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Knut Aga Jr.

Knut Aga Jr.

Norwegian footballer and manager (born 1971)

Knut Aga (born 4 January 1971) is a retired Norwegian football striker and defender.

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He played youth football for Rælingen and Strømmen,[1][2] and was drafted into Strømmen's senior team in 1989.[3] Ahead of the 1992 season he transferred to Bryne,[4] but already in 1993 he went on to Vålerenga.[5] He became the club's top goalscorer in 1994 with 8 goals, but was repositioned as a full back.

In 1997 he joined Lyn, but never became a regular.[6] He rounded off his career in lowly Sørumsand IF[7] and later turned to coaching.

After a successful run as head coach of Skedsmo FK, securing two promotions, Aga went on to coach Lørenskog IF in 2007 whence he resigned in the autumn of 2009.[8] He returned to Skedsmo ahead of the 2010 season, but resigned in the summer of 2010 for personal reasons.[9][10][11] Ahead of the 2011 season he signed on to Fet IL, but resigned already in May 2011, again citing personal reasons.[12][13] Aga rejoined Skedsmo ahead of the 2016 season.[14]

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    "Tap for alle "gjengangerne"". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 5 August 1985. p. 10.
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    "Norway Cup-finaler på Bislett lørdag" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 6 August 1988.
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    Nesbø, Knut (13 January 1989). "Frigg vinterens vinnere!". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 4.
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    "Fotball: Bryne sikrer seg nye spillere" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 27 October 1991.
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    Risvand, Nils Eivind (28 April 1993). "Foran seriestart: Gjeldfri VIF satser på ungdommen". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). p. 22.
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    "Knut jr. Aga som Lynspiller" (in Norwegian). Lynhistorie. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
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    Knut Aga Jr. at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
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    Holterhuset, Martin (23 September 2009). "Nye hovedtrenere". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 31.
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    Vestgård, Fredrik (27 June 2012). "Poengsnittet det lukter opprykk av". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 24.
  10. [10]
    Vestgård, Fredrik (28 June 2012). "Trakk seg av personlige årsaker". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 23.
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    Vestgård, Fredrik (18 October 2010). "Skedsmo sikret ny kontrakt". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). p. 27.
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    "Knut Aga jr. klar som Fet-trener". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). 3 January 2011. p. 24.
  13. [13]
    "Har trukket seg som Fet-trener". Indre Akershus Blad (in Norwegian). 20 May 2011. p. 22.
  14. [14]
    "Trenerskifter i lokalfotballen". Romerikes Blad (in Norwegian). 11 December 2015. p. 26.
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