Morten Per Olsen - Football Coach

Morten Per Olsen (Danish pronunciation: ; born 14 August 1949) is a Danish football manager and former player. He was the head coach of the Denmark national team for 15 years from 2000 until 2015, guiding Denmark to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2004 European Championship, 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2012 European Championship. He has also managed Brøndby to two Danish Superliga championships and Ajax to the Double of the 1998 Eredivisie championship and Dutch Cup trophy. He is one of only two persons ever in football, alongside Didier Deschamps, to achieve 100 national matches for his country both as player as well as coach. In his active career, Olsen predominantly played as a defensive midfielder and libero. He played professionally in Belgium and Germany, and won the 1983 UEFA Cup and three Belgian First Division championships with Anderlecht. Olsen played a total 102 matches and scored four goals for the Danish national team from 1970 to 1989, and was named 1983 and 1986 Danish Player of the Year. He captained the Danish national team in 50 games during the 1980s, and represented Denmark at the 1984 European Championship, 1986 FIFA World Cup, and 1988 European Championship. Towards the end of his active career, Olsen was characterized as the most important player in the history of Danish football. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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Brøndby IF	90/92

1. FC Köln	93/95

Ajax Amsterdam	97/98
Champions 98/99	4

Denmark	00/15
World Cup 02	4
Euro 04	4
Euro 08 Qual 08	12
Friendlies 07	3
Friendlies 08	6
Qualif WC 10	10
Friendlies 09	4
Friendlies 10	6
World Cup 10	3
Euro Qual 12	8
Friendlies 11	5
Friendlies 12	5
Euro 2012 12	3
Qualif WC 14	10
Friendlies 13	4
Friendlies 14	5
Euro Qual 16	10
Friendlies 15	4

Denmark National League Team	00/15
Friendlies 07	3
Friendlies 08	3
Kings Cup 09	2
Kings Cup 10	3
Kings Cup 12	3
Friendlies 13	2