- Jørgen Kristensen
Football player infobox
playername= Jørgen Kristensen
fullname = Jørgen Kristensen
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1946|12|12
cityofbirth =Hedehusene
countryofbirth =Denmark
height =
position = Forward
youthyears =
youthclubs = Hedehusene
years = 1967-1968
1968-1968
1968-1972
1972-1976
1976-1978
1978-1978
1978-1980
1980-1980
1981-1981
????-????
clubs =Køge Boldklub
Detroit CougarsSparta Rotterdam
Feijenoord / FeyenoordHertha BSC Næstved IF Chicago Sting Tulsa Roughnecks Calgary Boomers Wichita Wings
caps(goals) = 10 (?)
27 (9)
113 (12)
134 (43)
45 (8)
? (?)
64 (12)
11 (1)
28 (3)
? (?)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Denmark
nationalcaps(goals) = 19 (3)Jørgen Kristensen (born
December 12 ,1946 ), nicknamed "Troldmanden" (the Wizard), is a Danish formerfootball (soccer) player, who played professionally for a number of foreign clubs. He played as anattacking midfielder or winger, and was one of the most technical ballplayers in Danish football. He played 19 matches and scored three goals for theDenmark national football team .Biography
Born in
Hedehusene , he started playing football with a local team. He moved toKøge Boldklub at the age of 20, where he played for a year, before moving abroad to play for American team Detroit Cougars. He joined Dutch clubSparta Rotterdam , for whom he made his debut for the Denmark national team in June 1971. He moved to Sparta's inner-city rivalsFeyenoord Rotterdam , and was eventually dropped from the Danish national team in November 1972. He was a part of the Feyenoord team which won the 1974UEFA Cup , but despite playing for a successful team, he was not recalled for the Danish national team. Partly because the national team had prolific attacking players likeHenning Jensen ,Ulrik le Fevre ,Per Røntved and not leastAllan Simonsen . And partly because Kristensen had trouble in getting the time off to travel home to Denmark to play for the national team.He moved back to Denmark to play for Køge again, and was recalled for the Danish national team in August 1976. He moved abroad once more, to play for German team
Hertha Berlin in September 1976. With Hertha, he finished in third place of the 1976German Bundesliga championship and reached the 1977German Cup final. In 1978, he returned to Denmark, to play forNæstved IF . At the end of his Danish career, he moved to the United States to playindoor soccer . Here he played forChicago Sting and theWichita Wings .ources
*Marco de los Reyes, "Troldmanden", "
Berlingske Tidende ", 11 December, 2006
* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=3428 Danish national team profile]
*de icon [http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/kristensenjoergen/ FussballDaten career statistics]
*nl icon [http://www.feyenoord-online.com/spelersarchief/speler.php?speler=k_kristensen_jorgen Feyenoord-Online.com profile]
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