| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Søren Thomas Busk[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1953-04-10)10 April 1953 (age 72) | ||
| Place of birth | Glostrup, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1960–1973 | Glostrup IC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1976 | Glostrup IC | ||
| 1977–1979 | Westfalia Herne[3] | 105 | (16) |
| 1979–1982 | MVV | 72 | (0) |
| 1982–1985 | Gent | 64 | (0) |
| 1985–1986 | MVV | 30 | (4) |
| 1986–1987 | Monaco | 37 | (3) |
| 1987–1988 | Wiener SC | 26 | (1) |
| 1988–1990 | Herfølge | 22 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 1979–1988 | Denmark[2] | 61 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Søren Thomas Busk (born 10 April 1953) is a Danish formerfootballer who played as adefender. He usually played either right-back or in central defence. He played professionally for a number of European clubs, and helpedGent win theBelgian Cup. He gained 61 caps and scored two goals for theDenmark national football team and represented Denmark at theEuro 1984,1986 World Cup, andEuro 1988 tournaments.
Born inGlostrup,[1] Busk started his senior career with local clubGlostrup IC. He moved abroad in 1976, 23 years of age, to play professionally withWestfalia Herne in the German2. Bundesliga.[4] In his first season with Herne, Busk scored 12 goals in 32 games.[3] He stayed three seasons with Herne, playing a total 105 games and scoring 16 goals for the club in the 2. Bundesliga.[3] While at Herne, Busk was called up for theDanish national team, and he made his international debut in May 1979.[2] He played three international games while at Herne.[1] In the summer 1979, Busk moved toDutch clubMVV Maastricht in theEredivisie championship.[4] With MVV, he finished 11th in theEredivisie 1979–80 season and eighth in the1980–81 Eredivisie season. MVV finished 16th in the1981–82 Eredivisie season and wererelegated to the secondaryEerste Divisie league, and Busk left the club in the summer 1982.[4]
He moved toBelgian clubK.A.A. Gent in theBelgian First Division A. He was named Gent's player of the year, each of his three years at the club,[5] and helped Gent win the 1984Belgian Cup trophy. Busk was called up to represent Denmark at the1984 European Championships.[6][7] He operated as a right-back in Denmark's first three games againstFrance,Yugoslavia, andBelgium, but switched to the other flank for the Danes' dramatic semi-final againstSpain inLyon, withJohn Sivebæk coming in on the other side of the defence. In the summer 1985, Busk moved back to play for MVV Maastricht.[4] While playing for MVV,[1] he was a part of the Denmark team at the1986 World Cup.[6] Busk played well in the first round as Denmark topped the group, but endured a torrid time during their second-round 5–1 defeat to Spain, and conceded one of the twopenalties given away by the Danes in the second half.
After the World Cup, Busk moved to play forFrench clubAS Monaco in theLigue 1 championship in the summer 1986.[4] He played one season with Monaco, before leaving the club in the summer 1987. He joinedAustrian clubWiener SC in theAustrian Football Bundesliga, playing one season for the club. While at Wiener SC,[1] Busk represented Denmark at the1988 European Championships,[6] playing in Denmark's first game at the tournament.[2] After the European Championship, Busk ended his international career, and moved back to Denmark in the summer 1988.
He started playing forHerfølge BK in 1988. In 1989, he was named sports director of Herfølge, occupying the job for one-and-a-half year.[5] He continued his active career while being sports director, and ended his playing career in 1990.[8]
He went on to a job as a sales director inSELECT Sport A/S.[5]
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