Kresten Bjerre

Kresten Bjerre
	Kresten Bjerre (1977)
Personal information
Date of birth	22 February 1946
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death	19 February 2014 (aged 67)
Place of death	Frederikssund, Denmark
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1954–19??	BK Sylvia
19??–196?	Akademisk Boldklub
Senior career*
Years	Team
196?–1967	Akademisk Boldklub
1968	Houston Stars
1968–1970	PSV
1970–1977	RWDM
1977–1978	Go Ahead Eagles
International career
1965–1966	Denmark U21
1967–1973	Denmark
Managerial career
1978–1979	Køge Boldklub
1980–1983	Holbæk B&I
1983–1987	Herfølge Boldklub
1987–19??	Akademisk Boldklub
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kresten Bjerre (22 February 1946 – 19 February 2014) was a Danish

footballer, who played professionally for Houston Stars in the United States, and European clubs PSV Eindhoven and R.W.D. Molenbeek

Nicknamed "Generalen" (the General),

Playing career

Born in

In early 1968, he moved abroad to play professionally for American team

Belgian League,^[5] and was the first foreign player to be named team captain in Belgian football.^[1]

The lacking professionalism of the Danish national team did not sit well with Bjerre,

He moved back to Denmark, where he became a football coach. Under his coaching,

BK Frem's stadium Valby Idrætspark.^[5] Bjerre died from cancer in early 2014.^[7]

^ Houston Dynamo: History of Soccer in Houston Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine at MLSnet.com
^ Dutch league stats - Elf
^ (in Dutch) Racing White Archived 2007-07-16 at the Wayback Machine at RWDM.be
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Allan Lykke, "Flashback: Hvad blev der i grunden af Kresten Bjerre?", Ekstra Bladet, 29 January 2006
^ (in Dutch) RWDM Archived 2007-07-16 at the Wayback Machine at RWDM.be
^ Allan Nielsen, "Landsholdets general og perfekte straffesparksskytte er død", Politiken, 19 February 2014