Kai Erik Herlovsen is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 football coach and former player.

Herlovsen was usually used in the central defence

Defender (association football)

Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking....

 or as a defensive midfielder

Midfielder

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. He was capped 34 times for Norway

Norway national football team

The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...

, and played in the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

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. On club level he began and ended his career in Fredrikstad

Fredrikstad F.K.

Fredrikstad footballklubb is a Norwegian football club from the town of Fredrikstad. With nine league championships and eleven Norwegian Cup wins, FFK is one of the most successful clubs in Norwegian football...

, with a seven-year-long professional spell in Borussia Mönchengladbach

Borussia Mönchengladbach

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 in between.

He currently coaches Lisleby FK. His daughter Isabell Herlovsen

Isabell Herlovsen

Isabell Lehn Herlovsen is a German-born Norwegian football player who is currently playing for LSK Kvinner FK after being released from her contract with French club Olympique Lyonnais of the Division 1 Féminine...

is a current Norway international.