Steinar Aase

Steinar Aase
Personal information
Full nameSteinar Aase
Date of birth15 April 1955
Place of birthBergen, Norway
Playing positionForward
Youth career
–1973Brann
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1973–1979Brann119(50)
1980–1983Start72(28)
1984–1985Brann35(13)
Total226(91)
National team
1974–1978Norway U217(1)
1976–1978Norway6(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (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 international level and scored 81 goals in 211 appearances at the highest level of Norwegian football.[1][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,[1] before returning to Brann in 1984.[3] Aase scored ten goals in 15 league games during the 1984 campaign as Brann were 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 under-21 level. He made seven appearances over a four-year period, scoring one goal – against Finland.[2]

Honours

Brann
Start

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Søfting, Thomas (10 December 2010). "Norway – All-Time Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Steinar Aase" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 "Spillerprofil: Steinar Aase" (in Norwegian). SK Brann. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  4. ↑ Aarhus, Lars; Stokkermans, Karel (26 November 2010). "Norway – List of Cup Finals". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "Cup final in Oslo, October 24". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  6. ↑ Schöggl, Hans (4 November 2011). "Norway – List of Champions". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  7. ↑ Aarhus, Lars (23 August 1998). "First division 1980". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  8. ↑ Aarhus, Lars (29 January 2006). "Clubs' divisional movements (1938–2005)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  9. ↑ Søfting, Thomas (12 November 2011). "All-time national team players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 December 2011.

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