Italian football saw a small invasion of Danes in the wake of the Danish bronze medals at the 1948 London Olympics. After the Danish silver medals at the 1960 Rome Olympics only two players from the medal winning team ended up on the peninsula. One was the future champion and top scorer Harald Nielsen, who … Continue reading »
Jun
16
Danes in calcio – Jørgen Leschly Sørensen
As readers of this blog should know Denmark came third in the 1948 Olympic tournament. Back in those days it was more prestigious than today, and especially for an all amateur team like Denmark it was quite a big deal. Unfortunately for the Danish football association and fortunately for the players it meant that many … Continue reading »
Nov
06
Danes in calcio – Karl Aage Hansen
A while ago Pondering Calcio brought you the story of Ivan Jensen who played for Bologna in the 1950′s. This time we turn the attention to his good friend – the more known Karl Aage Hansen. During his stay in Italy Hansen got to play for no less than four clubs. He was a key … Continue reading »
Sep
29
Danes in calcio – Brian Laudrup
In the spring 1993 I was 13 years old and I was visiting Italy for the first time. Me and my parents spend three wonderful days in Venice and then three almost equally as wonderful days in Florence. While I lost my heart more to the city in the lagoon than to the capital of … Continue reading »
Jun
21
Danes in Calcio – Ivan Jensen
As it should be known among fans with an historical knowledge about the Italian game the 1950′s was a heyday for Scandinavian players in Serie A. The wonderful Swedish national team, which won the silver at the 1958 world cup had several representatives on the peninsula and as had the Danish team, which won the … Continue reading »
Apr
23
Danes in calcio – Harald Nielsen
As guests on the exquisite www.serieaweekly.com Lars and I have been writing about Danes in calcio. What should have been one article turned into three but it could have been even longer. This post is my initial piece on the wonderful Harald Nielsen as it was before Lars wisely suggested to shorten it for use … Continue reading »
Jan
30
Danes in calcio – Thomas Helveg
I remember the raised eyebrows in Denmark when the virtually unknown Thomas Helveg was sold to Italian football in the autumn 1993. Calcio was in its heyday and even an elevator team like Udinese seemed like a huge step up from the Danish team OB Odense, where Helveg had played as a youngster. Few months … Continue reading »
Dec
16
Danes in Calcio – John Hansen
As I was dealing with a near-death experience recently (the doc later, somewhat laconically, described it as a case of the tonsillitis, but what does he know about disease?), oddly enough, my life didn’t flash before my eyes as you’d expect it to. Maybe my life up until now has simply been too dull to … Continue reading »
Dec
01
Danes in calcio – John Sivebæk
It’s time for another ride into the more obscure past of Italian football. The posts about the Danes taking part in this past are always funny to make for me and hopefully also to some interest for the more geeky of the readers out there, which is probably the vast majority of you lot anyway. This … Continue reading »
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- TT: Don’t get me wrong. I respect Conte and what he has done for Juve. His choice of hair is his own, even if I...
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- Omair Taibah: I would suggest even that coaches are given like three chances to challenge a decision. Not any...
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- Nicola: This article brings back some memories when we played football at school and had also some tournaments.
... - Alex: As you pointed out,it has become a tradition. Last season Juventus were moaning about referees about lack of...
- TT: Thanks for the comment. As far as I know Nielsen actually moved to Bergamo when he retired from work as an older...
- Claus Moeller: They won Coppa Italia in 62/63 with Flemming Nielsen – first and only title for Atalanta. So...
Jan
26
Danes in calcio – Klaus Berggreen
by TT
Now that Serie A has seen the arrival of Danish midfield fighter Daniel Jensen, who has recently joined Novara I have been inspired to bring you another installment in the series ”Danes in calcio”. This time we’ll deal with another Danish fighter. He graced the peninsula for six seasons, probably much longer than will be … Continue reading »
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