Morten Olsen
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Morten Per Olsen | ||
Date of birth | 14 August 1949 | ||
Place of birth | Vordingborg, Denmark | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Position(s) |
defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1957–1969 | Vordingborg IF | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1972 |
B 1901 | 40 | (2) |
1972–1976 | Cercle Brugge | 132 | (8) |
1976–1980 |
Racing White | 106 | (4) |
1980–1986 | Anderlecht | 173 | (2) |
1986–1989 | 1. FC Köln | 80 | (2) |
Total | 531 | (18) | |
International career‡ | |||
1970–1974 | Denmark U21 | 5 | (1) |
1970–1989[2] | Denmark | 102 | (4) |
Managerial career | |||
1990–1992 | Brøndby | ||
1993–1995 | 1. FC Köln | ||
1997–1998 | Ajax | ||
2000–2015 | Denmark | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of [3][4] ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of [1] |
Morten Per Olsen (born 14 August 1949) is a Danish
In his active career, Olsen predominantly played as a
Playing career
Club career
Born in
Olsen played three seasons at B 1901, before he moved abroad to play professionally with
In 1980, Olsen moved to 16-time Belgian champions
Olsen was a part of the Anderlecht team which beat Portuguese team
Aged 36 years old, Olsen left Anderlecht following the 1986 World Cup.[6] He moved to Germany, to play for 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga. While at Köln, Olsen was moved back to his previous defensive midfield position.[18] He helped Köln reach third and second-place finishes in the 1987–88 and 1988–89 Bundesliga seasons respectively. Olsen played 80 games and scored two goals for Köln in the Bundesliga,[19] before retiring from his active career in June 1989, 39 years of age.[6]
International career
Olsen made his debut for the
While at Anderlecht, Olsen became the seventh Dane to play 50 games for the national team, in June 1981.[21] For Olsen's 53rd national team game in April 1983, the Germany national team manager of Denmark, Sepp Piontek, named Olsen permanent national team captain, as Olsen replaced the retiring Per Røntved as both libero and team captain.[22] Olsen played as an attacking libero, and had defensive midfielder Jens Jørn Bertelsen cover for him when he was on the attack.[23] Olsen, alongside defender Søren Busk,[24] persuaded Piontek to implement the aggressive off-side trap they practiced at Anderlecht.[25]
Olsen captained the Danish team that qualified for the
While he was moved to a midfielder position at Köln, Olsen continued to play as a libero for Denmark.[27] He captained Denmark at the 1988 European Championship, which ended in the preliminary group stage.[1] During the tournament, Olsen proved too slow for the libero position,[28] and was moved up as defensive midfielder, leaving the libero position for Lars Olsen.[28] Morten Olsen ended his international career following the 1988 European Championship, having played 99 national team games, but was called up again 10 months later.[29] Olsen became the first Dane to play 100 games for the national team in April 1989, before ending his national team career in June 1989.[1] Olsen played a record 102 games and scored four goals for the national team,[1] and set a record of 50 games as Danish national team captain.[30] His team captain record was broken by Lars Olsen in 1992, while his game tally was bested by Peter Schmeichel in 1998. In his entire international career, Morten Olsen only got one yellow card.[1]
Style of play
Olsen played a wide variety of positions, including
At the age of 32,[14] Olsen was moved back to the libero position, which transformed him from an established player to an international star-player.[33] Olsen employed a wide variety of skills for a defensive player, including attacking surges and technical dribbling, taking advantage of his acceleration and vision of the game.[14] He provided long passes from his deep position, while his forward surges helped create numerical advantages in the midfield.[26] He was a consummate professional,[34] known as a gentleman of the game.[14]
Coaching career
Olsen started his coaching career in January 1990, at the defending Danish champions
In April 1993,[4] Olsen moved to his former team 1. FC Köln which he saved from relegation, when coming to its aid in the last six games of the 1992–93 Bundesliga season.[39] In his time in Germany, he would become a certified coach, earning his "Fußball-Lehrer-Lizenz" diploma in 1993.[40] For two seasons, he had the club positioned somewhat safely from relegation, despite not having any especially good players. At the start of the 1995–96 season, Köln were eliminated in the DFB-Pokal by an amateur team from Beckum,[41] and Olsen was fired in August 1995.[4]
He would have to wait for almost two years until
In the fall of 1999, Olsen signed a two-year contract with the Danish Football Association (DBU) to manage the Danish national team, effective after Denmark's participation at the 2000 European Championship.[45] In July 2000, he replaced Swedish coach Bo Johansson as the manager of the Denmark national football team. As his assistant coach, Olsen chose Michael Laudrup. The duo guided Denmark to qualification for the 2002 FIFA World Cup tournament, a campaign which ended in the round of 16 match against England in a 0–3 defeat after Denmark won the initial stage group.[46] Prior to the 2002 World Cup, Olsen signed a new four-year contract until June 2006.[45] When Laudrup went on to coach Brøndby, Olsen chose Keld Bordinggaard as his new assistant coach. With Bordinggaard, Olsen guided Denmark to the 2004 European Championship tournament, which once again ended at the first knock-out stage. Olsen failed to qualify Denmark for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but prolonged his contract with DBU in November 2005.[47] A part of the new deal, which ran until and including the 2010 FIFA World Cup, was the added responsibility of defining a "red thread", or common denominator, in the talent work of the Danish national youth teams, thus giving Olsen a large influence on the future football being played by Denmark.[47]
In March 2008, Olsen stated that he would like to see
Personal life
Morten Olsen has been married to his Belgian wife and lived in
Career statistics
International
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Denmark | 1970 | 3 | 0 |
1971 | 9 | 2 | |
1972 | 5 | 0 | |
1973 | 1 | 0 | |
1974 | 6 | 0 | |
1975 | 2 | 0 | |
1976 | 4 | 0 | |
1977 | 2 | 0 | |
1978 | 3 | 0 | |
1979 | 6 | 0 | |
1980 | 5 | 0 | |
1981 | 5 | 0 | |
1982 | 2 | 0 | |
1983 | 6 | 0 | |
1984 | 10 | 0 | |
1985 | 7 | 0 | |
1986 | 11 | 0 | |
1987 | 5 | 0 | |
1988 | 7 | 1 | |
1989 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 102 | 4 |
- Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Olsen goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 5 May 1971 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen , Denmark |
Switzerland | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1972 Olympic Games qualifier |
2 | 1 August 1971 | Aalborg Stadion, Aalborg , Denmark |
England | 2–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
3 | 5 June 1988 | Odense Stadion, Odense , Denmark |
Belgium | 1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
4 | 18 June 1989 | Idrætsparken, Copenhagen, Denmark | Brazil | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1989 Tri Tournament |
Manager
- As of 17 November 2015.[55]
Club | From | To | Record | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G | W | D | L | Win % | |||||
Brøndby IF | January 1990 | May 1992 | 97 | 49 | 32 | 16 | 50.52 | ||
1. FC Köln | 28 April 1993 | 26 August 1995 | 86 | 33 | 22 | 31 | 38.37 | ||
Ajax | 1 July 1997 | 12 December 1998 | 72 | 49 | 10 | 13 | 68.06 | ||
Denmark | 1 July 2000 | 17 November 2015 | 163 | 79 | 42 | 42 | 48.47 | ||
Total | 418 | 210 | 106 | 102 | 50.24 |
Honours
Player
Anderlecht[56]
- Belgian Supercup: 1985
- UEFA Cup: 1982–83; runner-up 1983–84
- Jules Pappaert Cup: 1983, 1985[57]
- Bruges Matins: 1985[58]
Individual
- Danish Football Player of the Year: 1983, 1986[59]
- Man of the Season (Belgian First Division): 1980–81, 1984–85[61]
- World XI: 1984, 1985, 1986[62]
- Danish Football Hall of Fame
Manager
Brøndby IF[63]
Ajax[64]
See also
- List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps
- List of longest managerial reigns in association football
References
- Støstad, Mads Nyborg; Barstein, Tommy (9 October 2010). "Norge har hatt flaks". NRK Sport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- Ankerdal, Steen; Kurt Lassen; Peter Sloth (2009). Chefen – Historien om Morten Olsen. Copenhagen: Ekstra Bladets Forlag. ISBN 978-87-7731-282-3.
- ISBN 87-7245-260-9.
- ISBN 87-7245-320-6.
- Rasmussen, Jens Jam (2009). Formanden : historien om Per Bjerregaard og Brøndby IF. Vol. 1. Pionererne. Copenhagen: People's Press. ISBN 978-87-7055-435-0.
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Morten Olsen – Alle hold (Alle kampe)" (in Danish). DBU.dk. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- RSSSF.com. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ Morten Olsen at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ a b c "Morten Olsen" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ a b c Lundberg (1989), p. 165
- ^ a b c d e f g "Morten Olsen – fakta" (in Danish). DBU.dk. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ a b c Ankerdal, Lassen & Sloth (2009), p. 33
- ^ Lundberg (1988), p. 37
- ^ Ankerdal, Lassen & Sloth (2009), p. 42
- ^ a b Ankerdal, Lassen & Sloth (2009), p. 52
- ^ Ankerdal, Lassen & Sloth (2009), p. 61
- ^ a b Ankerdal, Lassen & Sloth (2009), pp. 62
- ^ Lundberg (1988), p. 83
- ^ a b c d e Smyth, Rob; Eriksen, Lars (13 October 2009). "Danish Dynamite: The Players". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ Lundberg (1988), pp. 80
- ^ a b "Årets Spiller" (in Danish). DBU.dk. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ Ankerdal, Lassen & Sloth (2009), p. 70
- ^ Lundberg (1989), p. 91
- RSSSF.com. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ a b Lundberg (1988), p. 37, 57, 74–76
- ^ a b "Morten Olsen". Haslund.info. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ Lundberg (1988), p. 80
- ^ Lundberg (1988), p. 84
- ^ Smyth, Rob; Eriksen, Lars (13 October 2009). "The forgotten story of ... Danish Dynamite, the Denmark side of the mid-80s". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ Lundberg (1989), p. 72–73
- ^ a b c "FIFA World Cup – Mexico '86 – Official Report – Part 4" (PDF). FIFA. p. 202. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ Lundberg (1989), p. 165–166
- ^ a b Lundberg (1989), p. 97
- ^ Nielsen, Allan (19 October 2008). "100 år: Morten Olsen er alle tiders ældste" (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ Ankerdal, Lassen & Sloth (2009), p. 38
- ^ a b Ankerdal, Lassen & Sloth (2009), p. 31
- ^ Ankerdal, Lassen & Sloth (2009), p. 36
- ^ Ankerdal, Lassen & Sloth (2009), p. 67
- ^ Ankerdal, Lassen & Sloth (2009), p. 24
- ^ Rasmussen (2009), p. 202
- ^ Rasmussen (2009), pp. 203
- ^ Rasmussen (2009), p. 221
- ^ Rasmussen (2009), pp. 224
- ^ Ankerdal, Lassen & Sloth (2009), p. 117
- ^ "Morten Olsen ny landstræner" (in Danish). DBU.dk. 29 August 1999. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ "Wenn Amateure jubeln, zittern Trainer der Profis" (in German). Welt.de. 28 August 1995. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ Ankerdal, Lassen & Sloth (2009), p. 131
- ^ Ankerdal, Lassen & Sloth (2009), pp. 148
- ^ "Opbouwfase van start" (in Dutch). Ajax.nl. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ a b c Berendt, Lars (8 January 2010). "Morten Olsen fortsætter til 2012" (in German). DBU.dk. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ "2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan – Results". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ a b Berendt, Lars (21 November 2005). "Morten Olsen – four more years!" (in Danish). DBU.dk. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- Ritzaus Bureau. 28 March 2008.
- ^ "Morten Olsen stopper i 2010" (in Danish). Politiken. 27 August 2008. Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2008.
- ^ "Morten Olsen – A-Landshold – Herrer (Alle kampe som træner)" (in German). DBU.dk. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ "Morten Olsen signs new Denmark deal". ESPN FC. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ "Morten Olsen's contract extended". The Copenhagen Post. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ "Denmark's Morten Olsen confirms he will step down after Euro 2016 finals". The Guardian. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ "Morten Olsen". EU-Football. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ "Morten Olsen". Danish Football Association (in Danish). Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
- ^ "Jules Pappaert Cup".
- ^ "Winnaars Brugse Metten".
- ^ a b "Footballdatabase | Morten Olsen".
- ^ "EURO 1984 Team of the Tournament".
- ^ "Homme de la saison belge".
- ^ "Eric Batty's World XI's – The Eighties and Nineties". Beyond The Last Man. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 31 January 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ^ "Brøndby IF | Palmarès".
- ^ "Ajax | Prijzenkast".
External links
- Danish national team profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 4 February 2012) (in Danish)