Helge Karlsen

Helge Karlsen
Personal information
Date of birth29 June 1948
Place of birthBergen, Norway
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1967-1979Brann180(7)
National team
1975Norway U-211(0)
1973-1979Norway35(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Helge Karlsen (born 29 June 1948) is a former Norwegian football player, who played for SK Brann in the Norwegian Premier League from 1967 to 1979.[1] He played 237 games totally for Brann, and 180 of them was in the league.[2] In 1972 and 1976 he won the Norwegian Football Cup with Brann.[3] He was immortalized in the famous SK Brann song "Vi è de beste" by Ove Thue in which he has his own verse.[4]

Helge Karlsen played 35 games for Norways national football team.[5][6]

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