Jan Bjur (born 4 August 1965) is a Danish former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

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for

Vanløse IF Vanløse IF is a Danish football club from the Vanløse area of Copenhagen, which plays in Danish 3rd Division. The club has a rich history with former players like Preben Elkjær and Michael Laudrup and have won the Danish Cup in 1974. It curre ...

Brønshøj BK Brønshøj, part of the municipality of Copenhagen, forms, together with Husum, the administrative city district (''bydel'') of Brønshøj-Husum, in Denmark. History The first mention of the village Brønshøj (Brunshoga), is in a letter dated Oc ...

and

Akademisk Boldklub Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe (or AB) is a Danish professional football club from Gladsaxe north of Copenhagen, currently playing at the 3rd highest level of Danish domestic football in the Danish 2nd Division group 1. The club was established on F ...

(AB), winning the 1999

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with AB. Jan Bjur played 148 games and scored 20 goals for AB in the

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championship from 1996 to 2001. He is the older brother of Danish international midfielder Ole Bjur, and the uncle of

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

player Peter Bjur. He has one daughter from a former marriage, Frederikke Bjur Susanka, now a law student.

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* * Living people 1965 births Footballers from Copenhagen Association football midfielders Danish men's footballers Akademisk Boldklub players Brønshøj Boldklub players {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub