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Ragnar Larsen
Personal information
Full name	Ragnar Nikolay Larsen
Date of birth	7 January 1925
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
Date of death	14 January 1982 (aged 57)
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team
1948–1951	Sandaker
1951–1953	Lazio
1953–1956	Genoa
1956–1958	Lugano
1958–1962	Sandaker
International career
1948–1962	Norway
Managerial career
1957–1958	Lugano
1958	Norway
1962	Lillestrøm SK
1962–1966	Norway
1967	Strømsgodset
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ragnar Nikolay Larsen (7 January 1925 – 14 January 1982) was a Norwegian football midfielder. He later became a football manager and, after actively retiring from the sport, he took up a position as a sports journalist for Aftenposten, a Norwegian newspaper.

Larsen played as a midfielder and started his playing career with Sandaker. He then relocated to Italy in 1951, spending time at both Lazio and Genoa. He also spent time with Swiss side Lugano^[1] before returning to his first club and then retiring from the field in 1962.^[2]

Larsen was last capped in 1961, aged 37 years and 201 days, and is the fifth oldest player at the Norwegian national team.^[3]

As well as being capped for the Norway national football team, he was its manager for two different spells. He also coached Lillestrøm SK^[4] and Strømsgodset.^[5]

References

^ "Switzerland - Trainers of First and Second Division Clubs".
^ "Ragnar Larsen". Weltfussball.de. Archived from the original on 12 February 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2007.
^ Lyngøy, Roar (7 June 2013). "Kapteinen tror ikke han kopierer eldstemann" (in Norwegian). Bergens Tidende. Retrieved 12 June 2013.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 June 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Trenere" (in Norwegian). Strømsgodset IF. Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2013.