Hendrik Alexander van Es Aas (born 14 September 1978), known as Alexander Aas, is a retired

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. Aas spent most of his career playing for

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, before moving to Denmark for a two-year spell with

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. In 2007, he was brought back to Norwegian football by Strømsgodset, where he was club captain until his retirement at the end of the 2012 season. Aas was capped by

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eight times, scoring one goal. He was known for his long

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Career

Odd Grenland

Alexander Aas came to

from Skiens Grane as a junior player. He got called up to the main squad in 1996 and made his debut against

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. He played 3 games during his first season with Odd Grenland (2 league and 1 cup match). At the end of August 1996, he broke his ankle during a training session. In April 1997, he broke his leg. In 1998, he had his breakthrough in Odd Grenland and played all 26 league matches and scored 2 goals and helped Odd Grenland secure a spot in Tippeligaen 1999. He also got a spot on the

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. Alexander won the 2000 Norwegian Football Cup Final with Odd Grenland. The team's first cup championship in 39 years. In 2000, he had a trial with

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. On September 20, 2001, he was in the starting line-up for Odd Grenland when they played their first match in the

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against

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. The match ended 2–2 on Odd stadion and they played 1–1 in Helsingborg. Odd Grenland lost on away goals. He went on a 10-day trial with

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in 2004 and played one game for their reserve team.

Odense BK

In January 2005, he signed a two-year contract with

. In the summer of 2006, Alexander signed a two-year extension.

Strømsgodset

In December 2006, Odense BK sold Alexander Aas to Strømsgodset IF. Aalexander Aas took over as captain for Strømsgodset IF in 2008 after

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retired.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

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: 2000, 2010 *

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: 2007

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aas, Alexander 1978 births Living people Footballers from Skien Norwegian footballers Norway men's international footballers Odds BK players Odense Boldklub players Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Eliteserien players Danish Superliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark Norwegian expatriate footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Men's association football defenders