Steinar Lein
Norwegian footballer
Steinar Lein (born 26 July 1971) is a retired Norwegian football midfielder and current manager. Lein is mainly known as a player for Rosenborg and manager of Rosenborg women, as well as for his time in Haugesund where he played for FK Haugesund and Vard as well as managing Vard and SK Haugar's women.
Early career
He played youth football for Kolstad, winning his age group in the 1986 Norway Cup. His father Arne Lein was a football coach in the same club. Not only Lein, but Kolstad teammates Harald Martin Brattbakk and Odd Inge Olsen also became professional footballers. Steinar Lein then played senior football for Kolstad.
In the early 1990s, Lein studied to become a physical education teacher at Hedmark University College campus in Elverum. For a period, he commuted with the Røros Line—a train fare taking several hours one way—to play matches for Kolstad. He spent the 1994 season in Elverum Fotball, and after another stint in Kolstad he joined Byåsen in 1996. Byåsen paid 60,000 kr.
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