Erik Rasmussen (footballer)

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Erik Rasmussen
Personal information
Full nameErik Sandvad Rasmussen
Date of birth (1960-12-24) December 24, 1960
Place of birthBrøndby, Denmark
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
Køge
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1977–1979Køge
1980–1982Herfølge
1982–1984Køge
1984–1989Wichita Wings (indoor)217(246)
1988–1989Frem36(9)
1990–1991Brøndby73(8)
1992Helsingør14(10)
1992–1997Køge[1]331(113)
1998–1999Wichita Wings (indoor)56(112)
1998–1999Baltimore Blast (indoor)37(18)
1999–2000Skælskør
National team
1990–1991Denmark2(0)
Teams managed
1992–1997Køge
1999–2000Skælskør
2000–2003Næstved
2004–2008Midtjylland
2009–2010AGF
2012Greve Fodbold
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Erik Sandvad Rasmussen (born 24 December 1960), nicknamed "The Wizard" and "TryllErik", is a former Danish football player and manager. He played two games for the Denmark national football team.

Player

During his active career, he was a forward for Danish clubs Køge, Herfølge, Frem and Brøndby. In 1984, Rasmussen moved to the United States and signed with the Wichita Wings of the Major Indoor Soccer League. He played five seasons for the Wings. In 1988, he was the league's points leader and was named the MISL MVP.[2] In September 1989, but returned to Denmark and signed with Brondby in order to make himself available to play for the national team.[3] In January 1998, he returned to the Wichita Wings who were now playing in the National Professional Soccer League.[4] He played for the Wings through the 1998–1999 season.[5][6] In June 1999, he then moved to the Baltimore Blast.[7][8]

Coach

After retiring, he managed a number of Danish lower league clubs. In January 2004, he replaced Troels Bech as manager of Midtjylland in the top-flight Danish Superliga.[9] In Midtjylland he led the team to a silver medal in the Danish Superliga 2006-07. On 6 March 2008, he published he would leave Midtjylland at the end of the season for personal reasons. He took some time off going back to USA and with no active participation in football, except from being a pundit on Danish TV on some occasions. On 1 January 2009 he started as head coach for AGF. After a good start of the 2009/2010-season, AGF had a terrible spring that ended up in relegation to the Danish 1st Division. Four days after the season had ended Rasmussen was sacked.[10]

In October 2012 he replaced Benny Nielsen as manager of Greve Fodbold on a contract running until the end of 2012.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Number of matches and goals for Køge is for 1977–1979, 1982–1984 and 1992–1997 altogether.
  2. ↑ The Year in American Soccer – 1988
  3. ↑ RASMUSSEN LEAVES WINGS FOR TEAM IN HIS HOMELAND Wichita Eagle, The (KS) – Tuesday, September 12, 1989
  4. ↑ ERIK RASMUSSEN : 'I'M HERE, AND I'M READY TO GO'. FORMER WINGS STAR WILL RETURN TO THE WICHITA LINEUP FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1989. Wichita Eagle, The (KS) – Friday, January 2, 1998
  5. ↑ NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS – 1997–1998
  6. ↑ NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS – 1998–1999
  7. ↑ RASMUSSEN SIGNS WITH BALTIMORE DANISH STAR DECIDES HE WANTS A NEW CHALLENGE AFTER SEVEN SEASONS IN WICHITA. Wichita Eagle, The (KS) – Thursday, June 10, 1999
  8. ↑ NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE FINAL OFFICIAL STATISTICS – 1999–2000
  9. ↑ Erik Rasmussen ny træner i FC Midtjylland
  10. ↑ Erik Rasmussen fyret
  11. ↑ Erik Rasmussen ny træner i Greve

External links

Køge BK – managers
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  • Baumgarten (1948–5?)
  • Madsen (195?–53)
  • Szendrődi (1953–56)
  • Young (1957–6?)
  • Astorri (196?–65)
  • Chekerdemian (1966–67)
  • Hugger (1968)
  • Pilmark (1969)
  • Schøne (1970–74)
  • Hansen (1974–78)
  • Bjerre (1978–79)
  • Sørensen (1980–83)
  • J. Poulsen (1983–87)
  • P. Poulsen (1987–88)
  • Hildebrandt (1988–90)
  • Jakobsen (1990–91)
  • Hansen (1991)
  • Sørensen (1991–92)
  • Gynild (1992)
  • Rasmussen (1992–1997)
  • Johansen (1997–99)
  • Jensen (1999–2003)
  • Kristiansen (2003–04)
  • Rioch (2004–06)
  • Larsen (2006–08)
  • Kastrup (2008–09)
Næstved BK – managers
FC Midtjylland – managers
AGF – managers
  • Pettersson (1919–22)
  • Brown (1922–24)
  • Hansen (1925–27)
  • A. Rasmussen (1927–31)
  • Molnar (1932–35)
  • von Würden (1936–37)
  • Jensen (1938–39)
  • Andersen (1939–40)
  • Müller (1941–51)
  • Vesterbak (1952–54)
  • Toldi (1955–57)
  • Vesterbak (1957–58)
  • Pfeiffer (1959–60)
  • Toldi (1960–64)
  • From (1965–66)
  • Jensen (1967–68)
  • K. Christensen (1969–73)
  • Strain (1974)
  • From (1975)
  • Bjerregaard (1976)
  • E. Christensen (1977–79)
  • Bech (1980–83)
  • Wähling (1984–86)
  • Harmsen (1986)
  • Hebo Larsen (1987–88)
  • Harmsen (1989)
  • Brandenborg (1990)
  • Lundkvist (1990–93)
  • Rudbæk (1993–2000)
  • Lundkvist & K. Nielsen (2000)
  • O. Christensen (2000–01)
  • Stampe (2001–02)
  • Petersen (2002)
  • Hansen (2002–03)
  • Åkeby (2003–05)
  • B. Nielsen & Tollefsen (2005)
  • Pedersen (2006–08)
  • E. Rasmussen (2009–10)
  • Sørensen (2010–)
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