Johnny Bjerregaard
{{short description|Danish footballer and coach (born 1943)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Jørn "Johnny" Bjerregaard
|image =
|caption =
|fullname = Jørn Bjerregaard
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|1|19|df=y}}
|birth_place = Aarhus, Denmark
|height =
|position = Striker
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Hasle BK
| youthyears2 = 1954–1962
| youthclubs2 = AGF
| years1 = 1962–1966
| years2 = 1966–1972
| years3 = 1971–1972
| years4 = 1972–1975
| clubs1 = AGF
| clubs2 = Rapid Wien
| clubs3 = SC Eisenstadt
| caps1 = 89
| caps2 = 151
| caps3 = 84
| goals1 = 61
| goals2 = 96
| goals3 = 25
| nationalyears1 = 1961
| nationalyears2 = 1962–1966
| nationalteam1 = Denmark U19
| nationalteam2 = Denmark U21
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalcaps2 = 5
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| nationalgoals2 = 2
| manageryears1 = 1976–1977
| managerclubs1 = AGF
}}
Jørn "Johnny" Bjerregaard (born 19 January 1943 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a Danish retired footballer{{cite web|title=Team Stats |url=http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/5853|publisher=DBU|access-date=28 April 2012}} and football coach.
He never played for the Danish national team, as it had a 'no profesional players' policy at the time. He did however play for various Danish youth national teams.
Career
=AGF=
Bjerregaard played for AGF between 1962 and 1966, where he was a dangerous striker in the Danish 1. Division. He was most often paired with Henning Enoksen. He won silver medals in the Danish cup in 1964, and bronze medals in 1962..{{cite web |url=https://www.agf.dk/klubben/nyhedsarkiv/2018/januar/joern-bjerregaard-fylder-75-aar/ |publisher=AGF|title=JØRN BJERREGAARD FYLDER 75 ÅR |work=agf.dk |date=19 January 2018 |access-date=7 February 2019 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209125329/https://www.agf.dk/klubben/nyhedsarkiv/2018/januar/joern-bjerregaard-fylder-75-aar/ |url-status=dead |language=da|trans-title=Jørn Bjerregaard turns 75}} In the 1965 season he was joint top scorer, shared with Per Petersen, who played for B 1903.
=Rapid Vienna=
In 1966 he joined Austrian Rapid Vienna, where he turned profesional. He won the Austrian championship twice and the Austrian cup three times. In 1968 he was the topscorer in the Austrian Bundesliga, and in 1968 and 1970 he was named as the player of the year in Austrian football.{{cite web |url=http://www.rapidarchiv.at/spieler/bjerregaard_johnny.html |title=Johnny BJERREGAARD |work=rapidarchiv.at |date= |access-date=7 February 2019}}
His grand achievement was an equalising goal against Real Madrid on November 20th 1968 at Estadio Santiago Bernabéu. The Austrians had won the first match 1-0 and was trailing away. Even though Real Madrid won the match, Rapid Vienna advanced on the away goals rule.{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVthJoNq7Uc |title=Als Rapid Wien Real Madrid aus dem Europacup warf |work=Youtube |date=31 October 2017}}
Behind Josef Uridil, Franz Binder and Hans Krankl he is the 4th most scoring player in Rapid Vienna history.
= Eisenstadt =
In 1971 Jørn Bjerregaard switched to league rivals SC Eisenstadt, where he scored 23 in his first season.
With time he would transition to be a midfielder and then a central defender.
He retired in 1972, supposedly because injuries caused him to lose the interest in continuing to play.
Coaching career
In 1976 Bjerregaard had a short stint as the head coach of his former club, AGF. In the Danish 2nd Division (at the time the 2nd highest level) he led the team to promotion. Despite success he quit the job, and moved back to Austria.{{cite news |url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/aarhus/ECE4455590/AGFeren-der-blev-en-%C3%A6gte-%C3%B8striger/ |title=AGF'eren, der blev en ægte østriger |publisher=Jyllandsposten|website=jyllands-posten.dk |date=3 July 2000|access-date=7 February 2019|language=DA|trans-title=The 'AGF-ian' who became a true Austrian}}
References
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External links
- {{in lang|de}} [http://www.rapidarchiv.at/spieler/bjerregaard_johnny.html Rapid Archiv]
- {{in lang|de}} [https://archive.today/20130115014414/http://sturmarchiv.at/Browser/view-player.action?personId=2533 Sturm Archiv]
{{AGF managers}}
{{Austrian Football Bundesliga top scorers}}
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Category:Danish men's footballers
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Aarhus Gymnastikforening players
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Category:Danish expatriate sportspeople in Austria
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