Alf Martinsen

{{short description|Norwegian footballer (1911-1988)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alf Martinsen | fullname = | image = | birth_date = {{birth date|1911|12|29|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Lillestrøm]], [[Norway]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|8|23|1911|12|29|df=y}} | death_place = [[Lillestrøm]], [[Norway]] | height = | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = [[Striker (football)|Striker]] | youthyears1= | youthclubs1= | years1= | years2 = | clubs1 = Lillestrøm Fram | clubs2 =[[Lillestrøm SK]] | caps1= | goals1 = | caps2 = | goals2 = | nationalyears1= 1936–1946 | nationalteam1= [[Norway national football team|Norway]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/noo-recintlp.html |title=Norway - Record International Players |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=22 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504194906/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/noo-recintlp.html |archive-date=4 May 2013 }}</ref> | nationalcaps1= 25 | nationalgoals1 = 10 | manageryears1 = 1947–1950 | manageryears2 =1952–1953 | managerclubs1 = [[Lillestrøm SK]] | managerclubs2 =[[Lillestrøm SK]] }} {{MedalTop}} {{MedalSport | Men's [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]]}} {{MedalBronze| [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]] | [[Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics|Team Competition]]}} {{MedalBottom}}

'''Alf '''"'''Kaka'''"''' Martinsen''' (29 December 1911 – 23 August 1988) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[football (soccer)|football]] player. At the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] he was a member of the Norwegian team which won the bronze medal in the football tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26839 |title=Alf Martinsen |work=Olympedia |access-date=22 September 2021}}</ref> 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' sports|workers]]' team ''Fram'', before joining [[Lillestrøm SK]].

He coached [[Lillestrøm SK]] from 1947 to 1950 and from 1952 to 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lskhistorikk.com/arkiv/Trenere/Trenere.htm |title=Archived copy |website=lskhistorikk.com |access-date=11 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613100625/http://www.lskhistorikk.com/arkiv/Trenere/Trenere.htm |archive-date=13 June 2013 }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{NFF}} * {{Cite web |url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MARTIALF01 |title=Alf Martinsen at databaseOlympics.com |access-date=16 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070213150238/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MARTIALF01 |archive-date=13 February 2007 |url-status=dead }}

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