Steinar Aase | |
Fullname: | Steinar Aase |
Birth Date: | 15 April 1955 |
Birth Place: | Bergen, Norway |
Position: | Forward |
Youthyears1: | –1973 |
Youthclubs1: | Brann |
Years1: | 1973–1979 |
Caps1: | 119 |
Goals1: | 50 |
Years2: | 1980–1983 |
Caps2: | 72 |
Goals2: | 28 |
Years3: | 1984–1985 |
Caps3: | 35 |
Goals3: | 13 |
Totalcaps: | 226 |
Totalgoals: | 91 |
Nationalyears1: | 1974–1978 |
Nationalteam1: | Norway U21 |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Nationalyears2: | 1976–1978 |
Nationalteam2: | Norway |
Nationalcaps2: | 6 |
Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
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.[1] [2]
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 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]
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]