Kent Karlsson (born 25 November 1945) is a Swedish

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. He was capped 38 times for the

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exam ...

and played at the

1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the tenth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the first time that the ...

. As a manager, he has managed Swedish, Danish and Norwegian clubs such as

IFK Norrköping Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna Norrköping, more commonly known as IFK Norrköping or simply Norrköping, is a Swedish professional football club based in Norrköping. The club is affiliated to Östergötlands Fotbollförbund and play their ...

Bryne IL Bryne Fotballklubb () is a professional football club in Bryne, Norway, that competes in the 1. divisjon, the second tier of Norwegian football. History Bryne has played a total of 17 seasons in the top flight of Norwegian football since the ...

Lyngby BK Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...

and

FC Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Karlsson, Kent 1945 births Living people People from Arboga Municipality Swedish footballers Sweden international footballers Åtvidabergs FF players 1974 FIFA World Cup players 1978 FIFA World Cup players Swedish football managers Bryne FK managers F.C. Copenhagen managers Assyriska FF managers IFK Norrköping managers Kongsvinger IL Toppfotball managers Örebro SK managers Åtvidabergs FF managers Expatriate football managers in Denmark Swedish expatriate football managers Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate football managers in Norway Lyngby Boldklub managers IFK Eskilstuna players Association football defenders Sportspeople from Västmanland County