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

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 footballer. As his brother Harry Hestad

Harry Hestad

Harry Asbjørn Hestad is a former Norwegian 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 Haag...

 he played for Molde FK, where he previously had club record with 681 first-team matches, including 249 top league

Norwegian Premier League

Tippeligaen 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. The league is also unofficially known under its neutral name Eliteserien , although the name has never been official...

 matches (scoring 27 goals). Unlike his brother, "Laffen" was never capped for Norway

Norway national football team

The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...

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Hestad won the silver medal in the Norwegian league in 1974 and 1987. He were also losing finalists in 1982 Norwegian Football Cup, and 1989 Norwegian Football Cup

He is the father of the footballers Daniel Berg Hestad

Daniel Berg Hestad

Daniel Berg Hestad is a Norwegian footballer, playing as a central midfielder for Molde. He is the player with most matches for Molde, and second most matches in Tippeligaen...

, which recently surpassed him in number of first-team matches for Molde FK, and Peter Berg Hestad

Peter Berg Hestad

Peter Berg Hestad is a Norwegian footballer.He has played for Molde FK in the Norwegian Premier League, and spent time on loan to Byåsen IL in 2007 and Kristiansund BK in 2008....

, as well as brother-in-law with the footballers Odd Berg

Odd Berg

Odd Sigurd Berg is a Norwegian football coach and former player. As a player he played for Molde FK, and became league top goalscorer with 13 goals in 1974. He later coached Molde, both as an assistant and head coach....

 and Jan Berg

Jan Berg

Jan Berg is a retired Norwegian football player who played for Molde FK, Elche CF and Rayo Vallecano.He was capped 23 times between 1982 and 1990.His brother is Odd Berg.-External links:* at Weltußball.de...

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