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Danish footballer

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Jan Heintze is a Danish association football player born in Tårnby in 1963. He played as a defender, specifically as a left-back, for clubs including PSV Eindhoven, Kastrup Boldklub, KFC Uerdingen 05, and Bayer 04 Leverkusen. His professional career began in 1982.

Heintze represented Denmark in international competitions, participating in the 1988 and 2000 UEFA European Championships, as well as the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cups. Over the course of his career, he played one match and scored zero goals. He speaks Danish.

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Sweden
Active from
1879-07-22
Active to
1946-03-04

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Key facts

1980
Københavns Boldklub
Full name
Jan Heintze Larsen
Date of birth
( 1963-08-17 ) 17 August 1963 (age 62)
Place of birth
Tårnby , Denmark
Height
1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position
Left-back
1970 1980
Tårnby Boldklub
Years
Team
1981 1982
Kastrup Boldklub
1982 1994
PSV Eindhoven
1994 1996
Bayer Uerdingen
1996 1999
Bayer Leverkusen
1999 2003
PSV Eindhoven
1987 2002
Denmark

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Sports profile

Sport
Soccer
Team
_Retired Soccer
Position
Left-Back
Nationality
Denmark

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Jan
Gender
male
Citizenship
Danish Realm
Place of birth
Tårnby
Languages spoken
Danish
Participant in
UEFA Euro 2000
Position played
defender
League
Q82595
Country for sport
Denmark
Image
PSV koppen 15 , 16 Jan Heintze , 17 , Bestanddeelnr 934-0448.jpg
Height
170
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Commons category
Jan Heintze
date of birth
1963-08-17
start of work period
1982-00-00
number of matches played/races/starts
1
total goals in career
0
name in native language
Jan Heintze
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Encyclopedic overview

Jan Heintze ( Danish pronunciation: [ˈjan ˈhɑjnt.sə]; born 17 August 1963) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left-sided defensive midfielder and defender. He ended his career in the Netherlands with PSV Eindhoven, where he was a part of the PSV team which won the 1988 European Cup. He played 86 matches for the Denmark national team in the course of 15 years, playing four international tournaments with the team, which he captained in his last two years before he retired in 2003.

Club career

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