Norwegian footballer (born 1955)
Steinar Aase|
Full name |
Steinar Aase |
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Date of birth |
(1955-04-15) 15 April 1955 (age 69) |
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Place of birth |
Bergen, Norway |
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Position(s) |
Forward |
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0000–1973 |
Brann |
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Years |
Team |
Apps |
(Gls) |
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1973–1979 |
Brann |
119 |
(50) |
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1980–1983 |
Start |
72 |
(28) |
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1984–1985 |
Brann |
35 |
(13) |
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Total |
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226 |
(91) |
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1974–1978 |
Norway U21 |
7 |
(1) |
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1976–1978 |
Norway |
6 |
(0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Steinar Aase (born 15 April 1955) is a retired Norwegian footballer who played for Brann and Start as a forward. He was capped six times by Norway at the international level and scored 81 goals in 211 appearances at the highest level of Norwegian football.[2]
Club career
Aase began his career with Brann and made his debut in a Norwegian Cup match against Arna-Bjørnar in 1973, coming on as a substitute to score a hat-trick.[3] He scored nine league goals in his first three seasons, with seven of them scored during the 1975 First Division campaign where Brann finished as runners-up behind Viking.[3] Aase formed a partnership with Bjørn Tronstad upon the latter's arrival.[3] They both scored in the 1976 Norwegian Cup Final as Brann defeated Sogndal 2–1 to claim their fourth title.[4][5] Aase scored 15 goals in 22 league games during the 1976 season.[3] Brann finished in mid-table over the next two campaigns with Aase scoring 26 league goals during that time before a knee injury suffered ahead of the 1979 season meant he missed the entire campaign. Without him, Brann were relegated to the Second Division.[3]
Having recovered from injury, Aase was transferred to Start ahead of the 1980 season. Joining Svein Mathisen in attack, Start were crowned Norwegian champions for the second time.[3][6] Aase scored the decisive goal in a 4–3 win against Rosenborg on the final day of the season as Start won the title by virtue of a better goal difference than Bryne.[7] He spent three more seasons with Start, scoring 28 league goals for the club in total, before returning to Brann in 1984.[3] Aase scored ten goals in 15 league games during the 1984 campaign as Brann was promoted back to the First Division.[3][8] He retired at the end of the 1985 season.[3] Aase returned to Brann in the 1990s as a coach and went on to be employed by the club's marketing department.[3]
International career
He made his senior international debut for Norway against Denmark on 25 August 1976.[2] He appeared again the following month against Sweden and went on to gain four more caps over the next two years.[2][9] Prior to being selected for the senior team, Aase represented Norway at the under-21 level. He made seven appearances over a four-year period, scoring one goal – against Finland.[2]
Honours
- Brann
- Start
References
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