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- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Michael Laudrup is the best Danish footballer of all time. He got his breakthrough as a footballer for Brøndby, and he signed for Italian giants Juventus in 1983 when he was 19 years old. The first two years in Italy were spent in Lazio on a loan spell. Then he joined Juventus in 1985 where he won the Italian championship. In 1989 he joined Barcelona, and he won both championships and also the European Champions League. In 1994 he joined rivals Real Madrid, and he also won the Spanish championship in the white shirt. In 1996 he joined Vissel Kobe in Japan, but after only one year he returned to Europe joining Dutch Ajax. He won the Dutch double with Ajax in 1998. This was also the year where he ended his career as a footballer, his last match was the World Cup quarter final Denmark-Brazil 2-3, he played his 104th national game for Denmark.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Povl D. Rasmussen <vragel@person.dk>
- Michael Laudrup is a Danish professional football coach and former player.
He is regarded as one of the greatest players of his generation. He is the older brother of fellow retired footballer Brian Laudrup.
During his playing career, Laudrup won league titles with AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus F.C., playing mainly as an attacking midfielder, although he was capable of playing in other offensive positions. A world class playmaker, he was a member of Johan Cruijff's 'Dream Team' at Barcelona, where he won nine trophies, including four successive La Liga titles from 1991 to 1994 and the European Cup in 1992. Laudrup moved to Real Madrid in 1994, with whom he won his fifth La Liga title in a row.
Laudrup made his debut for the Denmark National Football Team on his 18th birthday in 1982, and scored 37 goals in 104 appearances. He starred in the 1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico (1986), and from November 1994, he captained Denmark for a total of 28 matches, including the victorious 1995 Confederations Cup tournament. He played alongside his brother Brian in the Denmark team that reached the quarter-finals of the 1998 FIFA World Cup France (1998), and retired as an active player after the tournament.
After retiring as a player, Laudrup took up coaching, and became assistant manager of the Denmark National Football Team. He got his first manager job at former club Brøndby I.F. in 2002, whom he guided to the 2005 Danish Superliga championship. He took over as coach of Getafe C.F. and had notable success there. He brought the club comparative success in the Copa del Rey and UEFA Cup, and the team's attacking style received plaudits. On 15 June 2012, Laudrup was appointed the manager of Premier League club Swansea City A.F.C. on a two-year contract. In his first season in south Wales, he won the League Cup, the first major English trophy in Swansea's 100-year history.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tango Papa
- SpouseSiw Laudrup(? - present) (2 children)
- 20th of May 2002; Michael Laudrup appointed as Brøndby manager.
- Both his brother Brian and his father Finn have played in Brøndby. All of them have also played on the Danish national team.
- Has played in two World Cups: 1986 in Mexico and 1998 in France.
- Father of Mads (from a former relationship) and Andreas and Rebecca (from wife Siw)
- Brøndby manager in the Danish Premier League.
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