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Name: Michael Laudrup  
   
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Date of Birth: 15th June 1964
   
Place of Birth: Copenhagen, Denmark
   
Profession: Actor
 
 
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Michael Laudrup as captain of Denmark's national team

Michael Laudrup (born June 15, 1964) is a Danish football player and coach. He is known as one of the most skilful and elegant players of the game and is still hugely popular amongst fans.

He started his career in Danish clubs Københavns Boldklub (KB) and Brøndby before being sold to Juventus in Italy in 1982 aged 18. Juventus initially loaned him to Rome club Lazio for two seasons before he returned in 1985 playing alongside Michel Platini, Zbigniew Boniek and Ian Rush. He stayed in Serie A until 1989, when he joined FC Barcelona of Spain and enjoyed tremendous success. In 1994 he completed a controversial move from Barça to Real Madrid after he fell out with the Barça coach and former Dutch national team star Johan Cruyff. He went on to play for Vissel Kobe, Japan, and ended his playing career at Ajax in 1998.

Laudrup starred at the 1984, 1988, and 1996 European Championships, as well as the 1986 and 1998 World Cups. He is best remembered for an exceptional goal in a 6-1 defeat of Uruguay in the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Laudrup also played in Japan, for Vissel Kobe and for Dutch team Ajax Amsterdam before leaving the field to become a coach at age 36. After serving as an assistant coach for the Danish national team, he took his current job as head coach with Brøndby in the Danish national league. In his spare time he plays for Lyngby Boldklub's Old Boys team.

Michael Laudrup has a younger brother, Brian Laudrup, who was also a professional football player. Brian Laudrup was a part of the winning Danish national team in Euro 92, but Michael did not play in that championship due to differences with the national coach Richard Møller Nielsen. He appeared a total of 104 times for his country, scoring 37 goals.

In 2004, both Laudrup brothers were named to the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers chosen by Pelé as part of the celebration of FIFA's 100th anniversary.

Playing Style

Laudrup is the most technically accomplished football player to emerge in Denmark and was ranked amongst the best players in Europe. His talent was exceptional and the former French star Michel Platini described him as one of the most talented players ever.

He was hugely admired all over the world for his outstanding technique, elegance, deep passes and dribbling. His trademark move — looking one way and passing the other — fooled countless opponents during his career. The Laudrup dribble was perhaps the best-known part of his game, as he quickly moved the ball from one foot to the other away from the defender. In Barcelona he played alongside Hristo Stoitchkov, who scored many goals from Laudrup's passes, like Zamorano during Laudrup's time at Real Madrid. Throughout his career his number of assists was impressive and almost always the highest of his team.

Laudrup was known as a gentleman on the field and never received a red card]. He preferred to out-play his immediate opponent rather than knock him down.

In 1999 he was voted the Most Valuable Foreign Player in Spanish Football the last 25 years (ahead of former Barcelona coach Johan Cruyff). He has two times been elected the best player of the year in Spain.

He is the only player ever to win the Spanish league five times in a row playing for two different clubs.

Titles

Player:

  • Serie A with Juventus 1985-86
  • World championship for clubs with Juventus 1986
  • Spanish Cup 1990 with Barcelona
  • European Super Cup 1992 with Barcelona
  • La Liga 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94 with Barcelona
  • La Liga 1994-1995 with Real Madrid
  • Eredivisie 1997-98 with Ajax
  • Dutch Cup 1998 with Ajax

Coach:

  • Danish Cup with Brøndby 2003, 2005
  • Danish League with Brøndby 2004-05

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