stats et palmarès - 2018 . 2024-05-23 . footballdatabase.eu.
  2. News: Erik Ruthford Pedersen tar Start-pause i sinne etter 46 år i klubben. Folvik. Herman Tinius. 6 October 2017. VG. Norwegian. 26 April 2021.
  3. News: Jeg er ingen ungdom, men denne jobben holder meg ung. Karlsen. Håvard. 9 November 2016. Fædrelandsvennen. 42–43. Norwegian.