Bjarne Goldbæk

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Bjarne Goldbæk

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|10|06|df=y}}

| birth_place = Copenhagen, Denmark

| height = 1.80 m

| currentclub =

| position = Attacking midfielder

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1987 | youthclubs1 = B 1901

| years1 = 1987 | caps1 = 17 | goals1 = 4 | clubs1 = Næstved IF

| years2 = 1987–1989 | caps2 = 74 | goals2 = 8 | clubs2 = Schalke 04

| years3 = 1989–1993 | caps3 = 80 | goals3 = 11 | clubs3 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern

| years4 = 1993–1994 | caps4 = 24 | goals4 = 5 | clubs4 = Tennis Borussia Berlin

| years5 = 1994–1996 | caps5 = 30 | goals5 = 2 | clubs5 = 1. FC Köln

| years6 = 1996–1998 | caps6 = 74 | goals6 = 16 | clubs6 = Copenhagen

| years7 = 1998–2000 | caps7 = 29 | goals7 = 5 | clubs7 = Chelsea

| years8 = 2000–2003 | caps8 = 85 | goals8 = 6 | clubs8 = Fulham

| years9 = 2003–2005 | caps9 = 61 | goals9 = 9 | clubs9 = Rot-Weiss Essen

| totalcaps = 474 | totalgoals = 56

| nationalyears1 = 1987–1988 | nationalteam1 = Denmark U-21 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 1987–2001 | nationalteam2 = Denmark | nationalcaps2 = 28 | nationalgoals2 = 0

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}

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Bjarne Goldbæk ({{IPA|da|ˈpjɑː.nə ˈɡɔlˌpɛɡ}}; born 6 October 1968) is a Danish former professional footballer and current sports pundit for Eurosport. An attacking midfielder, he played for a number of foreign clubs, including Chelsea and Fulham in England and several clubs in Germany. He most prominently won the 1990 German Cup tournament and 1990–91 Bundesliga championship with 1. FC Kaiserslautern. For the Denmark national team, Goldbæk was capped 28 times, and he was a part of the Danish squads for the 1998 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000 tournaments.

He works as a football agent, and as an occasional football commentator on Eurosport during Bundesliga matches.

Club career

Born in Copenhagen, Goldbæk started his career with Danish club B 1901, before he was snapped up by the top-flight Danish 1st Division club Næstved IF in 1987.{{cite news | date = 18 November 1992 | title = Dagens portræt – Farligt og flittigt talent | newspaper = Politiken }} He quickly moved abroad to play for Schalke 04 of the Bundesliga in September that year. In December 1989, Goldbæk changed clubs to Bundesliga rivals 1. FC Kaiserslautern, where he won the German Bundesliga championship in the 1990–91 season. He further played for Tennis Borussia Berlin and 1. FC Köln in Germany, before returning to Denmark to play for F.C. Copenhagen in 1996.

At F.C. Copenhagen, he quickly became a mainstay in the team, and he was awarded the 1998 F.C. Copenhagen Player of the Year award. Following good displays and a goal scored in two UEFA Cup Winners' Cup matches against Chelsea,{{cite news |title=Desailly saves hapless Chelsea |first=Steve |last=Tongue |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/desailly-saves-hapless-chelsea-1180100.html |newspaper=The Independent |publisher=Independent News and Media |date=23 October 1998 |access-date=23 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://fck.dk/english/history/1998/ |title=Season 1998/99 |publisher=F.C. Copenhagen |access-date=23 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090811084624/http://fck.dk/english/history/1998/ |archive-date=11 August 2009}} he joined them in November 1998 for a fee of £330,000, in a deal that sent fellow Dane Brian Laudrup from Chelsea to Copenhagen.{{cite news |title=Casiraghi injury may put young Finn in firing line |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/1998/nov/10/newsstory.sport3 |newspaper=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media |date=10 November 1998 |access-date=23 February 2012}} Goldbæk originally made a big impression when he moved to Stamford Bridge, but was not in favour with Chelsea's manager Gianluca Vialli, who tried to off-load him to Birmingham City and Nottingham Forest. He struggled to hold down a regular rotation place at Chelsea, before Fulham snatched him from Chelsea in January 2000, at the cost of £650,000.{{cite news |title=Goldbaek grabs Fulham chance |first1=Russell |last1=Thomas |first2=David |last2=Foot |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2000/jan/15/newsstory.sport5 |newspaper=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media |date=15 January 2000 |access-date=23 February 2012}} He made his Fulham debut in January 2000, a 1–0 home defeat at the hands of Grimsby Town.{{Soccerbase season|14079|1999|access-date=24 February 2012}} However, he soon became an important player, as Fulham won the English First Division crown in the 2000–01 season. As Fulham manager Jean Tigana's team strengthened, it appeared Goldbæk's future was becoming bleak at the club.{{cite news |title=Goldbaek faces soccer wilderness |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/1987600.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=14 May 2002 |access-date=24 February 2012}} He made just 17 appearances in the 2001–02 season.{{Soccerbase season|14079|2001|access-date=23 February 2012}} However, he started the next campaign in the picture, as he came on as a substitute in the Intertoto Cup game against FC Haka from Finland in early July 2002.{{cite news |title=Fulham in Intertoto stalemate |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/f/fulham/2076852.stm |work=BBC Sport |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation |date=6 July 2002 |access-date=23 February 2012}} As a result, Goldbæk would sign a one-year contract extension.{{cite news|title=Bjarne signs new deal|url=http://www.fulhamfc.com/news/2002/may/17/bjarne-signs-new-deal|publisher=Fulham Official Website|date=17 May 2002|access-date=10 April 2014}}

He left Fulham to play for Regionalliga club Rot-Weiss Essen in 2003.{{cite journal |title=Bjarne Goldbaek wechselt zu RWE |date=10 June 2003 |journal=Kicker |publisher=Olympia-Verlag GmbH |url=https://www.kicker.de/bjarne-goldbaek-wechselt-zu-rwe-284245/artikel |access-date=24 February 2012}} Goldbæk justified his move by stating that he had moved with his family into a house located in the nearby town of Gladbeck, and the support Rot-Weiss Essen commanded by regularly having 10.000 spectators at their home games .{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/wir-muessen-den-aufstieg-nachholen-285278/artikel | title = Wir müssen den Aufstieg nachholen | language = de | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 24 June 2012 | date = 10 June 2003}} He was the team captain when the club earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in 2004, but as Rot-Weiss Essen were relegated to the Regionalliga again the following year, Goldbæk retired his active career in summer 2005.

International career

Goldbæk made his debut for the Denmark national team on 18 November 1987, in a 1988 Olympic Games qualifier against the West Germany Olympic national team, which ended in a 1–0 defeat.{{cite web |url=http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/983&teamtypeid=330#match |title=Bjarne Goldbæk profile |work=Danish Football Association |access-date=24 February 2012}}

After retirement

Goldbæk works as a licensed consultant for players and coaches.

Career statistics

=Club=

rowspan="2"\|Club !rowspan="2"\|Season !colspan="3"\|League !colspan="2"\|Cup !colspan="2"\|Continental !colspan="2"\|Other !colspan="2"\|Total
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition{{NFT player\|11628\|name=Bjarne Goldbæk\|accessdate=24 February 2012}}{{cite web \|url=http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/8890/bjarne-goldbaek?cc=5739 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714154812/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/player/_/id/8890/bjarne-goldbaek?cc=5739 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=14 July 2012 \|title=Bjarne Goldbæk \|work=ESPN Soccernet \|access-date=24 February 2012}}{{cite web \|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/bjarne-goldbaek/2/ \|title=Bjarne Goldbæk profile \|work=Worldfootball.net \|access-date=24 February 2012}}
Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Næstved IF \|1987 \|Danish 1st Division \|17	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	4
rowspan="4"\|Schalke 04 \|1987–88 \|Bundesliga \|22	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	26	5
1988–89 \|rowspan="2"\|2. Bundesliga \|33	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	2
1989–90 \|19	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	20	4
colspan="2"\|Total !74	8	5	3	0	0	0	0	79	11
rowspan="6"\|1. FC Kaiserslautern \|1989–90 \|rowspan="5"\|Bundesliga \|3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1990–91 \|22	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	24	4
1991–92 \|24	2	2	0	1	0	3	1	30	3
1992–93 \|28	5	1	0	0	0	5	0	34	5
1993–94 \|3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
colspan="2"\|Total !80	11	5	0	1	0	9	1	95	12
Tennis Borussia Berlin \|1993–94 \|2. Bundesliga \|24	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	27	5
rowspan="3"\|1. FC Köln \|1994–95 \|rowspan="2"\|Bundesliga \|14	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	0
1995–96 \|16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	2
colspan="2"\|Total !30	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	32	2
rowspan="4"\|Copenhagen \|1996–97 \|rowspan="3"\|Danish Superliga \|32	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	7
1997–98 \|30	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	34	6
1998–99 \|12	3	0	0	0	0	4	2	16	5
colspan="2"\|Total !74	16	0	0	0	0	8	2	72	18
rowspan="3"\|Chelsea \|1998–99 \|rowspan="2"\|Premier League \|23	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	29	5
1999–2000 \|6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
colspan="2"\|Total !29	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	35	5
rowspan="5"\|Fulham \|1999–2000 \|rowspan="2"\|First Division \|18	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	3
2000–01 \|43	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	44	2
2001–02 \|rowspan="2"\|Premier League \|13	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	17	1
2002–03 \|11	0	3	1	1	0	3	0	18	1
colspan="2"\|Total !85	6	7	1	3	0	3	0	98	7
rowspan="2"\|Rot-Weiss Essen \|2003–04 \|Regionalliga \|30	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	7
2004–05 \|2. Bundesliga \|31	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	32	2
colspan="3"\|Career total !474	66	29	4	4	0	20	3	527	73

=International=

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="15"\|Denmark \|1987	1	0
1988	0	0
1989	0	0
1990	0	0
1991	3	0
1992	1	0
1993	3	0
1994	0	0
1995	0	0
1996	2	0
1997	0	0
1998	2	0
1999	9	0
2000	5	0
2001	2	0
colspan="2"\|Total	28	0

Honours

1. FC Kaiserslautern

F.C. Copenhagen

Danish Cup: 1996–97

Chelsea

FA Cup: 2000

Fulham

Football League First Division: 2000–01

Individual

Copenhagen Player of the Year: 1998

References

External links

{{NFT player|11628}}
{{DBU player|983}}
[https://archive.today/20130212230905/http://nipserstat.dk/servlets/SimpleResponse?player=Bjarne+Goldb%E6k&queryType=PlayerQuery&playerOperator=or&scorerOperator=or Bjarne Goldbæk ] at NipserStat (F.C. Copenhagen career stats) {{in lang|da}}
{{Fussballdaten|goldbaekbjarne|Bjarne Goldbæk}}

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