Krister Isaksen

Strømsgodset Isaksen broke his leg in 1991 and did not return until the fall of 1992, missing the 1991 Norwegian Football Cup final. Isaksen played the 1993 Norwegian Football Cup final, which Strømsgodset lost to Bodø/Glimt. He was approached by neighboring team Mjøndalen, but chose to commence his fifth Strømsgodset season.

As Strømsgodset finished second in the 1995 1. divisjon, Group 2, the team reached a promotion playoff against Sogndal. Krister Isaksen became the central player. In the first leg, he scored twice in Strømsgodset's 3–1 victory, but also received a red card. He was a nervous onlooker in the second leg, but Strømsgodset held Sogndal to 0–0 and were promoted to the 1996 Eliteserien. Strømsgodset waited to renew Isaksen's outgoing contract, looking for a possibility to sign someone else, but Isaksen could finally put pen to paper in December 1995.

Playing style Isaksen was known for a fierce and temperamental playing style, which led him to be a powerful duel player, but also pick up a lot of yellow cards. Another nickname that stuck while he played for Strømsgodset was "Bikkja" ("the mutt"). As the season concluded, Isaksen had collected 9 yellow cards, the highest number of any player in the two highest leagues for men.

In 1998, Isaksen was reported by Lyn for verbal abuse towards their player Hassan El Fakiri at the La Manga friendly tournament. Isaksen admitted to using the word "pakkis" ("Paki") towards the Moroccan-born El Fakiri. Said Isaksen; "Of 1000 stupid words, 'pakkis' was the stupidest I could have chosen". For his transgression he was issued a two-match ban.

Start v Strømsgodset 2–6 In the last round of 1996 Eliteserien, Strømsgodset faced Isaksen's former club Start away. Ahead of the match, Strømsgodset found themselves in the relegation spot. Above them were Moss and Vålerenga. At the same time as neither of these teams could win, Strømsgodset had to beat Start who languished in the bottom spot. In addition, Strømsgodset would have to overcome a goal difference that was four goals weaker than that of Moss.

At half time, Strømsgodset led by one goal, incidentally scored by Isaksen to put the score at 2–1. Moss and Vålerenga were both in the lead, however, thwarting Strømsgodset's chances to bypass them in the table. In the second half, Vålerenga proceeded to lose their game whereas Moss was held to a draw.

When Isaksen scored in the 75th minute, he put Strømsgodset ahead 5 to 2. Winning by three goals still was not enough to avoid relegation. Two minutes into stoppage time, Isaksen sent the ball past Frode Olsen to increase the lead to 6–2. Strømsgodset's goal difference was now equal to that of Moss, moving ahead in the table due to having scored more goals.

Isaksen had also missed a major goalscoring opportunity before scoring his last goal. National newspapers described the difference between 5–2 and 6–2 as "going from hell to heaven in three minutes". In the Drammen press, the performance was dubbed "football bombshell of the century"

Return to Kristiansand Ahead of the 1997 season, Isaksen had concrete offers from Strømsgodset, Start, Hødd and Aalesund, should he choose to move to Sunnmøre where his wife was from. Ultimately, he chose Start, where he described the "total package" as the superior offer. Though Start was now relegated, Isaksen would play an important role in their attempt at re-promotion, and would also be close to family in Kristiansand. The transfer fee was set to . Isaksen also tried to activate a clause in one of his former contracts, which stated that he was personally entitled to 15% of the transfer fee received by Strømsgodset.

With 9 goals in the 1997 1. divisjon and 8 goals in the 1998 1. divisjon, Isaksen became Start's top goalscorer two consecutive seasons. Despite an offer from Aalesunds FK, Isaksen remained in Start, ultimately accepting the purported pay cut.

It soon became apparent that Isaksen was not a starting choice for the new Start manager Jan Halvor Halvorsen, who brought striker Trond Nordseth along from his previous club. Isaksen rarely played during the pre-season friendlies. After playing four games in May, it became clear that Isaksen would lose most of the remaining season. Complications from the broken leg surgery in 1991 had become painful. The public hospitals had long queues for surgery, and Start could not afford a private hospital. As Start were promoted to the 2000 Eliteserien, they had no intentions of retaining Isaksen.

After the 1999 season, Isaksen retired from professional fotball. He first joined the seventh-tier club FK Grim together with another former Start player Tore Løvland to play football as a hobby. The team trained once a week and had no coach. Isaksen later moved a bit further up the divisions to FK Våg. He retired ahead of the 2004 season.

Personal life Isaksen had a daughter who lived in Kristiansand while he was playing for Strømsgodset.

He settled in Tveit in Kristiansand. Here, he worked as a sales director in a power company and coached the youth team of his son. Hunting was his main hobby.