Brian Laudrup

Personal information
Full name	Brian Laudrup
Date of birth	February 22, 1969
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Club information
Current club	Retired
Position	Attacking midfield
Youth clubs
	Brøndby IF
Professional clubs*
1986-1989 1989-1990 1990-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1998 1998-1999 1998-1999 1999-2000	Brøndby IF Bayer Uerdingen Bayern München Fiorentina AC Milan Rangers FC Chelsea FC FC København Ajax Amsterdam	68 (18) 34 (6) 44 (11) 31 (5) 9 (1) 133 (44) 11 (1) 12 (2) 38 (15)
National team**
1987-1998	Denmark	82 (21)
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Brian Laudrup (born February 22, 1969 in Vienna, Austria) is a former Danish professional football (soccer) player, who won the 1992 European Football Championship (Euro 1992) with the Denmark national team, and he was a vital part of that Rangers FC team which dominated the Scottish Premier League in the 1990s. Brian Laudrup was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers at the FIFA 100 ceremony in March 2004, alongside his equally famous older brother Michael Laudrup. February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian: Beč, Czech: Vídeň, Hungarian: Bécs, Romanian: Viena, Romani: Bech or Vidnya, Russian: Вена, Slovak: Viedeň, Slovenian: Dunaj) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The 1992 European Football Championship (Euro 92) final tournament was hosted by Sweden. ... First international Denmark 9 - 0 France B (London, England; 19 October 1908) Largest win Denmark 17 - 1 France (London, England; 22 October 1908) Worst defeat Germany 8 - 0 Denmark (Breslau, Germany; 16 May 1937) World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1986) Best result Quarterfinals, 1998 European Championship Appearances 7 (First... For other teams called Rangers F.C. please see, Rangers F.C. (disambiguation) Rangers Football Club is a football club from Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ... The Scottish Premier League (also known as the Bank of Scotland Premierleague for sponsorship reasons or the SPL for short) is the top division within the current structure of Scottish football. ... Pelé with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Edson Arantes do Nascimento, Honorary KBE, (born October 23, 1940), nicknamed Pelé (pron. ... On March 4, 2004, at a gala ceremony in London, to mark the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the international governing body of football revealed the FIFA 100. ... Michael Laudrup (born June 15, 1964 in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish former professional football player and current coach of childhood club Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga. ...

Biography

Brian Laudrup was born into a football family with father Finn Laudrup, a former Danish national player, and brother Michael also very keen on the sport. He started his career in his native Denmark with Brøndby IF where he debuted aged 18 for the Danish national team on November 18, 1987 in a 0-1 defeat to West Germany. Brian Laudrup missed out on the Euro 1988, but from February 1989 Brian Laudrup became a mainstay, and impressed so much for both club and country, that he won a transfer to Germany with Uerdingen, and was named Danish Player of the Year in 1989. After only one season with Uerdingen he was bought by Bayern Munich for £2m in 1990. Brøndby IF is a Danish professional football (soccer) club based in the town of Brøndby, on the western outskirts of Copenhagen. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ruud Gullit lifts the trophy after winning the cup with the Netherlands The 1988 European Football Championship (Euro 88) final tournament was held in West Germany. ... KFC Uerdingen 05 is a German football club in the Uerdingen district of the city of Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia. ... Categories: Danish stubs | Football (soccer) governing bodies | Danish football ... Bayern Munich or FC Bayern München is a German football club based in Munich, capital of the state of Bavaria. ...

1992 European Champion

In 1992, Brian Laudrup travelled with the Danish national team to the Euro 1992 in Sweden, and in a strictly defensive strategy, Brian Laudrup was one of the few attacking players. Though he did not score a single goal in the competition, his skill and speed was an important part of the Danish team that went on to win the tournament, and Laudrup was voted a shared 5th in the 1992 FIFA World Player of the Year poll, with fellow Dane Peter Schmeichel, though he had the edge over Schmeichel in the domestic polls, where Laudrup won his second Danish Player of the Year award in 1992. The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who is thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams. ... Peter Boleslaw Schmeichel MBE (born November 18, 1963) is a Danish former professional footballer who retired from playing football in April 2003. ...

His reputation began to grow and Brian Laudrup fulfilled his lifelong ambition when he moved to Serie A team Fiorentina. However, his time in Italy was both unhappy and unsuccessful and after the Italian team were relegated he felt the fury of the tifosi as he was smuggled out from the stadium in the trunk of a car. He was loaned to AC Milan for the 1993 to 1994 season, which only saw him play a handful of matches throughout the season, and with the Danish national team things did not look brighter as they failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup. Serie A is the top division of the Italian Football League, the highest football league in Italy. ... ACF Fiorentina, formerly Associazione Calcio Fiorentina, is an Italian football club based in Florence (Firenze), Tuscany. ... In the sports leagues — especially soccer leagues — of many countries, relegation (or demotion) means the mandated transfer of the worst team(s) (often the bottom three) of a higher league into a lower league at the end of the season. ... Tifosi is an Italian word to describe a group of fans. ... Associazione Calcio Milan is an Italian football club. ... The 1994 Football World Cup held in the USA was won by Brazil who beat Italy 3-2 on penalty kicks after the game and extra time ended 0-0. ...

Scottish success

In July 1994, Laudrup was offered an escape route from Italy when he was approached by Walter Smith of Rangers FC, and he signed in a £2.3m deal. His time in Scotland was filled with success as he helped Rangers complete their nine-in-a-row sweep of the Scottish Premier League and was awarded Danish Player of the Year twice, giving him a record four wins of the prestigious award. Laudrup took part in a disappointing Euro 1996 for Denmark, with the only positive note for the team being his three goals in as many games before the team was eliminated in the preliminary group stage. Walter Smith OBE (born February 24, 1948 Lanark) is a former football player, but is better known as a football manager. ... For other teams called Rangers F.C. please see, Rangers F.C. (disambiguation) Rangers Football Club is a football club from Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... The Scottish Premier League (also known as the Bank of Scotland Premierleague for sponsorship reasons or the SPL for short) is the top division within the current structure of Scottish football. ... The 1996 European Football Championship (or simply Euro 96) was hosted by England. ...

1998 World Cup

He took part in his only World Cup campaign when he played the 1998 World Cup, with a Denmark team he ranks even higher than the Euro 1992 winning side^[1]. Alongside Peter Schmeichel and brother Michael Laudrup, Brian shone and saw Denmark through to the quarter finals with a goal in the 4-1 surprise thrashing of Nigeria in the first knock-out round. The quarter-finals would be his last game for the Denmark team, when they were defeated 2-3 by the later runners-up Brazil, despite Brian Laudrup scoring on a volley to the top near corner of the goal to level the game at 2-2. After the tournament, the 29-year old Brian Laudrup decided to end his national team career at the top, having played in 82 matches, scoring 21 goals over the course of eleven years. The 1998 Football World Cup was held in France, by the FIFA decision in July 1992 beating the Morocco bid to host the event. ...

He joined Chelsea in 1998 though he did not play many games and had a brief spell at FC Copenhagen, where he was unceremoniously booed by fans from his former team Brøndby, as well as supporters of many other clubs who did not take it lightly that "the son of the nation" would turn out for a club everybody loved to hate. Family problems resulted in Laudrup joining Ajax Amsterdam for one season from 1999 to 2000, taking over from Michael who had retired at Ajax one year earlier. Injury forced Brian Laudrup to retire from top-level football at 31 years of age, after one of the most successful careers in Danish football. Chelsea Football Club (also known as the Blues, previously known as the Pensioners, a reference to the Chelsea pensioners), founded in 1905, is an English Premier League football team that plays at the Stamford Bridge football ground in south-west London. ... FC København is a Danish football team, playing in Copenhagen. ... Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Euronext: AJAX) also referred to as Ajax Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax (pronounced Ah-yahx), is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. ...

Brian Laudrup is now a Champions League commentator and pundit at Danish TV3+ with Peter Schmeichel and former Danish national player Preben Elkjær Larsen. He is also involved with the socalled "Laudrup & Høgh ProCamp", a youth football camp, co-coached with former national team goalkeeper Lars Høgh. In his spare time he plays for Lyngby Boldklub's Old Boys side alongside Michael Laudrup, and Brian Laudrup also runs a successful buckfast wine business. Official logo The UEFA Champions League is an annual club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... TV3 is the largest commercial television channel of Viasat, which is part of the Swedish media company Modern Times Group. ... Preben Elkjær Larsen (born September 11, 1957 in Copenhagen), simply referred to as Preben Elkjær, was a Danish footballer. ... Lars Høgh (born January 14, 1959 in Odense) is a former Danish football goalkeeper. ... Lyngby Boldklub is a Danish football club founded in 1921. ...

Honours

Winner

• Danish Superliga: 1987 and 1988, with Brøndby IF
• Danish Player of the Year: 1989, 1992, 1995, and 1997
• Euro 1992, with Denmark
• Serie A: 1993/94, with AC Milan
• Scottish Premier League: 1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, with Rangers FC
• Scottish Cup: 1995/96, with Rangers
• Scottish League Cup: 1996/97, with Rangers

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• 5th, 1992 FIFA World Player of the Year

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References

• ↑  Where are they now? Brian Laudrup, FIFA, February 3, 2006

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External links

• National team profile
• Club matches and goals