Steinar Aase

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]

Steinar Aase
Personal information
Full name Steinar Aase
Date of birth (1955-04-15) 15 April 1955
Place of birth Bergen, Norway
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–1973 Brann
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1979 Brann 119 (50)
1980–1983 Start 72 (28)
1984–1985 Brann 35 (13)
Total 226 (91)
National team
1974–1978 Norway U21 7 (1)
1976–1978 Norway 6 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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
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References
  1. Søfting, Thomas (10 December 2010). "Norway – All-Time Topscorers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  2. "Steinar Aase" (in Norwegian). Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  3. "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. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2011.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  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. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  8. Aarhus, Lars (29 January 2006). "Clubs' divisional movements (1938–2005)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  9. Søfting, Thomas (12 November 2011). "All-time national team players". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
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