Per-Ove Ludvigsen

Per-Ove Ludvigsen
Personal information
Date of birth	May 20, 1966 (age 58)
Place of birth	Bergen, Norway
Position(s)	Centre back; Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1983–1993	Fyllingen Fotball
1994–2001	SK Brann
International career
1990	Norway
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Per-Ove Ludvigsen (born May 20, 1966) is a Norwegian former footballer. He played for SK Brann, after joining from local rivals Fyllingen Fotball after the latter club's relegation from the Norwegian Premier League in the 1993 season.^[2] In the 1990 season he won the first ever Kniksen award as a defender.^[3] He sent Brann to the cup final in 1999 with a goal in extra time in the semi-finals against Molde FK. Ludvigsen was injured but had to play since Brann had used all its substitutes.^[4] He earned one cap for Norway in 1990.^[5]

After retiring in 2001, Ludvigsen was hired as Sport Director at SK Brann. With his few comments in the media, Ludvigsen presented many surprising transfers, many at the end of the transfer-window. Some of the players Ludvigsen is credited to have contracted are Thorstein Helstad, Bengt Sæternes, Paul Scharner, Eirik Bakke, Seyi Olofinjana and Martin Andresen.^[6] On November 2, 2006, Ludvigsen surprisingly quit his job at SK Brann, saying that he took his part of the responsibility for Brann's lowly finishes in the Premiership in both 2005 and 2006.^[7] In 2007 the team won the Norwegian league.

Ludvigsen worked as a football agent,^[8] but returned to SK Brann as a scout from the 2018 season. He is a brother of Inge Ludvigsen.

References

^ "Per-Ove Ludvigsen 20.5.1966". n3sport.no. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
^ Vågenes, Jan Frode Bordvik Hallgeir (11 October 1993). "Klare for Brann" (in Norwegian). VG. p. 34.
^ Syversen, Anita Fleime (20 October 2009). "Mini stjal Kniksenshowet" (in Norwegian). Oslo: VG. p. 53.
^ "Skadd halvgamling skjøt Brann til finalen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 3 October 2009.
^ Kvam, Lars Hojem (5 November 2006). "Det store fotballnettet" (in Norwegian). Oslo: Dagbladet. p. 28.
^ "Trenerspørsmålet bakteppe for avgang" (in Norwegian). Bergen: Bergens Tidende. p. 32.
^ "Per-Ove Ludvigsen slutter i Brann" (in Norwegian). NTB. 2 November 2006.
^ "Peddien på andre siden av bordet; fakta Per-Ove Ludvigsen" (in Norwegian). Bergen: Bergens Tidende. 10 November 2007. p. 28.