- Johnny Hansen
Football player infobox2
playername= Johnny Hansen
fullname = Johnny Terney Hansen
nickname =
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|11|14
cityofbirth =Vejle
countryofbirth =Denmark
height =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1962-1968
1968-1970
1970-1976
1976-1978
clubs =Vejle Boldklub FC Nürnberg Bayern München Vejle Boldklub
caps(goals) = 214 (1)
53 (5)
164 (7)
nationalyears = 1965-1978
nationalteam = Denmark
nationalcaps(goals) = 45 (3)Johnny Terney Hansen (born 14 November 1943) is a Danish former professional
football (soccer) player. He most notably played six years as a professional in German clubBayern Munich , with who he won multiple domestic and interntaional titles. He played 45 matches and scored three goals for theDenmark national football team between 1965 and 1978, and won the 1967 Danish "Player of the Year" award.Biography
Johnny Terney Hansen was born in
Vejle , and started his career in local top-flight clubVejle Boldklub . He debuted for the Danish national team in September 1965, and instantly commanded a place in the national team starting line-up. Having been named Danish "Player of the Year" in 1967, he moved abroad to play professionally in 1968. He signed with1. FC Nürnberg in the top-flightGerman Bundesliga . As the Danish national team was restricted to amateur players, Hansen was dropped from the national team.After two years in Nürnberg, the club had been
relegated , and Hansen moved on to Bundesliga clubBayern Munich in 1970. At Bayern, he became a regular starter in the right fullback position. His time at Bayern Munich was very successful. In Hansen's first year at the club, they won the 1971DFB-Pokal cup trophy, and finished second in the Bundesliga. As the Danish rule of amateurism was abolished in 1971, Hansen returned to the national team.Hansen was the first player to score at the Olympic Stadium in
Munich in June 1972. The game was the last round of the 1972 Bundesliga, when Bayern andFC Schalke 04 decided the championship between them, in front of 79.012 spectators. Bayern won 5-1. In the following years, Bayern swept the Bundesliga, winning the 1972, 1973 and 1974 championships. For three years in a row, from 1974 to 1976, the club also won the international European Cup tournament each year. Hansen followed the 1975 final from his sickbed, but played in the 1974 and 1976 finals. In 1976, Hansen also helped Bayern Munich win the Intercontinental Cup.After eight seasons in Germany, Hansen returned to Vejle Boldklub in 1976. He won the 1977
Danish Cup and 1978 Danish championship with Vejle, before retiring at the end of the 1978 season. He played a total 214 games for Vejle.Honours
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DFB-Pokal : 1971
*German Bundesliga : 1972, 1973 and 1974
*European Cup: 1974, 1975 and 1976
*Intercontinental Cup: 1976
*Danish Cup : 1977
*Danish championship: 1978*1967 Danish "Player of the Year"
External links
* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=3196 Danish national team profile]
*da icon [http://vejle-boldklub.dk/statistik-spillernavn.asp?Spillere=Johnny%20Hansen%20(1) Vejle Boldklub profile]
*de icon [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/hansenjohnny/ FussballDaten career statistics]
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