Alexander Aas

Hendrik Alexander van Es Aas (born 14 September 1978), known as Alexander Aas, is a retired Norwegian football defender.[1] Aas spent most of his career playing for Odd Grenland, before moving to Denmark for a two-year spell with Odense. 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 Norway eight times, scoring one goal.

Alexander Aas
Personal information
Full name Hendrik Alexander van Es Aas
Date of birth (1978-09-14) 14 September 1978
Place of birth Skien, Norway
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Skiens Grane
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–2004 Odd Grenland 170 (6)
2004–2007 Odense 49 (2)
2007–2012 Strømsgodset 118 (10)
National team
2001–2004 Norway 8 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12 August 2012

He was known for his long throw-ins.[2]

Career

Odd Grenland

Alexander Aas came to Odd Grenland from Skiens Grane as a junior player. He got called up to the main squad in 1996 and made his debut against Hamarkameratene. 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.[3]

In April 1997, he broke his leg.[3] 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 Norway national under-21 football team.[3] 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 Southampton.[2]

On September 20, 2001, he was in the starting line-up for Odd Grenland when they played their first match in the UEFA Cup against Helsingborg. The match ended 2–2 on Odd stadion and they played 1–1 in Helsingborg. Odd Grenland lost on away goals.[2]

He went on a 10-day trial with Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2004 and played one game for their reserve team.[4]

Odense BK

In January 2005, he signed a two-year contract with Odense. In the summer of 2006, Alexander signed a two-year extension.

Strømsgodset

In December 2006, Odense BK sold Alexander Aas to Strømsgodset IF.[5]

Aalexander Aas took over as captain for Strømsgodset IF in 2008 after Øyvind Leonhardsen retired.[6]

Career statistics
Season Club Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
2007 Strømsgodset Tippeligaen 25250302
2008 19141232
2009 25120270
2010 12060180
2011 25320273
2012 12320143
Career Total 1181021113911

Honours

Club

References
  1. "Alexander Aas (Hendrik Alexander van Es Aas)". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  2. "Oddrane profil". Oddrane.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on June 28, 2006. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  3. Blikstad, Eivind; Herulf Gram Dokka; Roar Gunleiksaas; Per Arne Løkaas (April 1999). Veien tilbake: ODDs BALLKLUBB 1968–1998 (in Norwegian). Telemarksavisa. ISBN 82-993724-3-7.
  4. "Alexander Aas til Wolves" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
  5. "OB sælger Aas til Strømsgodset" (in Norwegian). OB Online. Archived from the original on 2012-09-06. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
  6. "Alexander Aas ny SIF kaptein". godset.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-06-06.
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