Ragnar Larsen

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Ragnar Larsen
Personal information
Full name	Ragnar Nikolay Larsen
Date of birth	January 7, 1925(1925-01-07)
Place of birth	Oslo, Norway
Date of death	January 14, 1982 (aged 57)
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1948-1951 1951-1953 1953-1956 1956-1958 1958-1962	Sandåker Lazio Genoa Lugano Sandåker	57 (14) 92 (5)
National team
1948-19??	Norway
Teams managed
1958 1962-1966	Norway Norway
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

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

Larsen played as a midfielder and started his playing career with Sandåker. He then relocated to Italy in 1951, spending time at both Lazio and Genoa.^[1] He also spent time with Swiss side Lugano before returning to his first club and then retiring from the field in 1962.^[2]

As well as appearing for the Norway national football team at club level, he was also known to manage the national side for two different spells.

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Preceded by Edmund Majowsky	Norway national team manager 1958	Succeeded by Kristian Henriksen
Preceded by Wilhelm Kment	Norway national team manager 1962-1966	Succeeded by Wilhelm Kment