Bo Jannik Nyby Hansen (born 16 June 1972) is a Danish former

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player in the

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position. He scored 52 goals in 143 games for Danish club

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and 16 goals in 119 games for English club

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. Hansen played one game for the

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Biography

Hansen started his career with

Holstebro Boldklub Holstebro Boldklub (; also known as ''HB'') is a football club based in the town of Holstebro, West Jutland, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1921, it is affiliated to ...

in the

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. In July 1991, defending Danish champions

were reported to be interested in signing him. Hansen chose to finish his education, and played a further three years for Holstebro, amassing more than 140 games for the club. Hansen signed a part-time contract with Brøndby in July 1994, in order to use his education besides playing football.Allan Pedersen, "Tryk på Bo", '' Ekstra Bladet'', 31 August 1994 Despite only playing part-time, he quickly impressed for Brøndby in the top-flight

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championship, scoring three goals in his first four league games. He formed a striker duo with Danish international

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, and Hansen was called up for the Danish national team in January 1995. He was a part of the Danish squad for the

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, and played a single game as Denmark won the tournament, when he replaced Mark Strudal at halftime during the 2–0 victory against

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. This was to be his only national team game. Hansen was Brøndby's second best goalscorer of the 1994–95 Superliga season, scoring one goal fewer than Strudal. For the 1995–96 Superliga season, contention for the striker positions in the Brøndby starting line-up was intensified. Danish international

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arrived from

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, and later Danish national team captain Ebbe Sand also emerged as a goalscorer. Hansen was a part of the Brøndby team which won three Superliga championships in a row from 1996 to 1998, though he was not among Brøndby's topscoring strikers until the 1997–98 Superliga season, when Peter Møller had been sold to

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. He started the 1998–99 Superliga season well, and was Brøndby's top goalscorer with 12 goals after the first half of the season. At the winter break, Hansen signed a

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with

in the secondary

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, worth £1 million. At Bolton, he joined up with fellow Danish players

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and

Michael Johansen Michael Bro Johansen (born July 22, 1972) is a Danish former professional football player who played as a midfielder in the Danish Superliga for FC Copenhagen and for English club Bolton Wanderers. He played two games for the Danish national te ...

. In his first year at Bolton, Hansen did not score any goals, as the club narrowly missed promotion for the top-flight

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championship. He scored his first Bolton goal in a September 1999

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game against Gillingham. In his second season, Bolton were once again close to promotion, before finally reaching the Premier League in 2001. Hansen scored one goal in 17 Premier League games, as Bolton finished in 16th place, and avoided

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. He moved back Denmark in the summer 2002, when he joined Superliga club FC Midtjylland (FCM) as a replacement for striker

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. In the fall 2003, Hansen suffered an injury due to

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in his knees. He never returned to the pitch and was released by FCM in September 2004.Rune J. Madsen, "Bo Hansen siger definitivt stop", '' Dagbladet Holstebro-Struer'', 11 September 2004

Honours

: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98 * Danish Cup: 1997–98

References

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Bo 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Holstebro Men's association football forwards Danish men's footballers Brøndby IF players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players FC Midtjylland players Premier League players Danish Superliga players Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England Danish expatriate men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers 1995 King Fahd Cup players FIFA Confederations Cup-winning players Footballers from the Central Denmark Region