Kim Vilfort
Danish retired footballer (born 1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kim Vilfort (Danish pronunciation: [ˈvilfɒːt]; born 15 November 1962) is a Danish retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is the head talent scout at Brøndby IF.
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Full name | Kim Vilfort | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1962-11-15) 15 November 1962 (age 61) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Valby, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Skovlunde IF | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1979–1981 | Skovlunde IF | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1981–1985 | BK Frem | 73 | (42) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1985–1986 | Lille | 24 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1998 | Brøndby | 340 | (77) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 437 | (120) | |||||||||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1982–1983 | Denmark U21 | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
1983–1996 | Denmark | 77 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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His 17-year professional career was mainly associated with Brøndby IF, for which he played in 470 official games – being the club's top scorer in history – and won ten major titles.
Vilfort played for more than one decade with Denmark, and earned 77 caps. He was an essential figure in the nation's Euro 1992 conquest, and represented the country in three European Championships.