| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gaute Ugelstad Helstrup | ||
| Date of birth | (1976-05-15)15 May 1976 (age 49) | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | 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 professionalfootball manager and former Norwegianfootball midfielder who is the assistant manager ofBodø/Glimt.
He joinedTromsdalen 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 theEliteserien, inTromsø andHaugesund.[1]
Helstrup served as assistant coach of Tromsdalen in 2005 and 2006, then player developer.[1] From 2009 through 2010 he was again assistant underMorten Pedersen,[2][3] then manager.[4] After guiding Tromsdalen to a record-high 7th place in the2018 1. divisjon he was picked up byHamarkameratene as their new manager.[5]
In May 2020 he was bought free from his Hamarkameratene contract and signed byTromsø as manager.[6] In his first season, Helstrup was tasked with bringing Tromsø back to theEliteserien after their relegation the season prior. With two games left to play of the season, the promotion spot was confirmed with a win overRaufoss.[7] His next two seasons at Tromsø saw the team finishing 12th and 7th in the top flight, before finishing third in the2023 season, Tromsø's best place in the league for twelve years.[8]
Ahead of the 2024 season, Helstrup was brought in as the new assistant coach ofBodø/Glimt under head coachKjetil Knutsen. He signed a four-year contract with the club.[9][10]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Tromsdalen | 3 December 2010 | 29 November 2018 | 246 | 130 | 44 | 72 | 052.8 | [11] |
| HamKam | 29 November 2018 | 19 May 2020 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 037.5 | [12] |
| Tromsø | 19 May 2020 | 31 December 2023 | 130 | 60 | 37 | 33 | 046.2 | [13] |
| Total | 408 | 202 | 86 | 120 | 049.5 | — | ||
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