Steinar Pettersen (born 29 April 1945 in

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) is a former football and

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international from

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Career

He played for

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from 1962 to 1975. He played 282 matches, scoring 234 goals in football, he played even more and scored likewise for the bandy team. He won 6

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in football and 25 in bandy. He won a silver medal with Norway in the 1965 Bandy World Championship in

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. He scored all four goals in the Norwegian bandy final of 1962, beating Sparta/Bragerøen 4–0. He was then 16 years of age. He won six Norwegian championships in this sport. He won the Norwegian 1st division (football) in 1970, and three Cups in 1969, 1970, and 1973. Pettersen played European football against teams such as

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, and Arsenal and won acclaim from English players and managers.

Managerial career

He later managed

References

1945 births Living people Footballers from Drammen Men's association football forwards Norwegian bandy players Norwegian men's footballers Strømsgodset Toppfotball players Eliteserien players Norway men's international footballers Strømsgodset Toppfotball managers 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-bandy-bio-stub