Morten Karlsen

Morten Karlsen (born 25 March 1979) is a former Danish professional football defender and manager. Karlsen is the current manager for Lyngby of the Danish Superliga.

Morten Karlsen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1979-03-25) 25 March 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Lyngby (Manager)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–2002	B.93		(3)
2002–2004	Zwolle	53	(2)
2004–2010	Nordsjælland	129	(0)
2010	Randers	30	(0)
2011–2012	Esbjerg fB	35	(0)
2012–2013	Lyngby	15	(0)
2013–2014	HB Køge	39	(0)
Managerial career
2014–2018	FC Nordsjælland U19[1]
2018–2019	HB Køge
2020–2022	AGF (assistant)
2023	Orange County SC (assistant)
2023–2024	Orange County SC
2024–	Lyngby
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

He previously played at FC Nordsjælland, Randers FC, FC Zwolle, B.93, Esbjerg fB and Lyngby BK before ending has career at HB Køge.

In June 2024, Karlsen left Orange County to return to Denmark, taking over as manager at Lyngby.^[2]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 24 May 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record								Ref
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
HB Køge		28 May 2018	1 December 2019	58	22	16	20	95	83	+12	037.93	[3]
Orange County SC		1 May 2023	24 June 2024	43	22	6	15	57	49	+8	051.16	[4]
Lyngby Boldklub		1 July 2024	Present	33	5	12	16	27	47	−20	015.15
Total				134	49	34	51	179	179	+0	036.57	—