Bjarne Goldbæk

Bjarne Goldbæk ( born October 6, 1968 in Copenhagen ) is a retired Danish footballer.

Career

Association

Goldbæk began his career at B 1901. Having played for half a year for Næstved BK, where he made ​​his debut in the men's area, in the spring of 1987, he moved abroad and signed with FC Schalke 04 With Schalke he went into the 1987 season / 88 from from the Bundesliga. After the 1988/89 season of revival failed, he moved in January 1990 to 1 FC Kaiserslautern.

With the Lauterern 1990 he was German cup winner and 1991 champion. In the season after the championship, the club played with with Goldbæk in the European Cup of Champions, where they met in the second round at FC Barcelona. After a 0-2 away defeat in the first leg of FC Kaiserslautern resulted in the return match to extra time 3-0, with Goldbæk marked the decisive goal to progress. In injury time, however, the FC Barcelona scored the 1:3 by Jose Mari Bakero, so Barça moved according to the away goals rule in the next round.

In January 1994 Goldbæk left Kaiserslautern and switched to Tennis Borussia Berlin, which was playing second-rate. With the club Goldbæk rose from the Regionalliga. After half a year in Berlin signed Goldbæk at the time playing in the Bundesliga 1 FC Cologne. In 1996 he returned to Denmark and played for FC Copenhagen, with whom he was in 1997 Danish Cup winners.

In January 1999, he moved abroad again; this time he signed for Chelsea. With the "Blues ", he won the 2000 FA Cup. After losing his starting place at Chelsea, signed Goldbæk during the winter break of the 2000/01 season when district rivals Fulham, who played at this time in the Football League Championship. With Fulham Goldbæk rose to the Premier League at end of season. In the following season he reached the Intertoto Cup with the club; about this competition, the UEFA Cup has been reached.

For the season 2003/ 04 Goldbæk returned to Germany and signed with Rot-Weiss Essen. His move to Essen he founded the one with the fact that he had moved with his family to Gladbeck ( neighboring city of Essen), on the other hand are the name of the club - despite league affiliation - and the good average attendance have been a reason for the change. His debut for the Essenes he gave on August 3, 2003 in the starting XI on the opening day of the Regionalliga Nord against the second team of his former clubs 1.FC Cologne. At Rot-Weiss Essen was the now almost 35 -year-old quickly regulars and service providers. On May 23, 2004 Food rose with a 7-0 victory on the 32nd game against the second team of Goldbæks former club FC Schalke 04 in the 2nd Bundesliga. At the start of the new season, he was named as the new captain. This was the season in which the Essenes, the descent could not prevent Goldbæk played 31 times. Then left the Dane, who had announced before the end of season that he would not accompany the event of a descent to the club in the Regionalliga, food. A short time later, he finished his career.

National

On November 18, 1987 Goldbæk debuted for the national team of Denmark to the 0-1 defeat in the qualifying game for the football tournament of the Olympic Summer Games 1988. Against (West - ) Germany It took almost four years before he again was used for the national team: the 1-1 draw against Bulgaria in Odense he was in the starting. Even with the qualification for Euro 1992, he was there. During the actual tournament in which Denmark despite sporting non- qualifiers took part and won the title, but Goldbæk was absent.

After he graduated from Albania still a brief appearance in a 4-0 victory in the qualifier for the FIFA World Cup 1994 on 2 June 1993, it took three years to Goldbæk played back in the national team: On 1 September 1996 to the qualifier football 1998 World Cup against Slovenia was Bjarne Goldbæk on as a substitute 22 minutes for Ole Bjur. In the end I qualified the team for the World Cup 1998. Goldbæk this time was represented in the squad. In the tournament, in the Goldbæk was not used, Denmark came up before the quarter-finals, where they narrowly failed at the then defending champion and eventual finalists Brazil (2:3).

Even with the qualification for Euro 2000 was Goldbæk of the party. Here we managed to qualify in the relegation where you defeated Israel. At the tournament itself Goldbæk was also one of the party. In the European Football Championship 2000, they dropped out after the group stage. The final group game against the Czech Republic was also Goldbæks single tournament use. Also with the following qualifications for the Football World Cup 2002 Goldbæk was still there. On 25 April 2001, he played against Slovenia 's recent commitment to the national team; Here he came to a short stint of six minutes. Overall, he played 28 international matches, where he was no scoring.

After the career

After the career Goldbæk sought a career as a coach, but suggested a career as a player consultant.