Alf "Kaka" Martinsen (29 December 1911 – 23 August 1988) was a Norwegian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

player. At the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

he was a member of the Norwegian team which won the bronze medal in the football tournament. He also took part in the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the 3rd edition of the FIFA World Cup, World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for senior men's national teams. It was held in France from 4 to 19 June 1938. Italy national ...

, but did not play a single match. On club level he started his career in

Lillestrøm Lillestrøm is a municipality in Akershus county. It is located in the traditional district of Romerike. With a population of 85,757 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated municipality in Viken. It was founded on 1 January 2020 as a merger ...

-based workers' team ''Fram'', before joining

Lillestrøm SK Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian professional football club based in the city of Lillestrøm, just outside of the capital Oslo. Lillestrøm SK is a Norwegian football club based in Lillestrøm, playing in Eliteserien. The club was founde ...

. He coached

from 1947 to 1950 and from 1952 to 1953.

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* * 1911 births 1988 deaths Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Lillestrøm SK players Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in football 1938 FIFA World Cup players Norwegian football managers Lillestrøm SK managers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards Sportspeople from Lillestrøm Footballers from Akershus 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-forward-stub