Lars Sætra

Lars Sætra (born 24 July 1991 in Drammen) is a Norwegian football defender who plays for Tromsø in OBOS-ligaen.

Lars Sætra
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-07-24) 24 July 1991
Place of birth Drammen, Norway
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Tromsø
Number 39
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2009–2014 Strømsgodset 55 (4)
2011 → Sandefjord Fotball (loan) 5 (1)
2014–2016 Hammarby IF 62 (3)
2017 Baoding Rongda 14 (1)
2018–2019 Strømsgodset 36 (3)
2020– Tromsø 27 (2)
National team‡
2010 Norway U-19 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 December 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 April 2010

Career

Club career

He started out playing football for Strømsgodset at a very young age.[1] In 2007, he needed surgery for a knee-injury, but was back in 2008 with his debut on the reserves team. 2009 was the breakout year for Sætra, he played well during the annual youth cup (JET-cupen) and made his first team debut against Fredrikstad on 20 September 2009. In 2010, he has been a starting regular in Tippeligaen, in the absence of teammate Alexander Aas. In the 2010 season he has scored 2 goals, both with his head. On 31 August 2011, Sætra moved to Sandefjord Fotball on a loan for the rest of the season.

In the summer of 2014 Sætra chose to move to Swedish club Hammarby IF after his contract with Strømsgodset had expired. He played 14 games and scored one goal after moving to Hammarby to help the team achieve promotion to Allsvenskan.

In 2015, he established himself as a key player in manager Nanne Bergstrand's squad, playing 29 league games and scoring once. After the season, in November 2015, he renewed his link to the club by signing a new contract running until the end of 2018.[2]

During the 2016 season Sætra made 19 league appearances for the club. In the off season, on 9 January 2017, he signed for the Chinese second tier outfit Baoding Rongda.[3] In December 2017, he was released from Baoding following the relegation of the club.[4]

On 22 February 2018, Sætra re-joined Strømsgodset Toppfotball on a two-year contract.[5] He was released from Strømsgodset after the 2019 season.[6]

International career

Sætra played one match in the 2010 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship qualification, and is selected for the starting line-up during the elite qualification.

Career statistics
As of 14 December 2020[7][8]
Club Season Division League Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Strømsgodset 2009 Tippeligaen 200020
2010 18340223
2011 8020100
Total 28360343
Sandefjord 2011 Adeccoligaen 510051
Total 510051
Strømsgodset 2012 Tippeligaen 13031161
2013 500050
2014 9120111
Total 27150321
Hammarby 2014 Superettan 14100141
2015 Allsvenskan 29140331
2016 19100191
Total 62340663
Baoding Rongda 2017 China League One 14100141
Total 14100141
Strømsgodset 2018 Eliteserien 18150231
2019 18230212
Total 36380443
Tromsø 2020 OBOS-ligaen 27200272
Total 27200272
Career Total 1991423122215

Honours

Club
Strømsgodset
Hammarby

References
  1. "STRØMSGODSET - - Hva skjedde med gamlehjemmet?". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 15 April 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
  2. "Hammarby förlänger med Lars Sætra". Hammarbyfotboll.se (in Swedish). 26 November 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  3. "Lars Sætra lämnar Hammarby". Hammarbyfotboll.se (in Swedish). 9 January 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. http://www.godset.no/nyheter/gamle-kjente-viser-seg-frem
  5. SÆTRA VENDER HJEM
  6. "Sju spelarar ferdig i Godset". www.nrk.no (in Norwegian). NRK. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  7. "Lars Sætra stats on altomfotball.no". TV2 (Norway). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  8. "Profile on svenskfotball.se". Retrieved 4 August 2014.
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