Karl Petter Løken
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Karl Petter Løken | ||
| Date of birth | 14 August 1966 | ||
| Place of birth | Karlskoga, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender, Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sarpsborg FK | |||
| – | Askim IF | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1996 | Rosenborg | 216 | (64) |
| 1997–1998 | Stabæk | 27 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1986–1987 | Norway U-21 | 3 | (0) |
| 1987–1995 | Norway | 36 | (1) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Karl Petter "Kalle" Løken (born Karl Petter Löken, 14 August 1966 in Karlskoga, Sweden) is a Norwegian former football player. He played 243 matches[1] in Norwegian Premier League, most of them for Rosenborg, Trondheim, earning seven league titles and four cup championships. Løken was capped 36 times for Norway national football team. Løken is a master of engineering and is currently also working part-time as sports commentator for Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation.
Biography
As a youth Karl Petter Løken played for Sarpsborg FK and Askim IF. When he came to Trondheim in 1985 to study at Norwegian Institute of Technology he phoned Rosenborg and asked if he could come and play for the club, and the answer was yes.[2] Løken was a natural allrounder, but played primarily on the right side as defender or striker. Løken spent twelve seasons at Rosenborg, where he won the league seven times and the cup four times. He was the top scorer in Tippeligaen in 1991 and was capped 36 times for Norway.[3] He scored one goal for Norway, in a friendly against Austria 31. May 1989. He was in the 1994 World Cup squad, as an unused substitute.
In 1997 Løken was transferred to Stabæk, where he played two seasons before retiring, briefly coaching a Stabæk youth team thereafter. While at Rosenborg, Løken attended the Norwegian Institute of Technology, where he got a Master's degree in chemical engineering. He now works for Lundin Petroleum, and is also a sports commentator for NRK.
He is a brother of editor Kjersti Løken Stavrum.[4]
Honours
Club
- Norwegian Premier League Championship: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
- Norwegian Premier League runner up: 1989, 1991
- Norwegian Football Cup Win: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1995
- Norwegian Football Cup runner up: 1991
Individual
- Norwegian Premier League: Top scorer 1991
References
- ↑ "Statistics for Karl Petter Løken". Aftenposten. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
- ↑ "RBK Legends" (in Norwegian). RBKweb. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
- ↑ "Statistics for Karl Petter Løken". Football Association of Norway. Retrieved 24 January 2009.
- ↑ Bjånesøy, Kjartan Brügger (31 May 2003). "Forbanna flink". Dagbladet Magasinet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 12 September 2015.
External links
- "RBK Legends: Kalle Løken" (in Norwegian). RBKweb. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
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