Johannes Pløger

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Johannes Pløger

(second from the right)
Personal information
Full name Johannes Theodor Louis Plöger
Date of birth April 3, 1922 (1922-04-03)
Place of birth    Frederiksberg, Denmark
Date of death    February 4, 1991 (aged 69)
Playing position Right winger
Youth clubs

1924-1939		 FKIF
Boldklubben Frem
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1939-1948
1948-1949
1949-1950
1950-1951
1951-1954		 Boldklubben Frem
Juventus F.C.
Novara Calcio
Torino Calcio
Udinese Calcio		 164 (101)
016 00(1)
022 00(6)
025 00(2)
075 00(8)   
National team
1940-1948 Denmark 021 00(8)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Johannes Theodor Louis Plöger (April 3, 1922 - February 4, 1991), commonly known as Johannes Pløger, was a Danish football player, who most notably played professionally as a winger for Italian clubs Juventus F.C. and Udinese Calcio. He played 21 games and scored eight goals for the Denmark national football team, with whom he won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Born at Frederiksberg in Copenhagen, Pløger started his senior career with Boldklubben Frem. He helped the club win the 1940 Danish Cup, and made his debut for the Danish national team in October 1940. He was a part of the Frem teams that won the 1941 and 1944 Danish championship trophies, and was selected to represent Denmark at the 1948 Olympics. He scored two goals in four games as Denmark won bronze medals, and was one of several Danish footballers who was bought by professional Italian clubs after the Olympics had ended. He played his last Danish national team game in October 1948, as the Danish rules of amateurism prohibited him from representing his country as a professional player.

After finishing his professional career in Italy, Pløger settled as a Ford car dealer in Frederiksberg. He died in February 1991, 69 years old.

[edit] Honours

Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Bronze London 1948 Team Competition

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