Jan Aas (14 January 1944 – 30 May 2016)FFK-vingen Jan Aas er død
''

Fredriksstad Blad is the biggest local daily newspaper in Fredrikstad, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen an ...

'' (2 June 2016) was a Norwegian footballer who played as a left-winger for

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

Sarpsborg FK Sarpsborg Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from Sarpsborg, Østfold. It was founded on 8 May 1903. Sarpsborg is one of the most successful teams in the Norwegian Football Cup, with six titles and twelve finals in total. In 2007, the cl ...

, and was also capped three times for

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

.Jan Aas
''eu-football-info'' Aas made his first-team debut for Fredrikstad as a 17-year-old in 1961, and played six matches in FFK's title-winning 1960–61 season, and also won the

Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup () is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football tournament in the country. The tournament ...

the same year. He made his international debut for Norway in a friendly against

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

on 26 August 1962. He left Fredrikstad in 1969 and played briefly for Swedish team Bengtsfors IF, before returning to Norwegian football when he joined Sarpsborg in 1971. At Sarpsborg, Aas won two more international caps.Jan Aas
''ffksupporter.net'' After three seasons with Sarpsborg, Aas returned to Fredrikstad ahead of the 1974 season, and helped FFK return to the top flight after the club's first-ever relegation the year before. He played for Fredrikstad until his retirement from the game in 1978. He returned to FFK as coach in 1984, but was sacked midway through the season following a string of poor results. Aas died on 30 May 2016, aged 72.

References

1944 births 2016 deaths Norwegian men's footballers Norwegian expatriate men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Fredrikstad FK players Sarpsborg FK players Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Fredrikstad 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub