Lasse Olsen

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (born 1973)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Lasse Olsen

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|11|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Oslo, Norway

| height = 1.84 m{{Worldfootball.net|alfred-steinkirchner}}

| currentclub =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1980–1991

| youthyears2 = 1991–1992

| youthclubs1 = Gjelleråsen

| youthclubs2 = Vålerenga

| years1 = 1993–1997

| clubs1 = Gjelleråsen

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1997–2004

| clubs2 = Strømsgodset

| caps2 = 229

| goals2 = 63

| years3 = 2004–2008

| clubs3 = Aalesund

| caps3 = 92

| goals3 = 19

| years4 = 2009–2010

| clubs4 = Herd

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| years5 = 2010–2011

| clubs5 = Mjøndalen

| caps5 = 6

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2012

| clubs6 = Herd

| years7 = 2013

| clubs7 = Spjelkavik

| years8 = 2018

| clubs8 = Averøykameratene

| years9 = 2019

| clubs9 = Tomrefjord

| years10= 2021

| clubs10= Valder

| manageryears1 = –2017

| managerclubs1 = Herd (youth)

| manageryears2 = 2018

| managerclubs2 = Averøykameratene

| manageryears3 = 2019

| managerclubs3 = Tomrefjord

| manageryears4 = 2021

| managerclubs4 = Valder

}}

Lasse Olsen (born 18 November 1973) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a forward for Gjelleråsen, Strømsgodset, Aalesund, and Mjøndalen.

He is the son of former Vålerenga player Terje Olsen.{{cite news|url=http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article118420.ece |language=Norwegian |title=Her er Lille Vålerenga |publisher=Aftenposten |last=Valderhaug |first=Bertil |date=19 September 2008 |accessdate=20 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081024033241/http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/article118420.ece |archivedate=24 October 2008 }}

After the 2008 season, his contract with Aalesund was not renewed. He initially contemplated retirement,{{cite news|url=http://fotball.smp.no/eliteserien/article123582.ece|title=Legger trolig opp|last=Mordal|first=Jarle|date=28 December 2008|work=Sunnmørsposten|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 November 2008}} but in late December he was signed by SK Herd together with former teammate Karl Oskar Fjørtoft.{{cite news|url=http://fotball.smp.no/eliteserien/article125157.ece|title=Dette er Lasses nye jobb(er)|last=Sønsteby|first=Christian|date=28 December 2008|work=Sunnmørsposten|language=Norwegian|accessdate=28 December 2008}} From 2012 he continued to play in the lower divisions of Møre og Romsdal.{{NFF|2988077}}

Embarking on a manager career, he remained as junior and B team coach in SK Herd.{{cite news|title=Lasse Olsen trener i AK|date=2 December 2017|work=Tidens Krav|page=27|author=Edøy, Rune|language=no}} He managed Averøykameratene in 2018 before moving on to Tomrefjord.{{cite news|title=Går til klubb i samme divisjon|date=17 December 2018|work=Tidens Krav|page=17|language=no}} He was hired in IL Valder on a two-year contract ahead of the 2021 season, but was fired after relegation from the 2021 4. divisjon.{{cite news|title=Fikk sparken etter nedrykket. Hevder juniorlagets satsing bidro til Valders fall|last=Stenerud|first=Kristian|date=17 November 2021|work=Sunnmørsposten|page=13|language=no}}