Alf Aage Olsen (3 September 1893 – 18 August 1976) was a
Danish
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amateur
football (soccer)
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player, who played 19 games and scored eight goal for the
Denmark national football team
The Denmark men's national football team ( da, Danmarks herre-fodboldlandshold or ''herrelandsholdet'') represents Denmark in men's international football competitions. It is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU), the governing bo ...
from 1912 to 1926. He represented Denmark at the
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...
football tournament.
Born in
Frederiksberg, Olsen played as a
forward
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for
Copenhagen
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teams
B 93,
KB, and
Fremad Amager.
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1893 births
1976 deaths
Danish men's footballers
Denmark men's international footballers
Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Denmark
Boldklubben af 1893 players
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub players
Footballers from Frederiksberg
Men's association football forwards
Fremad Amager players
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