Steinar Lein

Steinar Lein (born 26 July 1971) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder and current manager. He has two kids Tobias and Emilie Lein

Steinar Lein
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-07-26) 26 July 1971
Playing position(s) midfielder
Youth career
Kolstad
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1993 Kolstad
1994 Elverum
1995 Kolstad
1996 Byåsen
1997–1998 Rosenborg 13 (1)
1999–2002 FK Haugesund
2003–2010 Vard Haugesund
Teams managed
2007–2013 Vard Haugesund
2014–2016 Hødd
–2018 Haugar (women)
2019– Rosenborg (women)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He played youth football for Kolstad, winning his age group in the 1986 Norway Cup.[1] He then played senior football for Kolstad, except for the 1994 season in Elverum,[2][3] and joined Byåsen in 1996.[4] In 1997 he joined giants Rosenborg BK, making his league debut in the summer and amassing 11 league games over two seasons.[5] He then settled in southwestern city Haugesund, playing for FK Haugesund from 1999 through 2002 and Vard Haugesund from 2003 through 2010.[6]

From 2007 he was also the head coach of Vard Haugesund. From 2014 to 2016 he was played developer and head coach of IL Hødd. He went back to Haugesund as head coach of SK Haugar's women, and moved back to Trondheim in 2019 to coach the women's top-tier club Trondheims-Ørn who in 2020 changed their name to Rosenborg Kvinner.[7]

References
  1. "Fakta fra Norway Cup-finalene" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 2 August 1986.
  2. Sandmoe, Thorleif (29 April 1994). "Her er 2. divisjon avdeling 1". Trønder-Avisa (in Norwegian). p. 14.
  3. Kristengård, Einar (11 November 1994). "Steinkjer og Blink tappes". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). p. 14.
  4. "Byåsen IL". Sesong-start 96 (Adresseavisen) (in Norwegian). 11 April 1996. p. 18.
  5. Steinar Lein (in Norwegian), RBKweb, retrieved 25 May 2019
  6. Steinar Lein at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  7. "Steinar Lein ny hovedtrener i Ørn" (in Norwegian). Trondheims-Ørn. 19 December 2018. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
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