Kai Erik Herlovsen (born 25 September 1959) is a Norwegian

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

coach and former player. Herlovsen was usually used in the central defence or as a defensive midfielder. He was capped 34 times for Norway, and played in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. On club level he began and ended his career in Fredrikstad, with a seven-year-long professional spell in

Borussia Mönchengladbach Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...

in between. He currently coaches

Lisleby FK Lisleby Fotballklubb is a multi-sports club from Fredrikstad, Norway. The team plays football and athletics at Lisleby Stadion. The club was founded as an association football club on 8 May 1920. Two years later, the club expanded with athle ...

. His daughter Isabell Herlovsen is a current Norway international.

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Expatriate footballers in Germany Norwegian footballers Norway international footballers Borussia Mönchengladbach players Fredrikstad FK players Bundesliga players Olympic footballers of Norway Footballers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Norwegian football managers 1959 births Living people Norwegian expatriate footballers Association football defenders Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Sportspeople from Fredrikstad {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub Association football midfielders