Per-Ove Ludvigsen

Football player infobox| playername= Per Ove Ludvigsen


fullname = Per Ove Ludvigsen
nickname = "Peddien"
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1966|5|20|mf=y
cityofbirth = Bergen
countryofbirth = Norway
height = ++ 190 cm
currentclub = SK Brann
position = Centre back Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1983-1993
1994-2001
clubs = Fyllingen Fotball
SK Brann
caps(goals) =
112 (10)
nationalyears = 1993
nationalteam = Norway
nationalcaps(goals) = 1 (0)
pcupdate = 2000
ntupdate = 2000

Per-Ove Ludvigsen (born May 20 1966) is a former Norwegian football player. He played for S.K. Brann, after joining from local rivals Fyllingen Fotball after the latter club's relegation from the Norwegian Premier League in the 1993 season. Sent Brann to the cup finals in 1999 with a goal in extra time in the semi finals against Molde F.K. After retireing in 2001, Ludvigsen was hired as Sport Director in SK Brann, and he had much of the hounor of Brann's success the following seasons. With his few comments in the media, Ludvigsen presented many surprising transfers, many at the end of the transfer-window. Some of the players Ludvigsen is credited to have hired are Thorstein Helstad, Bengt Sæternes, Paul Scharner, Eirik Bakke, Ardian Gashi and Martin Andresen. On November 2 2006, Ludvigsen surprisingly quit his job in SK Brann, saying that he took his part of the responsibility for Branns dredfull finish in the Premiership in both 2005 and 2006. Ludvigsen now works as football agent in [http://www.prosoco.eu Prosoco Sports Management LTD.]

*He won the first ever Kniksen award as defender of the year in 1990.
*He has one cap for Norway.