Per Egil Ahlsen (born 4 March 1958) is a Norwegian former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. Ahlsen started as a midfielder, but was later re-educated as a forward defender. He was known for his long-shots.

Club career

Ahlsen started his career at the senior level with

Fredrikstad FK Fredrikstad Fotballklubb (also known as Fredrikstad or FFK) is a Norwegian association football, football club from the town of Fredrikstad. With nine league championships and eleven Norwegian Football Cup, Norwegian Cup wins, FFK is one of the ...

in the middle of the 1970s. He won the cup trophy with Fredrikstad in 1984, thanks to his fantastic free kick goal from 35 meters – a goal that is often considered the most beautiful goal in Norwegian football. In 1987, he transferred to

S.K. Brann Sportsklubben Brann (commonly known as Brann, and less often as SK Brann) is a Norwegian professional football club, founded 26 September 1908, from Bergen. Brann had been in the Eliteserien, Norway's Premier Division of Football, since 1987, ba ...

where he played for six seasons, a part from a short loan period to German

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

. Ahlsen became an iconic figure in

. He was looked upon as a saviour because he put a stop to the "elevator era" in

. He finished his career back in Fredrikstad, where he is now the assistant coach.

International career

He made his debut for the Norwegian national team in 1983 and earned 54 caps, scoring three goals. Ahlsen was also a member of the Norwegian team competing at the

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* 1958 births Living people Footballers from Fredrikstad Norwegian men's footballers Norway men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Norway Fredrikstad FK players SK Brann players Fortuna Düsseldorf players Bundesliga players Kniksen Award winners Expatriate men's footballers in Germany {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub