Einar Jan Aas

{{Short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1955)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Einar Aas | image = | full_name = Einar Jan Aas | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|10|12|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Moss, Norway|Moss]], Norway | height = 1.85 m | position = [[Centre-back]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 1972–1979 | clubs1 = [[Moss FK|Moss]] | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1979–1981 | clubs2 = [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] | caps2 = 13 | goals2 = 1 | years3 = 1981–1982 | clubs3 = [[Nottingham Forest]] | caps3 = 21 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 1983–1987 | clubs4 = [[Moss FK|Moss]] | caps4 = 43 | goals4 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 1977–1986 | nationalteam1 = [[Norway national football team|Norway]] | nationalcaps1 = 35 | nationalgoals1 = 3 }} '''Einar Jan Aas''' (born 12 October 1955) is a Norwegian former [[association football|footballer]] who played as a [[centre-back]]. He was the first Norwegian to play professionally in England and Germany.

==Club career== Aas started his career in [[Moss FK]] in 1973. In 1976, they were promoted to the [[Tippeligaen|Norwegian Premier League]], and ''[[Verdens Gang]]'' named him ''central defender of the year'' in 1977 and 1979.

His professional career started at [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]], where he stayed for the 1979–80 season. Midway through the following season, he was transferred to [[Nottingham Forest]], at the time managed by [[Brian Clough]]. A broken leg put a premature end to his stay at the City Ground. He returned to Moss in 1984, and helped the club win its first and to date only League title in 1987, before retiring as a player.

==International career== Aas debuted in the [[Norway national football team|Norway national team]] in 1978, and played 35 international matches in total, scoring three goals.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/aas_e.html |title=Einar Aas |publisher=Home.no |accessdate=2 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805234939/http://www.home.no/greenriver/players/aas_e.html |archivedate=5 August 2012 }}</ref>

==Personal== He was educated at the [[Norwegian School of Sport Sciences]].<ref>{{cite news|title=40 år og fortsatt full fart|last=Bugge|first=Mette|date=5 September 2008|work=Aftenposten|page=20|language=Norwegian}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{NFT player|20567}}

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