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| Full name | Henrik Larsen | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1966-05-17)17 May 1966 (age 59) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kongens Lyngby, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1983–1984 | Hellerup | 26 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984–1990 | Lyngby | 132 | (10) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1995 | Pisa | 41 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | →Lyngby (loan) | 29 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | →Aston Villa (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | →Waldhof Mannheim (loan) | 33 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Lyngby | 54 | (18) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1996–1999 | Copenhagen | 53 | (6) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 368 | (47) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1996 | Denmark | 39 | (5) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000–2002 | Ølstykke FC | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2002–2005 | Faroe Islands | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Holbæk B&I (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | Køge BK | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Lyngby BK | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Randers FC (Assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2015 | Lyngby BK U19 (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Henrik Larsen (born 17 May 1966), nicknamedStore Larsen (Big Larsen), is a Danishfootball manager and former professional player who played as amidfielder. He was last the manager ofLyngby Boldklub.
He was the joint top scorer at theUEFA Euro 1992 which he won with theDenmark national team. He was also part of the Danish squad atEuro 96 where he played his last national team game. In all, he played 39 national team matches and scored five goals.
Larsen was born inLyngby. He started his career in Denmark forTaarbæk IF and then laterLyngby Boldklub. He won the 1985Danish Cup trophy with Lyngby and made his Danish national team debut in February 1989. In April 1990, he agreed a move abroad to play for Italian clubPisa Calcio, who were leading thepromotion battle in the secondarySerie B division. Larsen was namedMan of the Match, as he won the 1990 Danish Cup with Lyngby before moving to Italy in June 1990. He joined Pisa in theSerie A championship, but in his first year at the club, Pisa wererelegated to the Serie B again. As Serie B regulations only allowed two foreign players in the team, Larsen had to look for playing time elsewhere, when the club preferredArgentiniansDiego Simeone andJose Chamot.
After the Euro 92 tournament, Larsen moved back to Pisa in the Serie B. Simeone had been sold, but following the first few league games for the club, Larsen was put on sale. A number of European clubs were interested in him, but Pisa's pricetag ofDKK 50 million kept all interest at bay. Larsen eventually moved toAston Villa FC in England on a loan deal in January 1993. His stay in Aston Villa was short, as he had trouble forcing his way into the team under managerRon Atkinson. In March 1993, he was told by Atkinson he wasn't needed, but as Pisa didn't want him back, he stayed at Villa's reserve team until May 1993.
He was loaned out to German clubWaldhof Mannheim in the2. Bundesliga in 1993, where he played well. He returned to Denmark in 1994 to play for Lyngby on a season-long loan deal. Larsen was set free from his Pisa contract in February 1995, when his transfer rights were given to Lyngby. He was called up for the Danish squad for Euro 96, by national manager Møller Nielsen. He took part in all three of Denmark's matches before ending his national team career when Denmark was eliminated. After Euro 96, he moved to league rivalsFC Copenhagen, with whom he won the 1997 Danish Cup. He ended his career in 1999.[1]
Larsen went on a season-longloan deal back in Lyngby, where he helped the club win the 1992Danish Superliga championship. He was selected for the Danish team to compete at the Euro 92 tournament. He started the tournament as a substitute, but Larsen went on to score three goals at Euro 92, including both goals in the 2–2 semi-final draw against theNetherlands. He scored at his attempt in the ensuingpenalty shootout, and played full-time when he and the Danish national team won thefinal againstGermany.[2]
Following his retirement, he became assistant coach at FC Copenhagen, before managingØlstykke FC. He was head coach of theFaroe Islands national team until 2005, as well as associated coach of the talent team in Lyngby Boldklub, for whose old boys team he is also playing. In 2006, he wascaretaker manager inHolbæk B&I, before signing on withKøge Boldklub in June 2006 and was here coach until June 2008. Larsen was named as the new head coach fromLyngby Boldklub on 15 July 2008[3] and was then fired after eight months on 30 March 2009.[4] He was the new assistant manager at the Danish football clubRanders FC, when the season 2009–10 started, together with another Danish football legendFlemming Povlsen. They were both assistant managers for theRanders FC managerJohn Faxe Jensen but the trio was fired on 6 October 2009.
In 1998, he announced he was marrying an English sports reporter, Sacha Crowther, whom he had met at the UEFA European Championship two years earlier.[citation needed]
Lyngby Boldklub
Copenhagen
Denmark
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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| Faroe Islands |  | 2002 | 2005 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 019.23 |
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* – Golden Boot award winner (when goals scored are tied) |
