Axel Olav Kolle (born 24 January 1973) is a retired Norwegian

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. He is a son of footballer , and started his youth career in a small club named Cicignon. He then came through

SFK Lyn Ski- og Fotballklubben Lyn () is a Norwegian alliance sports club from Nordre Aker, Oslo. It has two sections; for association football and Nordic skiing. Until 2010 they had a third section, for top-level association football, named FK Lyn. In t ...

's youth ranks, and in 1987 he trained with

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. He was also a sporadic Norway youth international. He made his senior debut in the 1991 Norwegian Premier League, playing one game. In 1991, he went on loan to

Fredrikstad FK Fredrikstad Fotballklubb (also known as Fredrikstad or FFK) is a Norwegian professional association football, football club from the town of Fredrikstad. With nine league championships and twelve Norwegian Football Cup, Norwegian Cup wins, FFK ...

, and in 1992 to

Bærum SK Bærum Sportsklubb is a Norwegian association football club founded on 26 March 1910. The men's team is currently playing in the 3. divisjon, after being relegated from the 2. divisjon in 2023. The club comes from Sandvika, the administrative ...

. From 1993 to 1995 he played for Lyn again, and scored 24 goals in 63 league games. From 1996 to 2000 he played for

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, scoring 10 goals in 109 league games. He won the Norwegian Football Cup 1998. He returned to Lyn ahead of the 2001 season, did not play because of injury, then retired, but returned briefly to play two games in 2003. After a long hiatus, in 2010 he signed for low-level team Bærumsløkka FK together with

Jan-Derek Sørensen Jan-Derek Sørensen (born 28 December 1971) is a Norwegian former professional footballer, who played as a right midfielder or right winger. Club career Sørensen was born in Oslo. His breakthrough came at Lyn, where he played 49 league match ...

and Glenn Hartmann.

Honours

*Stabæk: 1998 Norwegian Football Cup champion

References

1973 births Living people Footballers from Fredrikstad Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's youth international footballers Norway men's under-21 international footballers Lyn Fotball players Fredrikstad FK players Bærum SK players Stabæk Fotball players Men's association football midfielders {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub