| Lars Bakkerud | |
| Fullname: | Lars Henrik Bakkerud |
| Birth Date: | 1971 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Larvik, Norway |
| Position: | midfielder |
| Years1: | –1991 |
| Clubs1: | Fram Larvik |
| Years2: | 1992–1998 |
| Clubs2: | Brann |
| Caps2: | 100 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 1998–1999 |
| Clubs3: | Panionios |
| Caps3: | 12 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 1999–2003 |
| Clubs4: | Helsingborg |
| Caps4: | 63 |
| Goals4: | 5 |
| Years5: | 2003 |
| Clubs5: | Hønefoss |
| Years6: | 2004 |
| Clubs6: | Larvik Fotball |
| Years7: | 2005 |
| Clubs7: | Vard |
| Years8: | 2006 |
| Clubs8: | Løv-Ham |
| Years9: | 2007 |
| Clubs9: | Norheimsund |
| Manageryears1: | 2006 |
| Managerclubs1: | Sandviken women (assistant) |
| Manageryears2: | 2007 |
| Managerclubs2: | Norheimsund (player-manager) |
| Manageryears3: | 2007 |
| Managerclubs3: | Løv-Ham (director of sports) |
| Manageryears4: | 2008–2011 |
| Managerclubs4: | Helsingborg (developer) |
| Manageryears5: | 2012 |
| Managerclubs5: | Brann (developer) |
| Manageryears6: | 2013 |
| Managerclubs6: | Fredrikstad |
| Manageryears7: | 2014–2015 |
| Managerclubs7: | Os (director of sports) |
| Manageryears8: | 2015–2016 |
| Managerclubs8: | Ørn-Horten |
| Manageryears9: | 2017– |
| Managerclubs9: | FK Tønsberg (developer/director) |
Lars Bakkerud (born 1 June 1971) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder and later manager.
After ending his professional career, he came out of retirement to play the latter part of 2005 for SK Vard Haugesund. A back injury ruled him out already in August 2005.[1] [2] He was then hired as assistant manager of IL Sandviken's female team under head coach Arne Møller.[3] Their stint ended in the summer of 2006, and Bakkerud was available to play for Løv-Ham.[4] He was wanted as manager of Løv-Ham ahead of the 2007 season,[5] but ended up as player-manager of Norheimsund while also taking a 30% position as director of sports in Løv-Ham. By chance, these two teams faced each other in the 2007 Norwegian Football Cup.[6] [7] He resigned in Løv-Ham after the 2007 season.[8]
In mid-2008 he was hired as player developed in his former club Helsingborg.[9] After three and a half years he took the same role in Brann,[10] only to embark on a manager career in Fredrikstad one year later.[11] Both Lars Bakkerud and director of sports Joacim Jonsson soon found themselves on illness absence, opening for Håkon Wibe-Lund as caretaker manager. When Bakkerud still had not returned at the end of the season, his contract was terminated.[12] [13]
Ahead of the 2014 season Bakkerud moved back to the Bergen Region as director of sports in Os TF.[14] In mid-2015 he relocated to his native Vestfold as manager of Ørn-Horten.[15] After a bad start in the 2016 2. divisjon he resigned his position.[16] In 2017 he was ready for another club in the region, FK Tønsberg, where he became player developer,[17] director of sports and coach.
He married footballer Elin Hopland in the summer of 1996.[18]