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{{Short description|Norwegian football coach (born 1971)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name        = Knut Tørum
| image       = Knut Tørum 2006 05 04.jpg
| image_size  = 220
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1971|8|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bergen]], [[Norway]]
| position    = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| manageryears1 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs1 = [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]]
| manageryears2 = 2008–2011 | managerclubs2 = [[IK Start|Start]]
| manageryears3 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs3 = [[Norway national under-21 football team|Norway U21]]
| manageryears4 = 2014–2017    | managerclubs4 = [[Arendal Fotball|Arendal]]
}}

'''Knut Kjartan Tørum''' (born 16 August 1971) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[football (soccer)|football]] coach. He is a former manager for [[Moss FK]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mossfk.no/kat/000039.asp |title=Moss Fotballklubb - Tidligere trenere |access-date=2009-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929144833/http://www.mossfk.no/kat/000039.asp |archive-date=2010-09-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> leading the team to the Tippeliga play-off's in 2005. He is also a former assistant coach for [[Stabæk Fotball]].

In August 2006, [[Per Mathias Høgmo]] took a two-month sick leave from [[Rosenborg BK]] as its head football coach; Tørum (at the time the club's assistant coach) took over as substitute head-coach. Rosenborg was very successful under his guidance starting with a club record eight consecutive game wins and earned Tørum the title coach of the month for August and October 2006. Despite Tørums success, Rosenborg announced that Høgmo would return to his job after the season. Rosenborg led in league competition that season earning gold medals. On 31 October, Høgmo decided to retire as Rosenborg head coach. Tørum was offered the job as new head coach in Rosenborg, accepted and would eventually be named coach of the year for 2006.

The 2006 season success was not replicated in the 2007 season, but Rosenborg managed to qualify for the [[UEFA Champions League]] where the club impressed in the group stage with a 1-1 draw away against [[Chelsea FC]] and beating [[Valencia CF]] 2-0 twice. Tørum resigned the day after the latter match against Valencia.

Tørum was appointed as head-coach of [[IK Start]] in December 2008. He resigned this position 22 June 2011,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tv2.no/sport/fotball/tippeligaen/knut-toerum-trekker-seg-som-trener-for-start-3523178.html|title = Knut Tørum trekker seg som trener for Start| date=22 June 2011 }}</ref> hours before a cup match against [[Strømsgodset IF]]. After leaving his job at Start, Tørum and his family wanted to stay in [[Kristiansand]], and in December 2011 he got a non-football job in Kristiansand.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fotball.fvn.no/eliteserien/article218346.ece |title=Knut Tørum har fått ny sjefsjobb &#124; FVN.no |accessdate=2012-01-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120709155445/http://fotball.fvn.no/eliteserien/article218346.ece |archivedate=2012-07-09 }}</ref> In January 2013, he was appointed as [[Tor Ole Skullerud]]'s assistant coach of the [[Norway national under-21 football team|Norway under-21 team]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/fotball/article3554802.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Tørum blir U21-assistent |publisher=Nettavisen |agency=Norwegian News Agency |date=22 January 2013 |accessdate=8 October 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

He has his education from the [[Norwegian School of Sport Sciences]].<ref>{{cite news|title=40 år og fortsatt full fart|last=Bugge|first=Mette|date=5 September 2008|work=Aftenposten|page=20|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==Honours==
;Norway
*[[Tippeligaen]]: [[2006 Tippeligaen|2006]]

;Individual
*[[Tippeligaen]] Coach of the Month: August 2006, October 2006
*[[Kniksen Award|Kniksen Award Coach of the Year]]: [[Kniksen award#2006|2006]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rosenborg BK managers}}
{{IK Start managers}}

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[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Norwegian football managers]]
[[Category:Kniksen Award winners]]
[[Category:Rosenborg BK managers]]
[[Category:Norwegian School of Sport Sciences alumni]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Bergen]]
[[Category:IK Start managers]]
[[Category:Moss FK managers]]
[[Category:Norwegian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Arendal Fotball managers]]
[[Category:Eliteserien managers]]


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