Knut Aga (born 4 January 1971) is a retired

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football striker Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

and defender. He played youth football for

Rælingen Rælingen is a village and municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Fjerdingby. Rælingen was separated from the municip ...

and

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, and was drafted into Strømmen's senior team in 1989. Ahead of the 1992 season he transferred to

Bryne Bryne () is a town in Time municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality of Time and it is also one of the 50 largest towns/cities in Norway. Bryne's location in the region of Stavanger/Sand ...

, but already in 1993 he went on to Vålerenga. 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. He rounded off his career in lowly

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and later turned to coaching. After a successful run as head coach of

Skedsmo FK Skedsmo FK is a Norwegian football club from Skedsmokorset. It was founded in 1980, when the multi-sports club ''Skedsmo IF'' was split into several entities. The club colors are red and white. The men's team currently resides in the Third Divis ...

, securing two promotions, Aga went on to coach

Lørenskog IF Lørenskog Idrettsforening is a Norwegian football club from Lørenskog, founded in 1929 as a merger between ''Lørenskogkameratene'' and ''Solheim IF''. Most of the time the club has played in the Norwegian Second Division, with a short spell in ...

in 2007 whence he resigned in the autumn of 2009. He returned to Skedsmo ahead of the 2010 season, but resigned in the summer of 2010 for personal reasons. Ahead of the 2011 season he signed on to Fet IL, but resigned already in May 2011, again citing personal reasons. Aga rejoined Skedsmo ahead of the 2016 season.

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1971 births Living people People from Rælingen Norwegian footballers Strømmen IF players Bryne FK players Vålerenga Fotball players Lyn Fotball players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Association football forwards Association football defenders Norwegian football managers {{Norway-footy-defender-stub