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{{short description|Swedish football coach and former player (born 1945)}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Kent Karlsen|Kent Carlsson (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{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 (football)|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 men's national football team|Sweden]]<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
| 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]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ikbrage.se/index.php?newspage=63&open=3|title = IK Brage}}</ref>
| managerclubs2 = [[Bryne FK|Bryne]]
| managerclubs3 = [[IFK Norrköping]]<ref name=gruvstugan>{{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 }}</ref>
| managerclubs4 = [[Kongsvinger IL]]
| managerclubs5 = [[Lyngby BK]]
| managerclubs6 = [[Örebro SK]]
| managerclubs7 = [[IFK Norrköping]]<ref name=gruvstugan/>
| 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]]
}} 
'''Kent Karlsson''' (born 25 November 1945) is a Swedish [[association football|football]] coach and former player.
He was capped 38 times for the [[Sweden men's national football team|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]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{WorldFootball.net|kent-karlsson}}

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[[Category:1945 births]]
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[[Category:People from Arboga Municipality]]
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[[Category:Sweden men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Åtvidabergs FF players]]
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[[Category:IFK Norrköping managers]]
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[[Category:Footballers from Västmanland County]]
[[Category:Eliteserien managers]]