Ole Bjur

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Ole Bjur
Personal information
Full name Ole Bjur
Date of birth (1968-09-13) 13 September 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Rødovre, Denmark
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
19??–1991 Vanløse IF
1991–2001 Brøndby IF 284 (40)
International career
1996–1997 Denmark 3 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ole Bjur (born 13 September 1968) is a Danish former professional

right midfielder, with a good technique and dribbling ability. He played for the Denmark national team
on three occasions, scoring one goal.

He is the younger brother of Danish footballer Jan Bjur,[2] and father of Peter Bjur.[3]

Club career

Born in Rødovre, Bjur started playing football with Vanløse IF in the second-tier Danish 2nd Division. When the structure of Danish football was altered in 1991, Vanløse was placed in the second-tier Danish 1st Division. At Vanløse, Bjur showed himself as a forward with good finishing and eye for the game, and was named 1991 Danish 1st Division Player of the Year.[4] This attracted the attention of defending Danish champions Brøndby IF, and Bjur moved to the top-flight Danish Superliga club in July 1991.

Under Brøndby manager

3–4–3 formation in March 1994, Bjur was moved up to a forward position, behind the lone striker Mark Strudal, where he reproduced the attacking play of his Vanløse days.[9]

For the

UEFA Cup tournament, though Brøndby were eventually eliminated on the away goals rule
.

With Brøndby, Bjur went on to win the 1996–97 Superliga and 1997–98 Superliga championships, as well as the 1998 Danish Cup trophy. He was a part of Brøndby's campaign in the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League tournament, and played a total of 54 games for Brøndby in the European competitions. After more and more games of not feeling satisfied with his own performances, he decided to end his career in November 2000, 32 years old.[14] He went on to concentrate on his studies at the University of Copenhagen.

International career

Following his Brøndby breakthrough in the 1992–93 Superliga season, Bjur was touted as a coming man for the Danish national team.[6] However, after his slump in form for Brøndby in fall 1993, he was not chosen for the Danish national team by national manager Richard Møller Nielsen.[15]

He was eventually included in the national team squad of newly appointed national manager

friendly match. Bjur started the next national team match, but after 22 minutes, he suffered a minor concussion from a swung elbow, and had to be substituted off. Bjur was then displaced by midfielder Peter Nielsen
for the next national team games, before playing his last international game in August 1997.

Honours

Brøndby IF

Individual

References

  1. ^ Ole Bjur at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ Larsen, René (10 June 2011). "Jan Bjur ny cheftræner i Allerød FK". sn.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 March 2019.
  3. ^ Michael Ehrhorn (1 July 2017). "Brøndby IF henter Ole Bjurs søn". tipsbladet.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  4. Berlingske Tidende
    , 18 June 1991
  5. ^ Vagn Nielsen, "Skål for os", Ekstra Bladet, 22 March 1993
  6. ^ a b Kurt Thybo, "Charme Chok Champagne gok", Ekstra Bladet, 14 June 1993
  7. ^ "DBU's Officielle Statistikere". danskfodbold.com. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  8. Berlingske Tidende
    , 24 October 1993
  9. ^ Niels Abildtrup, "Bjur bedre bedst", Ekstra Bladet, 28 March 1994
  10. ^ Søren Olsen, "De unge i hovedrollerne", Politiken, 15 September 1994
  11. ^ Steen Ankerdal & Peter Brüchmann, "Bjur bare bedst", Ekstra Bladet, 28 November 1994
  12. ^ "www.haslund.info - Pokalturneringen 1993/1994 - Finale". www.haslund.info. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007.
  13. ^ "Brondby.com | Årets Spiller". Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  14. Aktuelt
    , 27 November 2000
  15. ^ Søren Olsen, "Genvalg til alle", Politiken, 27 August 1993

External links

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