Ulf Karlsen (born 8 March 1966) is a retired Norwegian

football defender In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to stop attacks during the game and prevent the opposition from scoring. Defenders fall into four main categories: centre-backs, full-backs, sweepers ...

. Ahead of the 1988 season he transferred from

Mo IL Mo Idrettslag is a football club from Mo i Rana, Norway. History Mo IL was founded in 1904, as the first football club in Nord-Norge. In the first couple of years, Mo only played against teams with Englishmen working in the area, but on 7 June ...

Bryne FK Bryne Fotballklubb () is a professional Association football, football club located in Bryne, Norway, which competes in the Eliteserien, the top tier of Norwegian football. Founded on 10 April 1926 as Bryne Fotball-lag, the club joined the Nor ...

, moving on to neighbors

Viking FK Viking Fotballklubb, commonly known as Viking or Viking Stavanger internationally, is a Norwegian professional football club from the city of Stavanger. The club was founded in 1899. It is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football, ...

in 1991. That year, Viking became league champions. Karlsen was also capped three times for

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. He retired after the 1997 season and instead entered Viking FK's board of directors.

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1966 births Living people People from Rana, Norway Norwegian men's footballers Bryne FK players Viking FK players Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players Men's association football defenders Norway men's international footballers Footballers from Nordland 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{Norway-footy-defender-stub