Kjetil Nilsen (born 19 February 1975) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

football midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. He started his career in

Langhus IL Langhus Idrettslag is a Norway, Norwegian sports club from Langhus, founded in 1953. It has sections for association football, basketball, table tennis, golf, team handball and gymnastics. The men's football team currently plays in the Third Div ...

; and later played for Ski IL, Drøbak/Frogn IF and

Lillestrøm SK Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian professional football club from the city of Lillestrøm, just outside of the capital Oslo. Lillestrøm SK is a Norwegian football club based in Lillestrøm, playing in Eliteserien. The club was founded in 1 ...

. With Lillestrøm he played in the

Norwegian Premier League Eliteserien () is a Norwegian professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Norwegian football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion ...

in 1998, 1999 and 2000. He then played for

Skjetten SK Skjetten is a town in Lillestrøm municipality, Viken county, Norway. It is located approximately 20 kilometres northeast of Oslo's city centre with a population of 10 000. Skjetten has five kindergartens, two primary schools and a secondary schoo ...

and

Follo FK Follo Fotballklubb is a football club from Ski, Viken, Norway. Follo play in light blue, and their home ground is Ski stadion. It was founded in September 2000 and their biggest achievement was playing in the 2010 Norwegian Football Cup Final ...

. In February 2009 Nilsen signed as playing assistant coach of

Modum FK Modum Fotballklubb is a Norwegian football club from Modum, founded in 2007 as a merger between the first teams of Åmot IF, IL Moingen, Vikersund IF, Haugfoss IF, Bingen BK and Geithus IL. The merger plans had been ongoing for some time. It ente ...

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1975 births Living people Norwegian footballers Drøbak-Frogn IL players Lillestrøm SK players Skjetten SK players Follo FK players People from Ski, Norway Association football midfielders Sportspeople from Viken (county) {{Norway-footy-midfielder-stub