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Lars Friis

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Lars Friis
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-05-07) 7 May 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth Feldborg, Denmark
Team information
Current team
 Sparta Prague (manager)
Youth career
Feldborg/Haderup IF
Aulum IF
Ikast FS
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1999 Feldborg/Haderup IF
Managerial career
2021–2022 Viborg
2022 AaB
2024– Sparta Prague
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lars Friis (born 7 May 1976) is a Danish football manager who is manager of Czech First League club Sparta Prague.

Playing career

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Lars Friis was born on 7 May 1976 in Feldborg, Denmark. He started playing youth football for local club, Feldborg-Haderup IF. Known for his technical ability and dedication, he often played as a centre-back or midfielder, despite not being particularly fast or physically imposing.[1]

After a year at a nearby efterskole, where he played for Aulum IF, Friis joined Ikast FS, competing at the top youth levels before the formation of Midtjylland.[1]

He later returned to FHIF to start his senior career but was forced to retire at age 23 due to a cruciate ligament injury.[1]

Coaching career

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Friis began his coaching career in 1999 at Midtjylland, where he was until 2015, when he also left the club shortly after Glen Riddersholm's departure.[2] Soon after, he accompanied Riddersholm to AGF as an assistant. In the spring of 2018, he was offered to join Brentford as a development coach, [3] but after a year he returned to AGF as an assistant, now for David Nielsen.[4]

Managerial career

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In January 2021, he took up his first head coaching position when he joined Viborg.[5]

In January 2022 he was signed by AaB, but was unable to get out of his contract until compensation was paid to Viborg by AaB. He officially became AaB manager on 9 March 2022.[6] Following a poor start to the 2022–23 Danish Superliga season Friis was sacked by AaB on 15 September 2022.[7] On 16 December 2022, Friis was hired as an assistant coach to Sparta Prague manager Brian Priske.[8] On 12 June 2024, Friis was appointed as the manager of Sparta Prague, replacing Priske, who became the manager of Feyenoord.[9]

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 10 May 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Viborg Denmark 16 January 2021 8 March 2022 34 17 10 7 65 37 +28 050.00
AaB Denmark 9 March 2022 15 September 2022 22 6 4 12 27 36 −9 027.27
Sparta Prague Czech Republic 1 July 2024 Present 50 28 7 15 88 67 +21 056.00
Total 106 51 21 34 180 140 +40 048.11

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hansen, Jørgen (20 December 2022). "Superligatræneren fra Feldborg". Dansk Træner Union (in Danish). Archived from the original on 3 March 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
  2. ^ "FCM assistant stops at the turn of the year". bold.dk (in Danish). 26 July 2015.
  3. ^ Tøfting, Nicolai (3 January 2018). "Lars Friis is the new development coach at Brentford". bold.dk (in Danish).
  4. ^ Schmidt, Martin (24 July 2019). "AGF brings Lars Friis home as an assistant". bold.dk (in Danish).
  5. ^ "Lars Friis is the new head coach of VFF". Viborg FF (in Danish). 16 January 2021.
  6. ^ Nelausen, Raymund (8 March 2022). "AaB bekræfter: Lars Friis starter onsdag". bold.dk (in Danish).
  7. ^ Margren, Sara (15 September 2022). "Bombe: AaB fyrer Lars Friis". bold.dk (in Danish).
  8. ^ "Sparta má nového asistenta. Přináší lidský aspekt, vítá ho Priske". Blesk (in Czech). Czech News Center. Czech News Agency. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  9. ^ Lizec, Jiří (12 June 2024). "Potvrzeno. Priske míří do Feyenoordu. Spartu přebírá osvědčené jméno". Sport.cz (in Czech). Borgis. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
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