Erik Kuld Jensen
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| Date of birth | 10 June 1925 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Aarhus, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 14 April 2004 (aged 78) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1935– | AGF | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| –1950 | AGF | ||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1953 | Lille | 83 | (24) | ||||||||||||||
| 1953–1955 | Lyon | 64 | (21) | ||||||||||||||
| 1955–1956 | Troyes-Savinienne | 40 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1956–1958 | Marseille | 42 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 1958–1959 | Aix | 28 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1947–1950 | Denmark U21 | 6 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1947–1950 | Denmark | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1961 | Frederikshavn fI | ||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1968 | AGF | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Erik Kuld Jensen (10 June 1925 – 14 April 2004) was a Danish footballer and football manager. He was a part of Denmark's squad for the football tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[1] He played 4 matches for the Danish national team.
He came in second in the Danish Championship with Aarhus GF in 1945, and third in 1948 and 1949. In 1950 he joined French club Lille OSC. Here he came in second in his first season behind OGC Nice. In 1953 he won the Coupe de France with Lille.[2]
In 1956 he reached the final of the French cup again, this time with Troyes AC.
Later he become the coach of newly promoted Frederikshavn fI[3] Here he came in 5th in his first season and 8th in his second in the Danish 1. Division.
In 1967 he took over his former club Aarhus GF, but he was relegared in his first season with 6 rounds to go following a 0-9 loss to KB, the biggest defeat in the history of the club. Three days after he was fired and replaced by Kaj Christensen.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Erik Kuld Jensen". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Lille a battu Nancy par 2 buts a et gagné la finale de la coupe" (in French). Lemonde.fr. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Frederikshavn trænere gennem tiden" (in Danish). ffifodbold.dk. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ^ "Erik Kuld fritages for hvervet" [Erik Kuld relieved of his duties] (in Danish). Aarhus Stiftstidende. 19 September 1968. p. 30.
External links
[edit]- Erik Kuld Jensen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Profile at om1899.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 17 April 2008)
- Profile at agf.co.dk at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 May 2006)
- Erik Kuld Jensen at National-Football-Teams.com
- Erik Kuld Jensen at WorldFootball.net
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- 1925 births
- Danish men's footballers
- Denmark men's international footballers
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Aarhus Gymnastikforening players
- Lille OSC players
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- AS Troyes-Savinienne players
- Olympique de Marseille players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers for Denmark
- Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark
- Men's association football forwards
- 2004 deaths
- Danish football managers
- Aarhus Gymnastikforening managers
- Olympic medalists in football
- Footballers from Aarhus
- Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Pays d'Aix FC players
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in France
- 20th-century Danish sportsmen