Michael Laudrup

Danish association football player and coach

Michael Laudrup (born 15 June 1964) is a former Danish football player. He has played for Denmark national team.

Michael Laudrup
Laudrup in 2016
Personal information
Full name Michael Laudrup[1]
Date of birth (1964-06-15) 15 June 1964 (age 60)[2]
Place of birth Frederiksberg, Denmark
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Attacking midfielder, forward
Youth career
1971–1973 Vanløse
1973–1974 Brøndby
1974–1980 KB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981 KB 14 (3)
1982–1983 Brøndby 38 (24)
1983–1985 Lazio 60 (9)
1985–1989 Juventus 103 (16)
1989–1994 Barcelona 166 (41)
1994–1996 Real Madrid 62 (12)
1996–1997 Vissel Kobe 15 (5)
1997–1998 Ajax 21 (11)
Total 478 (119)
National team
1982–1998 Denmark 104 (37)
Teams managed
2000–2002 Denmark (assistant manager)
2002–2006 Brøndby
2007–2008 Getafe
2008–2009 Spartak Moscow
2010–2011 Mallorca
2012–2014 Swansea City
2014–2015 Lekhwiya
2016–2018 Al Rayyan
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Denmark
FIFA Confederations Cup
Winner 1995 Saudi Arabia
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[a] League cup[b] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
KB 1981 Danish 1st Division 14 3 2 0 16 3
Brøndby 1982 Danish 1st Division 24 15 24 15
1983 Danish 1st Division 14 8 14 8
Total 38 23 38 23
Lazio 1983–84 Serie A 30 8 5 0 35 8
1984–85 Serie A 30 1 5 3 35 4
Total 60 9 10 3 70 12
Juventus 1985–86 Serie A 29 7 6 2 6[c] 2 1[d] 1 42 12
1986–87 Serie A 20 3 6 1 4[c] 5 30 9
1987–88 Serie A 28 0 7 2 4[e] 2 39 4
1988–89 Serie A 26 6 7 2 8[e] 3 41 11
Total 103 16 26 7 22 12 1 1 152 36
Barcelona 1989–90 La Liga 33 3 7 2 3[f] 1 1[g] 0 44 6
1990–91 La Liga 30 9 5 2 7[f] 0 1[h] 0 43 11
1991–92 La Liga 36 13 2 2 11[i] 3 1[h] 0 50 18
1992–93 La Liga 37 10 4 4 4[i] 0 4[j] 0 49 14
1993–94 La Liga 31 5 1 0 6[i] 1 2[h] 0 40 6
Total 167 40 19 10 31 5 9 0 226 55
Real Madrid 1994–95 La Liga 33 4 2 1 5[e] 2 40 7
1995–96 La Liga 29 8 0 0 7[i] 0 1[h] 0 36 8
Total 62 12 2 1 12 2 1 0 77 15
Vissel Kobe 1996 Football League 12 5 3 2 15 7
1997 J1 League 3 0 0 0 6 1 9 1
Total 15 5 3 2 6 1 24 8
Ajax 1997–98 Eredivisie 21 11 4 0 5[e] 2 30 13
Career total 479 119 64 23 6 1 72 21 11 1 632 165
  1. Includes Danish Cup, Coppa Italia, Copa del Rey, Emperor's Cup, KNVB Cup
  2. Includes J.League Cup
  3. 3.0 3.1 Appearances in European Cup
  4. Appearance in Intercontinental Cup
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Appearances in UEFA Cup
  6. 6.0 6.1 Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
  7. Appearance in European Super Cup
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  10. Two appearances in Supercopa de España, one appearance in European Super Cup, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year[3]
National team Year Apps Goals
Denmark 1982 3 2
1983 5 7
1984 13 2
1985 6 6
1986 10 1
1987 4 0
1988 9 1
1989 8 4
1990 6 3
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 4 0
1994 8 3
1995 9 5
1996 8 1
1997 2 1
1998 9 1
Total 104 37
Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Laudrup goal.
List of international goals scored by Michael Laudrup[4]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 15 June 1982 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway   Norway 1–2 1–2 1981–85 Nordic Football Championship
2 27 October 1982 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark   Czechoslovakia 1–2 1–3 Friendly
3 22 June 1983 Aarhus Idrætspark, Aarhus, Denmark   Finland 2–0 3–0 1984 Summer Olympics qualification
4 3–0
5 7 September 1983 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark   France 1–0 3–1 Friendly
6 3–1
7 12 October 1983 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark   Luxembourg 1–0 6–0 UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
8 2–0
9 6–0
10 8 June 1984 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark   Bulgaria 1–0 1–1 Friendly
11 12 September 1984 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark   Austria 1–0 3–1 Friendly
12 8 May 1985 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark   East Germany 1–0 4–1 Friendly
13 2–0
14 5 June 1985 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark   Soviet Union 3–1 4–2 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
15 4–1
16 16 October 1985 Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway   Norway 1–1 5–1 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
17 13 November 1985 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland   Republic of Ireland 2–1 4–1 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
18 8 June 1986 Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico   Uruguay 3–1 6–1 1986 FIFA World Cup
19 11 June 1988 Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, West Germany   Spain 1–1 2–3 UEFA Euro 1988
20 17 May 1989 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark   Greece 7–1 7–1 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
21 14 June 1989 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark   Sweden 6–0 6–0 1989 Tri Tournament
22 18 June 1989 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark   Brazil 2–0 4–0 1989 Tri Tournament
23 3–0
24 6 June 1990 Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim, Norway   Norway 2–0 2–1 Friendly
25 10 October 1990 Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark   Faroe Islands 1–0 4–1 UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
26 3–1
27 20 April 1994 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark   Hungary 1–1 3–1 Friendly
28 2–1
29 26 May 1994 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark   Sweden 1–0 1–0 Friendly
30 13 January 1995 King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia   Argentina 1–0 2–0 1995 King Fahd Cup
31 7 June 1995 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark   Cyprus 4–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
32 16 August 1995 Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia   Armenia 1–0 2–0 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
33 6 September 1995 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium   Belgium 1–0 3–1 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
34 15 November 1995 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark   Armenia 3–1 3–1 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
35 24 April 1996 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark   Scotland 1–0 2–0 Friendly
36 10 September 1997 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark   Croatia 2–0 3–1 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
37 24 June 1998 Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France   France 1–1 1–2 1998 FIFA World Cup

Managerial statistics

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As of 25 July 2018
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Brøndby   July 2002 June 2006 132 76 31 25 237 119 +118 057.58
Getafe   July 2007 June 2008 59 25 15 19 81 70 +11 042.37
Spartak Moscow   September 2008 April 2009 14 4 4 6 15 17 −2 028.57
Mallorca   July 2010 September 2011 42 13 9 20 52 67 −15 030.95
Swansea City   June 2012 February 2014 84 29 24 31 116 105 +11 034.52
Lekhwiya   July 2014 July 2015 41 28 8 5 82 43 +39 068.29
Al Rayyan   October 2016 July 2018 73 39 15 19 154 107 +47 053.42
Total 445 214 106 125 737 529 +208 048.09

Honours

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Player

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Juventus

Barcelona

Real Madrid

Ajax

Denmark

Individual

Manager

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Brøndby

Swansea City

Lekhwiya

Individual

Orders

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  • (in Danish) Jørgen Leth, "Michael Laudrup – en fodboldspiller", Denmark, 1993

References

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  1. Gaarskr, Jesper (2010). Barça: Historien om FC Barcelona. Sheffield: Gyldendal. p. 135. ISBN 978-87-02-08764-2.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Laudrup: Michael Laudrup: Manager". BDFutbol. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
  3. Mamrud, Roberto. "Michael Laudrup – Century of International Appearances". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  4. "Michael Laudrup - Century of International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  5. "ESM XI". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  6. "Matches of FIFA XI". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
  7. "MasterCard All-Star Team of the 1998 World Cup". FIFA. 10 July 1998. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
  8. 8.0 8.1 "Michael Laudrup named new Swansea City manager". BBC Sport. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  9. Cite error: The named reference jubilee1 was used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page).
  10. Christopher Davies (5 March 2004). "Pele open to ridicule over top hundred". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  11. "Laudrup kåret til Nordens bedste". BT Sport. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  12. World Soccer: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time Archived 31 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 December 2015.