| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jan Lewis Bartram | ||
| Date of birth | (1962-03-06)6 March 1962 (age 63) | ||
| Place of birth | Frederiksberg, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1987 | AGF | 127 | (18) |
| 1988 | Rangers | 11 | (3) |
| 1988 | Brøndby IF | 14 | (2) |
| 1988–1991 | Bayer 05 Uerdingen | 74 | (9) |
| 1991–1996 | AGF | 49 | (7) |
| Total | 275 | (39) | |
| International career | |||
| 1985–1991 | Denmark | 32 | (5) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jan Lewis Bartram (born 6 March 1962 asJan Louis Bartram) is a Danish former professionalassociation football player in themidfielder position. He played forScottish teamRangers andBayer 05 Uerdingen inGermany, as well as Danish teamsAGF andBrøndby IF. He earned 32caps and scored five goals for theDenmark national team and was in the Danish squad for the1986 FIFA World Cup.
Bartram signed his first contract withAarhus Gymnastik Forening (AGF) in 1982.[1] He got his national breakthrough with AGF in the top-flightDanish 1st Division championship as a left-sided attacking midfielder, and helped the club win the1986 1st Division championship.[2] After the1987 First Division season, he moved to play abroad.
He signed for Scottish clubRangers, but his stay was a short one. He was assured by Rangers managerGraeme Souness that he would fit into his tactics, but found himself deployed as a strictly defensivefull back.[3] He gained some notoriety for having his thoughts on Souness published in an interview with Danish paperEkstra Bladet, allegedly calling Souness a beast or hooligan.[4] He and Souness denounced the interview together,[4] but Bartram repeated some of the accusations in his 1998 autobiography.[5] He left Rangers after six months, in the summer of 1988.
He moved back to Denmark, and signed for defending Danish championsBrøndby IF. He stayed there for less than half a year, playing a total 23 games for the club.[6] Bartram was soon sold on toBayer 05 Uerdingen in the GermanBundesliga by Brøndby CEOPer Bjerregaard, in a deal which yielded aDKK3.5 million surplus for Brøndby.[7] He made his Uerdingen debut in November 1988 and played 74 games in his three seasons at the club,[8] playing alongside fellow Danish international and former Brøndby playerBrian Laudrup. Bartram did not take to the strict discipline of new coachTimo Konietzka and played his last Uerdingen game in March 1991,[3] before he was fired for arriving late at a training session.[5]
He moved back to AGF in the Danish top-flight, now known as theDanish Superliga, and made his Superliga debut for AGF in April 1991. He played 14 Superliga games until June 1991, when he took asabbatical year away from football, and travelled around the world.[1] He returned to AGF's Superliga team in August 1992, and played a further 35 games for the club until April 1996. From May 1994 to June 1996 he was also AGF's sports director.
Bartram made his international debuted for theDenmark national team in January 1985. Having played three internationals, he was included in the Danish team for the1986 FIFA World Cup, though he did not play any games at the tournament. He was a mainstay in the national team during his many club changes.[9] Following three games in the qualification campaign forEuro 1992, Bartram decided to quit the national team in November 1990 alongsideBrian Laudrup andMichael Laudrup,[10] but he returned to the team for a game in April 1991.[11] He played his last national team game in May 1991, having participated in 32 national team games and scored five international goals.
