Morten Karlsen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2002 | B.93 | (3) | |
| 2002–2004 | Zwolle | 53 | (2) |
| 2004–2010 | Nordsjælland | 129 | (0) |
| 2010 | Randers | 30 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Esbjerg fB | 35 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Lyngby | 15 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | HB Køge | 39 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2018 | FC Nordsjælland U19[1] | ||
| 2018–2019 | HB Køge | ||
| 2020–2022 | AGF (assistant) | ||
| 2023 | Orange County SC (assistant) | ||
| 2023–2024 | Orange County SC | ||
| 2024–2025 | Lyngby | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Morten Karlsen (born 25 March 1979) is a Danish former professional football defender and manager.
He previously played at FC Nordsjælland, Randers FC, FC Zwolle, B.93, Esbjerg fB and Lyngby BK before ending has career at HB Køge.
In June 2024, Karlsen left Orange County to return to Denmark, taking over as manager at Lyngby.[2] After a relegation to the 2025-26 Danish 1st Division and a bad start on the new season, Karlsen was fired on 2 September 2025.[3]
Managerial statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of match played 24 May 2025
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| HB Køge | 
|
28 May 2018 | 1 December 2019 | 58 | 22 | 16 | 20 | 95 | 83 | +12 | 37.93 | [4] |
| Orange County SC | 
|
1 May 2023 | 24 June 2024 | 43 | 22 | 6 | 15 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 51.16 | [5] |
| Lyngby Boldklub |
|
1 July 2024 | Present | 33 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 15.15 | |
| Total | 134 | 49 | 34 | 51 | 179 | 179 | +0 | 36.57 | — | |||
References
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- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Morten Karlsen stopper som cheftræner i Lyngby, lyngby-boldklub.dk, 2 September 2025
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External links
[edit | edit source]- FC Nordsjælland profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 January 2010)
- Morten Karlsen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Morten Karlsen at DR (in Danish) (archived)
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- Living people
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- Boldklubben af 1893 players
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- Randers FC players
- Esbjerg fB players
- HB Køge players
- Danish Superliga players
- Danish 1st Division players
- Men's association football midfielders
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- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- Danish 1st Division managers
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