Per-Ove Ludvigsen (born May 20, 1966) is a Norwegian former footballer. He played for

SK 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, bar ...

, after joining from local rivals

Fyllingen Fotball Fyllingen Fotball was a Norwegian association football club from Fyllingsdalen, Bergen, Hordaland. It was founded as a formally independent section of the alliance sports club Fyllingen IL on 1 January 1994. Fyllingen IL was founded on 6 June 1 ...

after the latter club's relegation from 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 the 1993 season. In the 1990 season he won the first ever

Kniksen award The Kniksen Award ( no, Kniksenprisen), established in 1990, honors the best players in the Norwegian football premiership. The award is named after the legendary Norwegian football player Roald Jensen, nicknamed "Kniksen". Categories Categor ...

as a defender. He sent Brann to the cup final in 1999 with a goal in extra time in the semi-finals against

Molde FK Molde Fotballklubb () is a professional football club based in Molde, Norway, that competes in Eliteserien, the top flight of Norwegian football. Founded on 19 June 1911, the club was originally known as International and changed its name to ...

. Ludvigsen was injured but had to play since Brann had used all its substitutes. He earned one cap for

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

in 1990. After retiring in 2001, Ludvigsen was hired as Sport Director at

. With his few comments in the media, Ludvigsen presented many surprising transfers, many at the end of the transfer-window. Some of the players Ludvigsen is credited to have contracted are

Thorstein Helstad Thorstein Helstad (born 28 April 1977) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Helstad was born in Hamar, and started his career in his local club FL Fart where he at age 16 scored two goals against Løt ...

Bengt Sæternes Bengt Sæternes (born 1 January 1975) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward from 1991 until 2011. He began his playing career at local clubs Egersund and Eiger, whilst he had spells at Viking, Odd Grenlan ...

Paul Scharner Paul Josef Herbert Scharner (born 11 March 1980) is an Austrian retired footballer. He operated mainly as a defender, although he could play almost every midfield position as well. He was known for his great positional versatility and haircuts ...

Eirik Bakke Eirik Bakke (born 13 September 1977 in Sogndal) is a Norwegian retired football player. He played as a right or centre midfielder. After retiring he went on to manage Sogndal, his home town. His son Johan Johanessen Bakke, is also a footba ...

Seyi Olofinjana Seyi George Olofinjana (born 30 June 1980) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a midfielder. Olofinjana began his career with local sides Crown and Kwara United before moving to Europe with Norwegian side SK Brann. After two seasons ...

and

Martin Andresen Martin Andresen (born 2 February 1977) is a Norwegian former professional football player and manager, who played as a central midfielder. Club career Early career Andresen was born in Kråkstad. He was a regular on many Norway national youth ...

. On November 2, 2006, Ludvigsen surprisingly quit his job at SK Brann, saying that he took his part of the responsibility for Brann's lowly finishes in the Premiership in both 2005 and 2006. In 2007 the team won the Norwegian league. Ludvigsen worked as a football agent, but returned to

as a scout from the 2018 season. He is a brother of

Inge Ludvigsen Inge Ludvigsen (born 10 March 1965) is a retired Norwegian footballer from Bergen that played most of his career in Fyllingen Fotball. He also played for IK Start and SK Brann Sportsklubben Brann (commonly known as Brann, and less often as SK Br ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ludvigsen, Per Ove 1966 births Living people Fyllingen Fotball players SK Brann players Kniksen Award winners Norwegian men's footballers Norwegian First Division players Eliteserien players SK Brann non-playing staff Men's association football defenders Men's association football forwards Norway men's international footballers Footballers from Bergen