{{Short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1955)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Steinar Aase | image = | fullname = Steinar Aase | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|04|15|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bergen]], Norway | death_date = | death_place = | height = | position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]] | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1973 | youthclubs1 = [[SK Brann|Brann]] | years1 = 1973–1979 | clubs1 = [[SK Brann|Brann]] | caps1 = 119 | goals1 = 50 | years2 = 1980–1983 | clubs2 = [[IK Start|Start]] | caps2 = 72 | goals2 = 28 | years3 = 1984–1985 | clubs3 = [[SK Brann|Brann]] | caps3 = 35 | goals3 = 13 | totalcaps = 226 | totalgoals = 91 | nationalyears1 = 1974–1978 | nationalteam1 = [[Norway national under-21 football team|Norway U21]] | nationalcaps1 = 7 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | nationalyears2 = 1976–1978 | nationalteam2 = [[Norway national football team|Norway]] | nationalcaps2 = 6 | nationalgoals2 = 0 }}
'''Steinar Aase''' (born 15 April 1955) is a retired [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Association football|footballer]] who played for [[SK Brann|Brann]] and [[IK Start|Start]] as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]]. He was [[Cap (sport)|capped]] six times by [[Norway national football team|Norway]] at the international level and scored 81 goals in 211 appearances at [[Tippeligaen|the highest level of Norwegian football]].<ref name="RSSSF scorers">{{cite web|last=Søfting|first=Thomas|title=Norway – All-Time Topscorers|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nootops-allt.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=14 December 2011|date=10 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="FAN profile">{{cite web|title=Steinar Aase|url=http://www.fotball.no/Community/Profil/?fiksId=1916804|publisher=Football Association of Norway|accessdate=14 December 2011|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
==Club career== Aase began his career with [[SK Brann|Brann]] and made his debut in a [[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]] match against [[Arna-Bjørnar]] in 1973, coming on as a substitute to score a [[hat-trick]].<ref name="SKB profile">{{cite web|title=Spillerprofil: Steinar Aase|url=http://www.brann.no/historie/spillerdatabase/spillerarkiv/steinar-aase/|publisher=SK Brann|accessdate=15 December 2011|language=Norwegian}}</ref> He scored nine league goals in his first three seasons, with seven of them scored during the [[1975 Norwegian First Division|1975 First Division campaign]] where Brann finished as runners-up behind [[Viking FK|Viking]].<ref name="SKB profile"/> Aase formed a partnership with [[Bjørn Tronstad]] upon the latter's arrival.<ref name="SKB profile"/> They both scored in the [[1976 Norwegian Football Cup|1976 Norwegian Cup Final]] as Brann defeated [[Sogndal Fotball|Sogndal]] 2–1 to claim their fourth title.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Aarhus|first1=Lars|last2=Stokkermans|first2=Karel|title=Norway – List of Cup Finals|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/noocuphist.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=15 December 2011|date=26 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cup final in Oslo, October 24 |url=http://www.rsssf.no/1976/fcup |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |accessdate=15 December 2011 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080524094054/http://www.rsssf.no/1976/fcup |archivedate=24 May 2008 }}</ref> Aase scored 15 goals in 22 league games during the [[1976 Norwegian First Division|1976 season]].<ref name="SKB profile"/> 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 Norwegian First Division|1979 season]] meant he missed the entire campaign. Without him, Brann were relegated to the [[Adeccoligaen|Second Division]].<ref name="SKB profile"/>
Having recovered from injury, Aase was transferred to [[IK Start|Start]] ahead of the [[1980 Norwegian First Division|1980 season]]. Joining [[Svein Mathisen]] in attack, Start were crowned [[List of Norwegian football league champions|Norwegian champions]] for the second time.<ref name="SKB profile"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Schöggl|first=Hans|title=Norway – List of Champions|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/noochamp.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=15 December 2011|date=4 November 2011}}</ref> Aase scored the decisive goal in a 4–3 win against [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]] on the final day of the season as Start won the title by virtue of a better [[goal difference]] than [[Bryne FK|Bryne]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Aarhus |first=Lars |title=First division 1980 |url=http://www.rsssf.no/1980/First.html |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |accessdate=15 December 2011 |date=23 August 1998 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520122538/http://www.rsssf.no/1980/First.html |archivedate=20 May 2011 }}</ref> He spent three more seasons with Start, scoring 28 league goals for the club in total,<ref name="RSSSF scorers"/> before returning to Brann in 1984.<ref name="SKB profile"/> Aase scored ten goals in 15 league games during the 1984 campaign as Brann was promoted back to the First Division.<ref name="SKB profile"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Aarhus |first=Lars |title=Clubs' divisional movements (1938–2005) |url=http://www.rsssf.no/divisional.html#B |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |accessdate=15 December 2011 |date=29 January 2006 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725175932/http://www.rsssf.no/divisional.html#B |archivedate=25 July 2011 }}</ref> He retired at the end of the [[1985 Norwegian First Division|1985 season]].<ref name="SKB profile"/> Aase returned to Brann in the 1990s as a coach and went on to be employed by the club's marketing department.<ref name="SKB profile"/>
==International career== He made his senior international debut for [[Norway national football team|Norway]] against [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] on 25 August 1976.<ref name="FAN profile"/> He appeared again the following month against [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]] and went on to gain four more [[Cap (sport)|caps]] over the next two years.<ref name="FAN profile"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Søfting|first=Thomas|title=All-time national team players|url=http://www.home.no/greenriver/landslaget.html|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|accessdate=15 December 2011|date=12 November 2011}}</ref> Prior to being selected for the senior team, Aase represented Norway at the [[Norway national under-21 football team|under-21 level]]. He made seven appearances over a four-year period, scoring one goal – against [[Finland national under-21 football team|Finland]].<ref name="FAN profile"/>
==Honours== ;Brann *[[Norwegian Football Cup|Norwegian Cup]]: [[1976 Norwegian Football Cup|1976]]
;Start *[[Tippeligaen|Norwegian First Division]]: [[1980 Norwegian First Division|1980]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{NFT player|pid=35685}}
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