Steinar Pettersen


Steinar Pettersen is a former football and bandy international from Norway.

Career

He played for Strømsgodset IF 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 caps in football and 25 in bandy. He won a silver medal with Norway in the 1965 Bandy World Championship in Moscow.
He scored all four goals in the Norwegian bandy final of 1962, beating Sparta 4–0. He was then 16 years of age. He won six Norwegian championships in this sport. He won the Norwegian 1st division in 1970, and three Championships in 1969, 1970 and 1973.
Pettersen played European football against teams such as Leeds United, Liverpool, Nantes and Arsenal and won acclaim from the English players and managers.

Managerial career

He later managed Strømsgodset IF.