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Allan Simonsen
Football, Football player
1952 –
Who is Allan Simonsen?
Allan Rodenkam Simonsen is a former Danish footballer and manager. He most prominently played for German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barcelona from Spain, winning the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup. Simonsen is the only footballer to have scored in the European Cup, UEFA Cup, and Cup Winners' Cup finals. Simonsen was named 1977 European Footballer of the Year.
For the Denmark national football team, Simonsen was capped 55 times, scoring 20 goals. He represented Denmark at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1984 European Championship and 1986 World Cup tournaments. He was voted into the Danish Football Hall of Fame in November 2008.
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- Born
- Dec 15, 1952
Vejle - Also known as
- Allan Rodenkam Simonsen
- Nationality
- Denmark
- Profession
- Lived in
- Vejle
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on July 23, 2013
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