Michael Laudrup

Michael Laudrup (born 15 June 1964) is a former Danish football player. He has played for Denmark national team.

Michael Laudrup

Laudrup in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Michael Laudrup[1]
Date of birth	(1964-06-15) 15 June 1964 (age 61)[2]
Place of birth	Frederiksberg, Denmark
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, forward
Youth career
1971–1973	Vanløse
1973–1974	Brøndby
1974–1980	KB
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981	KB	14	(3)
1982–1983	Brøndby	38	(24)
1983–1985	Lazio	60	(9)
1985–1989	Juventus	103	(16)
1989–1994	Barcelona	166	(41)
1994–1996	Real Madrid	62	(12)
1996–1997	Vissel Kobe	15	(5)
1997–1998	Ajax	21	(11)
Total		478	(119)
International career
1982–1998	Denmark	104	(37)
Managerial career
2000–2002	Denmark (assistant manager)
2002–2006	Brøndby
2007–2008	Getafe
2008–2009	Spartak Moscow
2010–2011	Mallorca
2012–2014	Swansea City
2014–2015	Lekhwiya
2016–2018	Al Rayyan
Medal record Men's football Representing  Denmark FIFA Confederations Cup Winner 1995 Saudi Arabia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
KB	1981	Danish 1st Division	14	3			–		2	0	–		16	3
Brøndby	1982	Danish 1st Division	24	15			–		–		–		24	15
	1983	Danish 1st Division	14	8			–		–		–		14	8
	Total		38	23			–		–		–		38	23
Lazio	1983–84	Serie A	30	8	5	0	–		–		–		35	8
	1984–85	Serie A	30	1	5	3	–		–		–		35	4
	Total		60	9	10	3	–		–		–		70	12
Juventus	1985–86	Serie A	29	7	6	2	–		6[c]	2	1[d]	1	42	12
	1986–87	Serie A	20	3	6	1	–		4[c]	5	–		30	9
	1987–88	Serie A	28	0	7	2	–		4[e]	2	–		39	4
	1988–89	Serie A	26	6	7	2	–		8[e]	3	–		41	11
	Total		103	16	26	7	–		22	12	1	1	152	36
Barcelona	1989–90	La Liga	33	3	7	2	–		3[f]	1	1[g]	0	44	6
	1990–91	La Liga	30	9	5	2	–		7[f]	0	1[h]	0	43	11
	1991–92	La Liga	36	13	2	2	–		11[i]	3	1[h]	0	50	18
	1992–93	La Liga	37	10	4	4	–		4[i]	0	4[j]	0	49	14
	1993–94	La Liga	31	5	1	0	–		6[i]	1	2[h]	0	40	6
	Total		167	40	19	10	–		31	5	9	0	226	55
Real Madrid	1994–95	La Liga	33	4	2	1	–		5[e]	2	–		40	7
	1995–96	La Liga	29	8	0	0	–		7[i]	0	1[h]	0	36	8
	Total		62	12	2	1	–		12	2	1	0	77	15
Vissel Kobe	1996	Football League	12	5	3	2	–		–		–		15	7
	1997	J1 League	3	0	0	0	6	1	–		–		9	1
	Total		15	5	3	2	6	1	–		–		24	8
Ajax	1997–98	Eredivisie	21	11	4	0	–		5[e]	2	–		30	13
Career total			479	119	64	23	6	1	72	21	11	1	632	165

1. Includes Danish Cup, Coppa Italia, Copa del Rey, Emperor's Cup, KNVB Cup
2. Includes J.League Cup
3. Appearances in European Cup
4. Appearance in Intercontinental Cup
5. Appearances in UEFA Cup
6. Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
7. Appearance in European Super Cup
8. Appearance(s) in Supercopa de España
9. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
10. Two appearances in Supercopa de España, one appearance in European Super Cup, one appearance in Intercontinental Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Denmark	1982	3	2
	1983	5	7
	1984	13	2
	1985	6	6
	1986	10	1
	1987	4	0
	1988	9	1
	1989	8	4
	1990	6	3
	1991	0	0
	1992	0	0
	1993	4	0
	1994	8	3
	1995	9	5
	1996	8	1
	1997	2	1
	1998	9	1
Total		104	37

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Laudrup goal.

List of international goals scored by Michael Laudrup^[4]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 June 1982	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	1–2	1–2	1981–85 Nordic Football Championship
2	27 October 1982	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark	Czechoslovakia	1–2	1–3	Friendly
3	22 June 1983	Aarhus Idrætspark, Aarhus, Denmark	Finland	2–0	3–0	1984 Summer Olympics qualification
4				3–0
5	7 September 1983	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark	France	1–0	3–1	Friendly
6				3–1
7	12 October 1983	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark	Luxembourg	1–0	6–0	UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying
8				2–0
9				6–0
10	8 June 1984	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark	Bulgaria	1–0	1–1	Friendly
11	12 September 1984	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark	Austria	1–0	3–1	Friendly
12	8 May 1985	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark	East Germany	1–0	4–1	Friendly
13				2–0
14	5 June 1985	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark	Soviet Union	3–1	4–2	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
15				4–1
16	16 October 1985	Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway	Norway	1–1	5–1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
17	13 November 1985	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Republic of Ireland	2–1	4–1	1986 FIFA World Cup qualification
18	8 June 1986	Estadio Neza 86, Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico	Uruguay	3–1	6–1	1986 FIFA World Cup
19	11 June 1988	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover, West Germany	Spain	1–1	2–3	UEFA Euro 1988
20	17 May 1989	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark	Greece	7–1	7–1	1990 FIFA World Cup qualification
21	14 June 1989	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark	Sweden	6–0	6–0	1989 Tri Tournament
22	18 June 1989	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark	Brazil	2–0	4–0	1989 Tri Tournament
23				3–0
24	6 June 1990	Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim, Norway	Norway	2–0	2–1	Friendly
25	10 October 1990	Københavns Idrætspark, Copenhagen, Denmark	Faroe Islands	1–0	4–1	UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying
26				3–1
27	20 April 1994	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Hungary	1–1	3–1	Friendly
28				2–1
29	26 May 1994	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Sweden	1–0	1–0	Friendly
30	13 January 1995	King Fahd II Stadium, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Argentina	1–0	2–0	1995 King Fahd Cup
31	7 June 1995	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Cyprus	4–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
32	16 August 1995	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan, Armenia	Armenia	1–0	2–0	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
33	6 September 1995	King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium	Belgium	1–0	3–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
34	15 November 1995	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Armenia	3–1	3–1	UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
35	24 April 1996	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Scotland	1–0	2–0	Friendly
36	10 September 1997	Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark	Croatia	2–0	3–1	1998 FIFA World Cup qualification
37	24 June 1998	Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France	France	1–1	1–2	1998 FIFA World Cup

Managerial statistics

As of 25 July 2018

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Brøndby		July 2002	June 2006	132	76	31	25	237	119	+118	057.58
Getafe		July 2007	June 2008	59	25	15	19	81	70	+11	042.37
Spartak Moscow		September 2008	April 2009	14	4	4	6	15	17	−2	028.57
Mallorca		July 2010	September 2011	42	13	9	20	52	67	−15	030.95
Swansea City		June 2012	February 2014	84	29	24	31	116	105	+11	034.52
Lekhwiya		July 2014	July 2015	41	28	8	5	82	43	+39	068.29
Al Rayyan		October 2016	July 2018	73	39	15	19	154	107	+47	053.42
Total				445	214	106	125	737	529	+208	048.09

Honours

Player

Juventus

• Serie A: 1985–86
• Intercontinental Cup: 1985

Barcelona

• La Liga: 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94
• Copa del Rey: 1989–90
• Supercopa de España: 1991, 1992
• European Cup: 1991–92
• UEFA Super Cup: 1992

Real Madrid

• La Liga: 1994–95

Ajax

• Eredivisie: 1997–98
• KNVB Cup: 1997–98

Denmark

• FIFA Confederations Cup: 1995

Individual

• Danish Player of the Year (2): 1982, 1985
• Don Balón Award – La Liga Best Foreign Player of the Year: 1991–92
• ESM Team of the Year: 1994–95^[5]
• FIFA XI (Reserve): 1996^[6]
• FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1998^[7]
• Best Foreign Player in Spanish Football in the last 25 years: 1974–1999^[8]
• UEFA Golden Player (Greatest Danish Footballer of the last 50 Years): 2003^[9]
• FIFA 100^[10]
• Denmark's Best Player of All Time: 2006^[8]
• Scandinavia Best Player Ever: 2015^[11]
• Danish Football Hall of Fame
• World Soccer The Greatest Players of the 20th century: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time^[12]

Manager

Brøndby

• Danish Superliga: 2004–05
• Danish Cup: 2002–03, 2004–05
• Danish League Cup: 2005
• Danish Supercup: 2002

Swansea City

• Football League Cup: 2012–13

Lekhwiya

• Qatar Stars League: 2014–15
• Crown Prince Cup: 2014–15

Individual

• Danish Manager of the Year: 2002–03, 2004–05
• Qatar Stars League Manager of the Month: August 2014, December 2014

Orders

• Order of the Dannebrog: 2000

Films

• (in Danish) Jørgen Leth, "Michael Laudrup – en fodboldspiller", Denmark, 1993