Karl Petter Løken

Karl Petter Løken
Personal information
Full name Karl Petter Løken
Date of birth August 14, 1966 (1966-08-14) (age 45)
Place of birth Karlskoga, Sweden
Playing position Defender, Striker
Youth career
Sarpsborg FK
– Askim IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1985–1996 Rosenborg 216 (64)
1997–1998 Stabæk 27 (0)
National team
1986–1987 Norway U-21 3 (0)
1987–1995 Norway 36 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
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Karl Petter "Kalle" Løken (born Karl Petter Löken, August 14, 1966 in Karlskoga, Sweden) is a Norwegian former football player. He played 243 matches[1] in Norwegian Premier League, most of them for Rosenborg BK, Trondheim, earning seven league titles and four cup championships. Løken was capped 36 times for Norway national football team. Løken is a master of engineering and is currently also working part time as sports commentator for Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.

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Biography

As a youth Karl Petter Løken played for Sarpsborg FK and Askim IF. When he came to Trondheim in 1985 to study at Norwegian Institute of Technology he phoned Rosenborg BK and asked if he could come and play for the club, and the answer was yes.[2] Løken was a natural allrounder, but played primarily on the right side as defender or striker. Løken spent twelve seasons at Rosenborg BK, where he won the league seven times and the cup four times. He was the top scorer in Tippeligaen in 1991 and was capped 36 times for Norway.[3] He scored one goal for Norway, in a friendly against Austria 31. May 1989. He was in the 1994 World Cup squad, as an unused substitute.

In 1997 Løken was transferred to Stabæk, where he played two seasons before retiring, briefly coaching a Stabæk youth team thereafter. While at Rosenborg, Løken attended the Norwegian Institute of Technology, where he got a Master's degree in chemical engineering. He now works for Statoil, and is also a sports commentator for NRK.

Honours

Club

Rosenborg BK

References

  1. ^ "Statistics for Karl Petter Løken". Aftenposten. http://fotball.aftenposten.no/eliteserien/index.jsp?service=default&stats=true&type=person&personId=161. Retrieved 24 January 2009. 
  2. ^ "RBK Legends" (in Norwegian). RBKweb. http://www.rbkweb.no/legende/loeken. Retrieved 24 January 2009. 
  3. ^ "Statistics for Karl Petter Løken". Football Association of Norway. http://www.fotball.no/histstat.ASP?WCI=wiPerson&personid=187798=214870. Retrieved 24 January 2009. 

External links
Norway squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup