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|colspan="3" align="center"|[[Image:RSGulrikfalkenner.png]]
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! style="background: #ff9999; text-align: center" colspan="3" | Personal Information
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|'''Full name'''||colspan="2"|Ulrik Falkenner
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|'''Country'''||colspan="2"|{{Flag|SWE}}
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|'''Position'''||colspan="2"|[[Coach]]
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! style="background: #ff9999; text-align: center" colspan="3" |Club Information
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|'''Current club'''||colspan="2"|{{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Red Star Brussels|SVV Red Star Brussels]]
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! style="background: #ff9999; text-align: center" colspan="3" | Junior Clubs
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|'''Global Seasons'''||'''Team'''||'''GP (goals)'''
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|colspan="1" align="center"|17-19 ||{{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Snittvikt 90]] ([[Seuans FK]])||colspan="3" align="center"|<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>0<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>(0)
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! style="background: #ff9999; text-align: center" colspan="3" | Senior Clubs
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|'''Global Seasons'''||'''Team'''||'''GP (goals)'''
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|colspan="1" align="center"|19-19 ||{{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Snittvikt 90]] ([[Seuans FK]])||colspan="3" align="center"|<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>0<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>(0)
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|colspan="1" align="center"|19-25 ||{{Flagicon|SWE}} [[Öron-Näsa-Hals-Doktorn]]||colspan="3" align="center"|<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>63<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>(6)
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|colspan="1" align="center"|25-31 ||{{Flagicon|RUS}} [[Dinamo St. Petersburg]]||colspan="3" align="center"|<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>88<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>(7)
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|colspan="1" align="center"|31-34 ||{{Flagicon|NED}} [[FC Overmars]]||colspan="3" align="center"|<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>46<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>(0)
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|colspan="1" align="center"|34-34 ||{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Energie Haarzopf]]||colspan="3" align="center"|<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>11<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>(1)
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|colspan="1" align="center"|35-38 ||{{Flagicon|ITA}} [[NGL NEw Team]]||colspan="3" align="center"|<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>20<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>(1)
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|colspan="1" align="center"|38-39 ||{{Flagicon|FRA}} [[FC FLENU]]||colspan="3" align="center"|<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>0<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>(0)
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|colspan="1" align="center"|39-41 ||{{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Red Star Brussels|SVV Red Star Brussels]]||colspan="3" align="center"|<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>6<font color="#F9F9F9">_</font>(0)
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! style="background: #ff9999; text-align: center" colspan="3" | Trainer
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|'''Global Seasons'''||'''Team'''||'''Games'''
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|colspan="1" align="center"|41-45 ||{{Flagicon|BEL}} [[Red Star Brussels|SVV Red Star Brussels]] ||colspan="3" align="center"|''62 (trainer)''
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Ulrik Falkenner (Stockholm, {{Flag|SWE}}) was a [[Sweden|Swedish]] football [[player]] and [[coach]] who is the current trainer of [[SVV Red Star Brussels]]. During his playing career, he was a [[Central Defender]].

== Early Career and Swedish Period ==
=== First Steps in Football ===
Falkenner started his career at his local team [[Seuans FK]], which is now known as [[Snittvikt 90]]. A played in the youth division of the team, before being promoted to the first team during season 19. He never played in the senior team at [[Seuans FK]], but was immediatly transferred to another local team [[Öron-Näsa-Hals-Doktorn]]. 

=== First Transfer and A-Team Player===
At [[Öron-Näsa-Hals-Doktorn]] he started as a reserve player, only to become part of the standard line-up by the end of season 20. Falkenner however soon developed as a standard player, and a crucial element in the defence of his team. He played as central defender or wingback. Falkenner became famous for his perfect insight in football, and his quick and correct reacting against any attacking attempt of his opponents.

== Career Abroad ==
=== Russia ===
In the middle of Season 25, the Russian team [[Dinamo St. Petersburg]] offered 2,59 million euros to acquire the Swedish defender. Falkenner transferred to the Russian team, and became the organiser of the defence of this team. He was able to bring structure and organisation in the team, and as such was crucial in the promotion of his team to Third Division during Season 29. Falkenner would play 2 more seasons with his team in this division. His most famous achievement was when Falkenner was able to recover the ball after a player of [[Rebellion in Dream]] broke out on a cornerattack. This great run by Falkenner prevented a certain 1-1 and possible prolongations in this cup game.

=== Holland en Germany ===
In the middle of Season 31, Falkenner transferred to the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] team [[FC Overmars]] in Den Haag, for a transfer sum of 937.500€. Again, Falkenner became a key element in the defence of his new team. He played three seasons in [[The Netherlands]], before moving to [[Bavaria]] in [[Germany]] to play one season for [[Energie Haarzopf]]. Falkenner retained his first team statute in both teams.

=== Italy and France ===
Falkenner started Season 35 in the [[Italy|Italian]] team [[NGL NEw TEam]]. He originaly started again in the first team, but during the 4th game of Season 36, Falkenner was tackled hardly from behind by the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Gladio]] attacker [[Gladio/Jordy van der Wijst|Jordy van der Wijst]]. Soon it became clear that Falkenners' ankle was broken, and he wouldn't play anymore for the rest of the season. Falkenner made a lot of efforts trying to recover from his injury, but his injuries proved more important then they first seemed. Two extra seasons of injurytime were his part, and he never played again for his team. He transferred to a French lower division team [[FC Flenu]], but never played because of his injury.

== Playing career at RSG Gent ==
Falkenner started to occupy himself with the accompagnement of younger Scandinavian players, and was a go-between between RSB and [[Fujitsu Football Team/Einar Hagberg|Einar Hagberg]] and [[HETMAN SWORDS/Torben Heyde Petersen|Torbe Heyde Petersen]] when they transferred to Ghent. Because of his experience, Falkenner was offered a position at [[Red Star Brussels]] as a player. He was treated in the University Hospital of Ghent for his fractured ankle, and recovered quickly. He even was capable of playing a few games for [[Red Star Brussels]] after his arrival, but it became clear soon that Falkenner would never be able to play again like he did before. Therefore Falkenner started to prepare himself to become a trainer.

=== Seasons Overview at Red Star Brussels ===
This tabel gives an overview of the matches Ulrik Falkenner played through the seasons. 

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|- bgcolor=ffcccc
! colspan=2|
! colspan=2| League
! colspan=2| Cup
! colspan=2| Total
|- align=center bgcolor=ffcccc
! <Small>Season
! <Small>League
! <Small>App. 
! <Small>Goals
! <Small>App.
! <Small>Goals
! <Small>App.
! <Small>Goals
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|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 39|39]]||align=center| IX.1432 ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 1 || align=center| 0
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|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 40|40]]||align=center| IX.1432 ||align=center| 4 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 4 || align=center| 1
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|align=center|[[Red Star Brussels/Season 41|41]]||align=center| VIII.255 ||align=center| 1 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 ||align=center| 0 || align=center| 1 || align=center| 0
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! colspan=2 bgcolor=cccccc| Total ||bgcolor=cccccc| 6 ||bgcolor=cccccc| 0 ||bgcolor=cccccc| 0 ||bgcolor=cccccc| 0 ||bgcolor=cccccc| 6 ||bgcolor=cccccc| 0
|}

== Training career ==
Falkenner became the trainer of [[Red Star Brussels]] after Matchday 5 of [[Red Star Brussels/Season 41|Season 41]]. He replaced [[France|French]] interim-coach Sylvestre Mougin who was the team's coach after [[Red Star Brussels/Frank Frederix|Frank Frederix]] left the team for personal reasons. Falkenner successfully promoted to Division VII, after training the team for 9 matches in a marvelous Season in Division VIII.255: [[Red Star Brussels]] remained unbeaten during the season, and won all but one games, and only having one draw. He successfully changed the training scheme of the team from [[Playmaking]] to [[Shooting]] during season 41, and again from [[Shooting]] to [[Goalkeeping]] during Season 42. He resigned as a coach at [[Red Star Brussels|RSB]] during [[Red Star Brussels/Season 45]] to become a delegate for the Player's Union. He was succeeded by [[Red Star Brussels/José Alejandro Montes de Oca|José Alejandro Montes de Oca]].

== Personal Life ==
Falkenner is married to Eva Nilsson, and has three daughters. The family lives in Elsene, Brussels.

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