Jan Børge Poulsen (born 23 March 1946) is a Danish

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manager and former player who played as

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, spending most of his professional career at

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Coaching career

During the 1980s Poulsen coached

and

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. In 1990, he was named

Richard Møller Nielsen Richard Møller Nielsen (19 August 1937 – 13 February 2014) was a Danish football player and manager. He coached the Denmark national football team that won the UEFA Euro 1992 tournament. In 1995, he was awarded a gold version of the Medal ...

's assistant for the Denmark national team, and he was part of the team that won the

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. After the win in 1992 he was promoted to head coach of the Denmark U21 national team. He had this job until 1999, when he was named new sporting director of the Singapore national team. When Vincent Subramaniam was sacked in 2001 due to bad results, Poulsen stepped in to replace him. This did not help Singapore and Poulsen himself was sacked in 2002. He then returned to Denmark to a couple of minor coaching jobs. In 2006, he made an agreement with

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to become new head coach, but at the same time he got the offer to become coach of the Jordan U-20s. In the end he accepted the job from Jordan. In January 2008, he accepted an offer to become the head coach of the Armenia national team. On 30 March 2009, Poulsen was relieved of his duties from the Football Federation of Armenia. Poulsen took over as the head coach of Tanzania national team in August 2010 after being appointed by the Tanzanian Football Federation from a short-list of five from 59 applicants. After four months in charge of the team, he led Tanzania to victory in the 2010 CECAFA Cup - the first win of the country since 1994. He left Tanzania in May 2012 and was replaced by his fellow Dane and namesake

Kim Poulsen Kim Poulsen (born 22 March 1959) is a Danish football manager and former amateur player was most recently manager of the Tanzania national football team. Managerial career Early career Poulsen only played amateur football as an active player.

. In August 2013 he became new manager of the Danish lower league club Solrød FC. In the summer of 2014 he was named new manager of Haslev FC.

References and notes

External links

Boldklubben Frem profile

Jan B. Poulsen Interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:Poulsen, Jan B. 1946 births Living people People from Stevns Municipality Association football midfielders Danish footballers Boldklubben Frem players Danish football managers Boldklubben Frem managers Køge Boldklub managers Singapore national football team managers Armenia national football team managers Tanzania national football team managers Danish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Singapore Expatriate football managers in Armenia Expatriate football managers in Tanzania Sportspeople from Region Zealand