Stein Olav "Laffen" Hestad (born 30 June 1952) is a Norwegian former footballer.
Hestad spent his entire playing career at Molde FK, where he previously had club record with 681 first-team matches,[1] including 249 matches in the Norwegian top division.
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.
[3] He played a total of 249 top division matches for Molde and scored 27 goals.
Hestad played seven matches for the Norway national under-21 football team.