Knut Tørum

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Knut Kjartan Tørum (born 16 August 1971) is a Norwegian football coach. He is a former manager for Moss FK, 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 resig

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