 Povlsen in 2011 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Flemming Søgaard Povlsen | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1966-12-03)3 December 1966 (age 58) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brabrand, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| Viby IF | |||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1986 | AGF Aarhus | 40 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Castilla CF | 40 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | 1. FC Köln | 71 | (19) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | PSV Eindhoven | 30 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1995 | Borussia Dortmund | 116 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2004 | Brabrand IF | 40 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 337 | (87) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1987 | Denmark U-21 | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1994 | Denmark | 62 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2009 | AC Horsens (assistant manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Randers FC (assistant manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2012 | Silkeborg IF (assistant manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | OB (assistant manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | AGF (Attacking coach) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Flemming Søgaard Povlsen (born 3 December 1966) is a Danishfootballpundit and former professional footballer who played as astriker. Born inAarhus and a youth product ofViby IF, Povlsen also played inThe Netherlands,Spain andGermany, until a knee injury forced him to retire, at only 28 years of age. Before the injury, Povlsen rose to prominence atFC Cologne, before settling atBorussia Dortmund, with whom he won the 1995Bundesliga and played the final half of his career. At an international level, he was among the profiles on theDenmark squad that won the1992 UEFA European Football Championship.
Povlsen started playing football in local townViby, but moved on to Danish top-flight clubAGF Aarhus in 1984. In 1985, he was awarded the Danish 1st DivisionRevelation of the Year. He moved abroad in 1986, when he signed for Spanish clubCastilla CF, the reserve team of multiple European championsReal Madrid. While at Castilla, he made his debut for theDenmark national team in the 5–0 win overGreece in a1988 Olympic Games qualifier. After only a year at CF Castilla, Povlsen moved on to1. FC Köln in Germany, where he played alongside fellow DaneMorten Olsen. Even though he wasn't a top goal scoring striker, Povlsen's speed and work rate endeared him to the fans, and he won two sets of silver medals, as the Köln team finished second in the1988–89 and1989–90 Bundesliga seasons. Povlsen did not play more than three matches for Köln in the 1989–90 season though, as he was bought by Dutch clubPSV Eindhoven in 1989. He played the remainder of the season at PSV, going on to win the Dutch cup and finishing second in the League. He moved back to Germany, where he settled down atBorussia Dortmund in 1990.
Povlsen experienced his greatest success while at Dortmund, and quickly became a fan favourite. However, in an April 1993 game for Dortmund against 1. FC Köln, he tore hisanterior cruciate ligament in the knee, and was out for recovery until October of the same year, when he made his come-back againstWattenscheid 09. In a September 1994 match in theDFB-Pokal tournament against1. FC Kaiserslautern he suffered a cruciate ligament injury in his other knee. Although he had a short appearance in March 1995 againstEintracht Frankfurt, and thus was a part of the1994–95 Bundesliga winning Dortmund side, Povlsen ended his playing career due to his knee injuries.
Povlsen was a part of theDenmark national team from his debut in 1987 to 1995. He scored 21 goals in his 62 international appearances for Denmark, and played at the1988 European Championship as well asEuro 1992, the latter in which Denmark unexpectedly beat favouritesGermany to become champions. At the time of the 1992 European Championship, Povlsen was enjoying increasing popularity and steady playing time for both club and country. The forward played all five Denmark matches in the tournament, and scored once: In the semi-finalpenalty shootout against theNetherlands, Povlsen pinned a goal after an intense battle of nerves with Dutch keeperHans van Breukelen, his formerPSV teammate. He stayed a regular international until his unfortunate, career-ending injury in March 1995.
Following his retirement, Flemming Povlsen became a sports director atDanish 1st Division clubFC Aarhus in December 2001. As the club underwent economical downsizing in November 2002, Povlsen offered to step down, which the club accepted. He played lower league football inBrabrand and later switched to the old-boys team in his childhood club Aarhus GF. In March 2005, he became part of the coaching staff atDanish Superliga clubAC Horsens. In July 2009 he joined as Assistant Coach toRanders FC but resigned on 6 October 2009 when ManagerJohn Jensen was sacked. He also teaches at Hessel Gods Fodboldkostskole, a football school in Jutland.
Borussia Dortmund
PSV Eindhoven
1. FC Köln
Denmark
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