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Danish footballer

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Within Vinony's link graph, Morten Olsen is referenced by 490 other articles, and connects out to midfielder, Germany men's national association football team and defender.

Vinony files it under 1949 births, 1986 FIFA World Cup players and 1. FC Köln managers.

Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Born
1960
Works
1

Top works

  • Solskjær 20

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Country
DK
Active from
1972

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
85
Total plays
489

Born in 1961, Morten Olsen began his career in electronic jazz-fusion, and since then has charted his own course through the perilous seas of modern music. In the early 1980s, while other young composers still grappled with conflicting ideologies of their art as science or as Zen Buddhism, he focused his attention on the present and practical, leading an electric jazz quintet and composing its entire repertoire. Of contemporary developments in the thriving music of Denmark <a href="https://www.

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Key facts

Full name
Morten Per Olsen
Date of birth
( 1949-08-14 ) 14 August 1949 (age 76)
Place of birth
Vordingborg , Denmark
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Positions
Sweeper defensive midfielder
1957 1969
Vordingborg
Years
Team
1970 1972
B 1901
1972 1976
Cercle Brugge
1976 1980
Racing White
1980 1986
Anderlecht
1986 1989
1. FC Köln
1970 1974
Denmark U21
1970 1989
Denmark
1990 1992
Brøndby
1993 1995
1. FC Köln
1997 1998
Ajax
2000 2015
Denmark

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Sports profile

Sport
Handball
Team
Bjerringbro-Silkeborg Håndbold
Position
Centre-Back
Nationality
Denmark

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Wikidata facts

Mass
74
Image
Morten Olsen 2012 (cropped).jpg
Height
183
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Morten Olsen
date of birth
1949-08-14
name in native language
Morten Olsen
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Encyclopedic overview

Morten Per Olsen ( Danish pronunciation: [ˈmɒːtn̩ ˈoːl.sn̩]; born 14 August 1949) is a Danish former football manager and former player. He was the head coach of the Denmark national team for 15 years from 2000 until 2015, guiding Denmark to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2004 European Championship, 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2012 European Championship. He has also managed Brøndby to two Danish Superliga championships and Ajax to the Double of the 1998 Eredivisie championship and Dutch Cup trophy. He is one of only two persons ever in football, alongside Didier Deschamps, to achieve 100 national matches for his country both as player as well as coach.

In his active career, Olsen started as a striker but did not make a mark until he at age thirty moved back and played defensive midfielder and libero. He played professionally in Belgium and Germany, and won the 1983 UEFA Cup and three Belgian First Division championships with Anderlecht. Olsen played a total 102 matches and scored four goals for the Danish national team from 1970 to 1989, and was named 1983 and 1986 Danish Player of the Year. He captained the Danish national team in 50 games during the 1980s, and represented Denmark at the 1984 European Championship, 1986 FIFA World Cup, and 1988 European Championship. Towards the end of his active career, Olsen was characterized as the most important player in the history of Danish football.

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