Poul Pedersen

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Poul Pedersen
Personal information
Full name Poul Ebbesen Pedersen
Date of birth (1932-10-31)31 October 1932
Place of birth
Århus, Denmark
Date of death 23 December 2016(2016-12-23) (aged 84)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1950–1965 AIA 389 (?)
International career
1953–1964 Denmark 50 (17)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Olympic medal record
Representing  Denmark
Men's Football
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome
Team competition

Poul Ebbesen Pedersen (31 October 1932 – 23 December 2016), simply known as Poul Pedersen, was a

caps for the Danish national team, scoring 17 national team goals in the process. On the club level, Pedersen played his entire career for Aarhus club AIA
.

Pedersen played the position of

Poul Jensen
was made captain in 1960.

At the 1960 Olympics, Pedersen played in the position of right winger on the Danish team, often linking up with right halfback

West Germany national football team
and Pedersen's international career underwent a three-year hiatus. On 6 September 1964, Poul Pedersen made a one-game international comeback, thereby becoming the first Dane to play 50 international games; a record that was broken a few months later by Bent Hansen in November 1964.

Pedersen's grandson, Viktor Fischer, is one of the biggest Danish talents. Currently playing with Danish club Copenhagen.

Pedersen died on 23 December 2016, aged 84.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Poul Pedersen". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. ^ Knud Lundberg, "Dansk Fodbold 2", Rhodos (Copenhagen), 1987, pp.108
  3. ^ "Poul Pedersen – en rigtig wing!". www.landsholdet100.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-01-03.
  4. ^ Knud Lundberg, "Dansk Fodbold 2", Rhodos (Copenhagen), 1987, p.94
  5. ^ "Oldboys-vennernes mindeord om fodboldlegenden Poul Pedersen". Århus Stiftstidende (in Danish). 5 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-01-05.
  6. ^ Mattsson, Sebastian (3 January 2017). "Dansk fotbollsikon Poul Pedersen är död". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2017-01-03.

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