Alf "Kaka" Martinsen (29 December 1911 – 23 August 1988) was 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 ...

football (soccer) Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player. At the 1936 Summer Olympics he was a member of the Norwegian team, which won the bronze medal in the football tournament. He also took part in the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, bea ...

, but did not play a single match. On club level he started his career in

Lillestrøm Lillestrøm is a municipality in Viken county. It is located in the traditional district of Romerike. With a population of 85,757 inhabitants, it is the fourth most populated municipality in Viken. It was founded on 1 January 2020 as a merger be ...

-based workers' team ''Fram'', before joining

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 ...

. He coached

from 1947 to 1950 and from 1952 to 1953.

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* * 1911 births 1988 deaths Norwegian footballers Norway international footballers Lillestrøm SK players Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Norway Olympic bronze medalists for Norway Olympic medalists in football 1938 FIFA World Cup players Norwegian football managers Lillestrøm SK managers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Association football forwards People from Lillestrøm Sportspeople from Viken (county) {{Norway-footy-forward-stub