For other people named Lars Olsen, see Lars Olsen (disambiguation).
Lars Olsen
Olsen in 2013
Personal information
Full name
Lars Christian Olsen[1]
Date of birth
(1961-02-02) 2 February 1961 (age 63)
Place of birth
Glostrup, Denmark
Height
1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)
Centre back
Youth career
1980–1981
Glostrup
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1981–1985
Køge
105
(11)
1985–1991
Brøndby
178
(13)
1991–1992
Trabzonspor
30
(0)
1992–1994
Seraing
62
(0)
1994–1996
Basel
40
(1)
1996
Brøndby
20
(1)
Total
435
(26)
International career
1977
Denmark U17
3
(0)
1978
Denmark U19
3
(0)
1981–1986
Denmark U21
10
(1)
1986–1996
Denmark
84
(4)
Managerial career
1997–2002
Brøndby (various)
2003–2007
Randers
2007–2010
OB
2011–2019
Faroe Islands
2019–2020
Esbjerg
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Denmark
UEFA European Championship
Winner
1992 Sweden
CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions
Runner-up
1993 Argentina
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Lars Christian Olsen (born 2 February 1961) is a Danish former footballer and current manager, who was most recently the manager of Esbjerg fB in the Danish Superliga. He started his coaching career with Randers in 2003, guiding them to promotion for the Danish Superliga. He led the team to the 2006 Danish Cup trophy, and Olsen was named 2006 Danish Manager of the Year. He then coached Odense BK from 2007 to 2010.
In his active career, Olsen played in the central defense position. He won six Danish championships with Brøndby IF and the 1992 Turkish Cup with Trabzonspor. Olsen played 84 matches and scored four goals for the Denmark from 1986 to 1996, and was named 1988 Danish Player of the Year. He was team captain of the Danish national team in a record 69 matches, and captained the Denmark team that won the 1992 European Championship.
^"Lars Christian Olsen" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
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0–0 at the interval. In the 59th minute, Dahlin's cross was cleared by LarsOlsen but the ball fell to Tomas Brolin who struck it into the Denmark goal...
with a footprint of Morten Olsen (c, 1970–1989) and Sepp Piontek (coach, 1979–1990). Represented with a footprint of LarsOlsen (c, 1986–1996) and Richard...
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the armband in the 1 June 1994 1–2 loss to Norway, when then captain LarsOlsen was substituted. IFHOC, The Gala in Barcelona Archived 18 July 2011 at...
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sports shooter, Olympic winner Jan Sørensen (1955-2024), footballer LarsOlsen (born 1961), football player and manager Claus Christiansen (born 1967)...
non-denominational Poona and Indian Village Mission in 1893 Ida S. Scudder LarsOlsen Skrefsrud Graham Staines Alfred Sturge J.M. Strachan – Medical Mission...
However, with help from Lars Levi's older half-brother Carl Erik Laestadius (1775-1817), a pastor at Kvikkjokk, with whom Lars Levi and his younger brother...
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Rautanen Wilhelm Sihler F. C. D. Wyneken Hans Paludan Smith Schreuder LarsOlsen Skrefsrud Ludwig Ingwer Nommensen Onesimos Nesib Paul Olaf Bodding Johann...