Knut Aga Jr.

Knut Aga
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-01-04) 4 January 1971 (age 53)
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) forward
defender
Youth career
Rælingen
–1988 Strømmen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991 Strømmen
1992 Bryne
1993–1996 Vålerenga
1997–1998 Lyn 23 (1)
1999–2000 Sørumsand
Managerial career
2005–2006 Skedsmo
2007–2009 Lørenskog
2010 Skedsmo
2011 Fet
2016–2017 Skedsmo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Knut Aga (born 4 January 1971) is a retired Norwegian football striker and defender.

He played youth football for Rælingen and Strømmen,[1][2] and was drafted into Strømmen's senior team in 1989.[3] Ahead of the 1992 season he transferred to Bryne,[4] but already in 1993 he went on to Vålerenga.[5] He became the club's top goalscorer in 1994 with 8 goals, but was repositioned as a full back.

In 1997 he joined Lyn, but never became a regular.[6] He rounded off his career in lowly Sørumsand IF[7] and later turned to coaching.

After a successful run as head coach of Skedsmo FK, securing two promotions, Aga went on to coach Lørenskog IF in 2007 whence he resigned in the autumn of 2009.[8] He returned to Skedsmo ahead of the 2010 season, but resigned in the summer of 2010 for personal reasons.[9][10][11] Ahead of the 2011 season he signed on to Fet IL, but resigned already in May 2011, again citing personal reasons.[12][13] Aga rejoined Skedsmo ahead of the 2016 season.[14]

  1. ^ "Tap for alle "gjengangerne"". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 5 August 1985. p. 10.
  2. ^ "Norway Cup-finaler på Bislett lørdag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 6 August 1988.
  3. ^ Nesbø, Knut (13 January 1989). "Frigg vinterens vinnere!". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 4.
  4. ^ "Fotball: Bryne sikrer seg nye spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 27 October 1991.
  5. ^ Risvand, Nils Eivind (28 April 1993). "Foran seriestart: Gjeldfri VIF satser på ungdommen". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 22.
  6. ^ "Knut jr. Aga som Lynspiller" (in Norwegian). Lynhistorie. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  7. ^ Knut Aga Jr. at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  8. ^ Holterhuset, Martin (23 September 2009). "Nye hovedtrenere". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 31.
  9. ^ Vestgård, Fredrik (27 June 2012). "Poengsnittet det lukter opprykk av". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 24.
  10. ^ Vestgård, Fredrik (28 June 2012). "Trakk seg av personlige årsaker". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 23.
  11. ^ Vestgård, Fredrik (18 October 2010). "Skedsmo sikret ny kontrakt". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 27.
  12. ^ "Knut Aga jr. klar som Fet-trener". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). 3 January 2011. p. 24.
  13. ^ "Har trukket seg som Fet-trener". Indre Akershus Blad (in Norwegian). 20 May 2011. p. 22.
  14. ^ "Trenerskifter i lokalfotballen". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). 11 December 2015. p. 26.