Lars Høgh
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Poul Lars Høgh Pedersen (born January 14, 1959) is a Danish former football (soccer) player, who played his entire career as a goalkeeper for Odense BK. He represented Odense in 817 matches, and won three Danish championships with the club. He played 8 matches for the national team, and was selected for the 1986 World Cup and 1996 European Championship squads. He was a part of the Danish team which won the 1995 King Fahd Cup.
Born in Odense, Høgh started playing football with local club Odense BK (OB). He had an outstanding career with OB, which was to be his only club, for whom he played 817 matches from his debut in 1977. He won three Danish championships and three Danish Cup trophies with OB, and won the Danish Best Goalkeeper of the Year award five times. He retired as a footballer in 1999, 40 years old. Following his retirement, Høgh served three years as sports director for Odense BK. He went on to become a footballing coach, both for individual goalkeepers, as well as clubs.
[edit] Honours
- Danish championship: 1977, 1982 and 1989
- Danish Cup: 1983, 1991 and 1993
- Danish Best Goalkeeper of the Year: 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1994
- 1995 King Fahd Cup
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1 Rasmussen | 2 Sivebæk | 3 Busk | 4 M. Olsen | 5 I. Nielsen | 6 Lerby | 7 Mølby | 8 J. Olsen | 9 Berggreen | 10 Elkjær Larsen | 11 Laudrup | 12 Bertelsen | 13 Frimann | 14 Simonsen | 15 Arnesen | 16 Qvist | 17 K. Nielsen | 18 Christensen | 19 Eriksen | 20 Bartram | 21 Andersen | 22 Høgh | Coach: Piontek |
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