Henrik Ejegod Mortensen (born 12 February 1968) is a former professional footballer. Mortensen was a striker who played for

Aarhus Gymnastikforening Aarhus Gymnastikforening (; commonly known as AGF ), is a professional sports club based in Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark. Founded in 1880, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country and gymnastics and fencing are featured as its main sports. Howev ...

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, and

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. During his early career, he was voted Danish young player of the year and was capped by Denmark under-21s. After moving to Anderlecht he won a Belgian championship medal and played in both the European Cup and European cup-winners cup.

Dave Stringer David Stringer (born 15 October 1944 in Great Yarmouth) is an English former footballer and manager of Norwich City. As a player, he won the fans' vote to be Norwich City player of the year in 1972, the same year that they won promotion to the ...

signed him for Norwich for a fee of £350,000 shortly after the start of the 1989-90 season. The move generated considerable interest among Norwich supporters, and a large crowd saw him mark his debut for the club's reserves at

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by scoring a spectacular overhead kick. Mortensen scored on his first team debut in a Zenith Data Systems Cup match against

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but was unable to maintain his impressive start. An injury forced him to retire from the English game in 1991. He returned to Aarhus, where he won a Danish Cup winners medal in 1996.

Sources

* ''Canary Citizens'' by Mark Davage, John Eastwood, Kevin Platt, published by Jarrold Publishing, (2001),

External links

Danish national team profile

1968 births Living people People from Odder Municipality Danish men's footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers Denmark youth international footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Aarhus Gymnastikforening players R.S.C. Anderlecht players Norwich City F.C. players Belgian Pro League players English Football League players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in England Association football forwards Sportspeople from the Central Denmark Region {{Denmark-footy-forward-stub