Brian Laudrup

Brian Laudrup ( born February 22, 1969 in Vienna, Austria ) is a former Danish football player.

Career

Clubs

Brian Laudrup started his professional career in 1986 at Brøndby IF, moved to Germany in 1989 and initially played one season at the Bundesliga Bayer Uerdingen. He made his debut on July 28, 1989 ( 1st Round ) 3-0 home victory over FC Homburg. On August 23 (5th Round ) get him his first two goals as the Hamburger SV in the home game 5-2 was defeated. In the summer of 1990, Laudrup moved to FC Bayern Munich, in which the Dane has run two more top-flight seasons and in 53 games, scoring eleven goals.

Laudrup moved in 1992 to the Italian first division club Fiorentina and a year later to AC Milan. For the 1994/95 season, he moved again to the club and played four years at the Scottish first division club Glasgow Rangers. Laudrup moved to Chelsea in 1998 finally to England, but remained there only until the winter, then return to Denmark and signed with FC Copenhagen. His time in Copenhagen, however, was not successful. Due to disappointing performance Laudrup whose commitment has been referred to as " big misunderstanding ". Kim Brink, the former coach of FC Copenhagen, Laudrup announced two weeks before the season ends, that you can not plan with him; Meanwhile, it turned out that he had signed two contracts with its contract signature in Copenhagen. During the summer break in 1999, Laudrup moved abroad again for Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam. After the season was 1999/ 00, in the Laudrup is one of the regulars, he ended his career due to a hamstring injury.

National

On July 23, 1984, Laudrup was the first time the shirt of the Danish national team, when he with the U- 17 team in Akureyri ( Iceland ) - lost to the selection of Norway 1:2 - as part of a youth tournament. For the U-19 selection, he debuted on October 1, 1985 in Frederikshavn in the 6-4 victory against the selection of Austria; for the U- 21 team on 2 June 1987 in Hvidovre in the 0-1 defeat against the Czech Republic.

For the senior team, he played 1987-1998 82 times and scored 21 goals. His first game he completed on 18 November 1987 in Aarhus in the 0-1 defeat against the German Olympic team selection, his last against On 3 July 1998 in Nantes during the World Cup in France in the 2:3 defeat in the quarter-finals Brazil. Greatest success at the international level was winning the European Championship in Sweden in 1992. The Danish team had taken the place of already qualified Yugoslav national team, which had been excluded because of the Bosnian war.

Achievements

• Confed Cup winner 1995
• European Champion 1992
• Danish Champion 1987, 1988
• Danish Cup winners 1989
• Italian Champion 1994
• Scottish Champion 1995, 1996, 1997
• Scottish Cup Winners 1996

Awards

• Footballer of the Year in Denmark 1989, 1992, 1995, 1997
• Footballer of the Year in Scotland 1995, 1997
• A member of the Hall of Fame since 2014 Sportens

Others

Brian Laudrup is married and has two children. His father Finn Laudrup and his older brother Michael Laudrup were also professional football players. Brian was born in Vienna, as his father was at this time just the Wiener Sport - Club active professional. In September 2010 it was announced that Laudrup has been diagnosed with lymphatic cancer in early stage.