Kent Karlsson

{{short description|Swedish football coach and former player (born 1945)}}

{{For|those of a similar name|Kent Karlsen|Kent Carlsson (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kent Karlsson

| image =

| fullname =

| height = {{convert|1.82|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|11|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Arboga, Sweden

| death_date =

| position = Defender

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = 1963–1966

| years2 = 1967–1976

| years3 = 1976–1980

| clubs1 = IFK Eskilstuna

| clubs2 = Åtvidabergs FF

| clubs3 = IFK Eskilstuna

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| nationalyears1 = 1973–1977

| nationalteam1 = Sweden{{cite web|url=http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm |title=Sweden men's national football team stats |language=Swedish |work=passagen.se |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606000450/http://hem.passagen.se/fotbollslandslaget/statistiktest.htm |archivedate=2012-06-06 }}

| nationalcaps1 = 38

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1981–1982

| manageryears2 = 1983–1985

| manageryears3 = 1985–1989

| manageryears4 = 1990

| manageryears5 = 1991–1992

| manageryears6 = 1993

| manageryears7 = 1995

| manageryears8 = 1996–1997

| manageryears9 = 1997–1998

| manageryears10 = 2000–2001

| manageryears11 = 2001

| manageryears12 = 2001

| manageryears13 = 2002–2003

| manageryears14 = 2004–2006

| manageryears15 = 2007–2009

| manageryears16 = 2010

| managerclubs1 = IK Brage{{Cite web|url=http://www.ikbrage.se/index.php?newspage=63&open=3|title = IK Brage}}

| managerclubs2 = Bryne

| managerclubs3 = IFK Norrköping{{Cite web |url=http://www.gruvstugan.com/tranare.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200418/http://www.gruvstugan.com/tranare.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}

| managerclubs4 = Kongsvinger IL

| managerclubs5 = Lyngby BK

| managerclubs6 = Örebro SK

| managerclubs7 = IFK Norrköping

| managerclubs8 = IK Sleipner

| managerclubs9 = FC Copenhagen

| managerclubs10 = IK Sleipner

| managerclubs11 = FC Copenhagen

| managerclubs12 = Assyriska FF

| managerclubs13 = Västerås SK Fotboll

| managerclubs14 = Åtvidabergs FF

| managerclubs15 = Smedby AIS

| managerclubs16 = IK Sleipner

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Kent Karlsson (born 25 November 1945) is a Swedish football coach and former player.

He was capped 38 times for the national team and played at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.

As a manager, he has managed Swedish, Danish and Norwegian clubs such as IFK Norrköping, Bryne IL, Lyngby BK and FC Copenhagen.