Stein Olav "Laffen" Hestad (born 30 June 1952) is a Norwegian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. Hestad spent his entire playing career at

Molde FK Molde Fotballklubb () is a professional football club based in Molde, Norway, that competes in Eliteserien, the top flight of Norwegian football. Founded on 19 June 1911, the club was originally known as International and changed its name to ...

, where he previously had club record with 681 first-team matches, including 249 matches in the

Norwegian top division Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

. Unlike his brother, Harry, "Laffen" was never capped for

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

Club career

Hestad got his debut in a competitive match on 1 May 1971 in a second tier league game Molde lost 0–1 at home to Aalesund. He played a total of 249 top division matches for Molde and scored 27 goals. He won the silver medal in the Norwegian league in

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and

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. He was also at Moldes losing

Norwegian Cup The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football ...

finalist teams in both the

1982 Norwegian Football Cup The 1982 Norwegian Football Cup was the 77th edition of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The Cup was won by Brann after beating Molde in the cup final with the score 3–2. This was Brann's fifth Norwegian Cup title. First round ...

and

1989 Norwegian Football Cup The 1989 Norwegian Football Cup was the 84th edition of the Norwegian Football Cup. The final took place at Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo on 22 October 1989. Viking were in their 8th final (3 wins and 4 runners-up), while Molde were in their second fi ...

International career

Hestad played seven matches for the Norway national under-21 football team.

Personal life

He is the brother of

Harry Hestad Harry Asbjørn Hestad (born 7 November 1944) is a Norwegian former football player and coach. Just as his brother Stein Olav Hestad, Hestad played for Molde almost his entire career, only interrupted by two seasons in the Dutch club FC Den Haa ...

, with whom he was a teammate for several seasons at Molde. He is the father of the footballers

Daniel Berg Hestad Daniel Berg Hestad (born 30 July 1975) is a Norwegian football manager and a former player, who played as a central midfielder, most notably for Molde. He is the manager of Molde 2 and the Under-19 squad of Molde. With 666 official appearances, ...

, which surpassed him in number of first-team matches for

, and Peter Berg Hestad, as well as brother-in-law with the footballers Odd Berg and Jan Berg.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hestad, Stein Olav 1952 births Living people Sportspeople from Molde Norwegian men's footballers Eliteserien players Norwegian First Division players Molde FK players Men's association football midfielders Norway men's under-21 international footballers Footballers from Møre og Romsdal