SOCCER PLAYER

Alf Martinsen

1911 - 1988

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Alf "Kaka" Martinsen (29 December 1911 – 23 August 1988) was a Norwegian football 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, but did not play a single match. On club level he started his career in Lillestrøm-based workers' team Fram, before joining Lillestrøm SK. He coached Lillestrøm SK from 1947 to 1950 and from 1952 to 1953. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alf Martinsen is the 5,803rd most popular soccer player (down from 5,600th in 2019), the 524th most popular biography from Norway (down from 521st in 2019) and the 31st most popular Norwegian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Alf Martinsen ranks 5,803 out of 21,273Before him are Nico Bouvy, Kei Taniguchi, Wilhelm Kreuz, Eduard Abazi, Suso, and Ludovic Magnin. After him are Henning Berg, Martín Montoya, Fan Zhiyi, Khalilou Fadiga, Celso Ayala, and Megan Rapinoe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Alf Martinsen ranks 375Before him are Terence Rattigan, Ann Dvorak, Rudolf Kotormány, Momčilo Đokić, Bruno Ahlberg, and Roman Totenberg. After him are André Saeys, Rudi Ball, Phil Silvers, Foy Draper, Norman Malcolm, and Josef Krejci. Among people deceased in 1988, Alf Martinsen ranks 253Before him are John N. Mitchell, Archie Cochrane, Melvin Frank, Jackie Milburn, Raúl Landini, and Oleg Zhakov. After him are John Clellon Holmes, André Saeys, Alexander Bashlachev, E. B. Ford, Frans Peeraer, and Ron Staniforth.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Alf Martinsen ranks 524 out of 1,039Before him are Tron Øgrim (1947), Anja Breien (1940), Gaahl (1975), Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen (1949), Casper Ruud (1998), and Per-Mathias Høgmo (1959). After him are Henning Berg (1969), Bjarte Engen Vik (1971), Joshua King (1992), Stein Eriksen (1927), Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004), and Necrobutcher (1968).

Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Norway

Among soccer players born in Norway, Alf Martinsen ranks 31Before him are Magnar Isaksen (1910), Harald Strøm (1897), Rolf Holmberg (1914), Øivind Holmsen (1912), Odd Frantzen (1913), and Frode Johnsen (1974). After him are Henning Berg (1969), Joshua King (1992), Kristian Henriksen (1911), Jostein Flo (1964), Frode Grodås (1964), and Reidar Kvammen (1914).