Morten Olsen

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Morten Olsen
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Morten Olsen
Personnel
Surname Morten Per Olsen
birthday August 14, 1949
place of birth Vordingborg ,  Denmark
size 183 cm
position Libero
Juniors
Years station
1957-1969 Vordingborg IF
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1970-1972 B 1901 40 0(2)
1972-1976 Cercle Bruges 132 0(8)
1976-1980 RWD Molenbeek 106 0(4)
1980-1986 RSC Anderlecht 173 0(2)
1986-1989 1. FC Cologne 80 0(2)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1970-1974 Denmark U-21 5 0(1)
1970-1989 Denmark 102 0(4)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1990-1992 Brøndby IF
1993-1995 1. FC Cologne
1997-1998 Ajax Amsterdam
2000-2015 Denmark
1 Only league games are given.

Morten Olsen (born August 14, 1949 in Vordingborg ) is a former Danish football player who was active as a football coach after his active days .

Athletic career

Successes with Denmark and in the Belgian First Division (until 1986)

Morten Olsen played for various clubs in Belgium from 1972 to 1986 . He won with the RSC Anderlecht to UEFA Cup 1983 . With the success of the Danish national team in the early 1980s, he was considered one of the best defensive players in Europe. As team captain , he led the Danish national team , which was then trained by the German Sepp Piontek , into the semifinals of the European Football Championship in France in 1984 , which was the greatest success of Danish football up to that point. At the 1986 World Cup in Mexico , the Danes played with Germany in a preliminary group and defeated the Germans 2-0 under team manager Franz Beckenbauer . As the group winners, they were considered a secret favorite, but had to admit defeat to Spain 1: 5 in the round of 16. He made a total of 102 full international matches for Danish Dynamite .

Career finale in the German Bundesliga (1986 to 1989)

Olsen moved to 1. FC Köln after the World Cup in Germany . At the age of 37 he made his debut in the Bundesliga and played all games in his first season. In 1988 he led the Danish national team at the European Championships in Germany once more as captain, but retired with the team after three defeats after the preliminary round. Olsen played another three years for 1. FC Köln. Under coach Christoph Daum he was once German runner-up and once third. At the age of almost 40, he ended his playing career in the German elite league in 1989.

Coaching career

Club coach in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands (1990 to 1999)

Olsen has been a trainer since 1990. First he was in charge of the Brøndby IF team , and in 1993 he returned to 1. FC Köln as head coach. He stayed there until 1995 and reached two places in mid-table with the team. After leaving Cologne in 1995, he moved to Ajax Amsterdam in the Dutch Eredivisie in 1997 and won the Dutch championship with the team in 1998.

Danish national coach (2000 to 2015)

After the Euro 2000 in the Netherlands and Belgium, Olsen was the coach of the Danish national team. He and his team qualified for the 2002 World Cup in South Korea , the 2004 European Football Championship in Portugal , the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2012 European Football Championship in Poland and Ukraine. Since 2006, Olsen has been responsible for Danish youth training and introduced a 4-3-3 standard system based on the Dutch model.

On March 17, 2015, he announced that he would be stepping down as coach of the Danish national team after the 2016 European Championship in France . After 15 years, Olsen was the longest-serving coach in the Danish national team, ahead of Sepp Piontek (eleven years). After being eliminated in the play-off games against Sweden on November 17, 2015, he resigned prematurely.

On February 8, 2018, Olsen announced the end of his career as a coach.

successes

As a player

As a trainer

Awards

In 1998, Olsen was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Danish Sports ( Sports Hall of Fame) .

useful information

In addition to Danish , Olsen speaks German and English . He lives with his Belgian wife in Beersel, not far from Brussels .

Web links

Commons : Morten Olsen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Mamrud: Morten Olsen - Century of International Appearances . RSSSF.com . October 17, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  2. ^ Matthias Arnhold: Morten Per Olsen - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga . RSSSF.com . October 17, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
  3. ^ "Olsen gang" as an underdog , orf.at, June 2, 2012
  4. ↑ Olympia Verlag GmbH (ed.): Olsen announces his resignation. In: kicker online. March 17, 2015, accessed July 30, 2015 .
  5. ↑ Morten Olsen stopper som landstræner dbu.dk, accessed on November 20, 2015 (Danish)
  6. ^ After qualifying: Denmark's coach Olsen resigns kicker.de, accessed on November 20, 2015
  7. ↑ The end of a legend's career: Morten Olsen stops. In: tz.de. tz , accessed on February 8, 2018 .
  8. ^ Lars Berendt: Morten Olsen - four more years! Danske Boldspil Union, November 21, 2005, accessed on December 3, 2012 (Danish): “ Morten Olsen, 56 år, bor sammen med sin belgiske kone, Mireille, dels i Vordinggaard på Sydsjælland og dels i Bruxelles. "
  9. ↑ Het Nieuwsblad / De Gentenaar / MEDIAHUIS (ed.): Morten Olsen is na 15 jaar geen Deens bondscoach sea. In: Het Nieuwsblad. November 18, 2015, accessed November 20, 2015 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Olsen, Morten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish football player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Vordingborg , Denmark