John Hansen (football player, 1924)

John Hansen
Personnel
birthday	July 27, 1924
place of birth	Frederiksberg ,  Denmark
date of death	January 12, 1990
Place of death	Frederiksberg ,  Denmark
size	187 cm
position	Storm
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1943-1948	BK Frem København	86 0(81)
1948-1954	Juventus Turin	187 (124)
1954-1955	Lazio Rome	27 0(15)
1958-1960	BK Frem København	28 0(32)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1947	Denmark U-21	1 00(1)
1948	Denmark	8 0(10)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1956	BK Frem København
1969	Denmark
1 Only league games are given.

John Hansen (born July 27, 1924 in Frederiksberg ; † January 12, 1990 ibid) was a Danish football player and coach . Hansen is considered one of the first world-class players in Danish football.

Career

Hansen began his career in 1943 at BK Frem København . After the Second World War he took part for Denmark in the football competition of the Olympic Games in London in 1948 and won the bronze medal with the team. At Highbury Stadium , he scored four goals for his home country in the quarter-finals of the competition against Italy , the game ended in a 5-3 win for Denmark. In total, he completed eight international matches for the Danish selection and scored ten times in the opposing goal. The attacker also played a game for the Danish U-21 team and was successful with one goal.

Also in 1948, the center forward moved to the Italian Serie A at Juventus Turin and in 1949/50 won the first Italian championship for Juve after the war under the Englishman Jesse Carver . In 1952 he was able to repeat this success. He played for Juventus Turin until 1954 and then moved to Lazio for one season . In total, Hansen played 214 games in Serie A and scored 139 goals. He then returned to his homeland and ended his career with BK Frem København in 1960.

successes

• Danish champion: 1943/44
• Italian champion : 1949/50 , 1951/52
• Bronze medal at the Summer Olympics : 1948

Personal awards

• Capocannoniere of Serie A : 1951-52 (30 goals)
• Top scorer in the 1st division : 1947/48 (20 goals)
• Top scorer at the Summer Olympics : 1948 (7 goals)

Web links

Commons : John Hansen  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• John Hansen in the database of weltfussball.de
• John Hansen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information about the international match between Denmark and Italy on the website of the Danish association
2. ↑ Information on John Hansen at the Danish Association