Gaute Helstrup

Gaute Helstrup

Personal information
Full name	Gaute Ugelstad Helstrup
Date of birth	(1976-05-15) 15 May 1976 (age 48)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Bodø/Glimt (assistant 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
Managerial career
2005–2006	Tromsdalen (assistant)
2007–2008	Tromsdalen (developer)
2009–2010	Tromsdalen (assistant)
2011–2018	Tromsdalen
2019–2020	HamKam
2020–2023	Tromsø
2024–	Bodø/Glimt (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gaute Ugelstad Helstrup (born 15 May 1976) is a professional football manager and former Norwegian football midfielder who is the assistant manager of Bodø/Glimt.[2]

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

Managerial statistics

As of match played 3 December 2023^[citation needed]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Tromsdalen	3 December 2010	29 November 2018	246	130	44	72	052.8
HamKam	29 November 2018	19 May 2020	32	12	5	15	037.5
Tromsø	19 May 2020	31 December 2023	130	60	37	33	046.2
Total			408	202	86	120	049.5

References

1. Salomonsen, Per; Anthonsen, Hugo (10 June 2008). "Gaute U. Helstrup" (in Norwegian). Tromsø IL. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
2. "Gaute Helstrup blir en del av trenerteamet i Bodø/Glimt" (in Norwegian). FK Bodø/Glimt. 2 January 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
3. ""Jeg vet hva som skal til for å lykkes"". Bladet Tromsø (in Norwegian). 5 December 2008.
4. Eidissen, Lars (23 November 2010). "Åpner for Helstrup". Nordlys (in Norwegian).
5. "Helstrup tar over hovedansvaret". Bladet Tromsø (in Norwegian). 3 December 2010.
6. Kvålshagen, Robert Ulven (29 November 2018). "Helstrup ny trener i HamKam" (in Norwegian). HamKam. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
7. "Ny hovedtrener på plass". Tromsø IL. 19 May 2020. Archived from the original on 26 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.