Alf Martinsen
Personal information
Date of birth (1911-12-29)29 December 1911
Place of birth Lillestrøm, Norway
Date of death 23 August 1988(1988-08-23) (aged 76)
Place of death Lillestrøm, Norway
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Fram
Lillestrøm SK
International career
1936–1946 Norway[1] 25 (10)
Managerial career
1947–1950 Lillestrøm SK
1952–1953 Lillestrøm SK
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze medal – third place 1936 Berlin Team Competition

Alf "Kaka" Martinsen (29 December 1911 – 23 August 1988) was a Norwegian football (soccer) player. At the 1936 Summer Olympics he was a member of the Norwegian team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.[2] He also took part in the 1938 FIFA World Cup, but did not play a single match. On club level he started his career in Lillestrøm-based workers' team Fram, before joining Lillestrøm SK.

He coached Lillestrøm SK from 1947 to 1950 and from 1952 to 1953.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Norway - Record International Players". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Alf Martinsen". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". lskhistorikk.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2014.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

Norway squad – 1936 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists
Norway squad – 1938 FIFA World Cup
Lillestrøm SK – managers
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