Per-Ove Ludvigsen

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Per Ove Ludvigsen
Full name	Per Ove Ludvigsen
Date of birth	May 20, 1966
Place of birth	Bergen, Norway
Height	++ 190 cm
Nickname	Peddien
Playing position	Centre back Striker
Club information
Current club	SK Brann
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1994-2000	Fyllingen Fotball SK Brann	112 (10)
National team²
1993	Norway	1 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2000. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 2000. * Appearances (Goals)

Per-Ove Ludvigsen (born May 20, 1966) is a former Norwegian football player. He played for S.K. Brann, after joining from local rivals IL Fyllingen after the latter club's relegation from the Norwegian Premier League in the 1993 season. Sent Brann to the cup finals in 1999 with a goal in extra time in the semi finals against Molde F.K. After retireing in 2001, Ludvigsen was hired as Sport Director in SK Brann, and he had much of the hounor of Brann's success the following seasons. 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 hired are Thorstein Helstad, Bengt Sæternes, Paul Scharner, Eirik Bakke, Ardian Gashi and Martin Andresen. On November 2, 2006, Ludvigsen surprisingly quit his job in SK Brann, saying that he took his part of the responsibility for Branns dredfull finish in the Premiership in both 2005 and 2006.