Ragnar Larsen

Ragnar Larsen

Personal information
Full name	Ragnar Nikolay Larsen
Date of birth	(1925-01-07)7 January 1925
Date of death	14 January 1982(1982-01-14) (aged 57)
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1948-1951	Sandaker
1951-1953	Lazio	57	(14)
1953-1956	Genoa	92	(5)
1956-1958	Lugano
1958-1962	Sandaker
International career
1948-1962	Norway	11	(2)
Managerial career
1958	Norway
1962	Lillestrøm SK
1962-1966	Norway
1967	Strømsgodset
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ragnar Nikolay Larsen (7 January 1925 - 14 January 1982) was a Norwegian football midfielder. He later became a football manager and, after actively retiring from the sport, he took up a position as a sports journalist for Aftenposten, a Norwegian newspaper.

Larsen played as a midfielder and started his playing career with Sandaker. He then relocated to Italy in 1951, spending time at both Lazio and Genoa. He also spent time with Swiss side Lugano before returning to his first club and then retiring from the field in 1962.

As well as being capped for the Norway national football team, he was its manager for two different spells. He also coached Lillestrøm SK and Strømsgodset.