John Helt (born 29 December 1959) is a

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former

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player in the

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position.

Club career

He made his first team debut in 1978 with

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, with whom he won the 1983 Danish championship and 1984

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trophies. He moved to play for league rivals

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where he won the 1985 Danish championship. Back in Lyngby, he helped the club win the 1990 Danish Cup. He ended his career at Lyngby in November 1991, having played 378 matches and scored ten goals for the club.

International career

Helt played 39 matches for the Denmark national football team from 1982 to 1990, and represented Denmark at the 1988 European Championship.

External links

Danish national team profile
* 1959 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers UEFA Euro 1988 players Danish expatriate men's footballers Brøndby IF players FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Ligue 1 players Expatriate footballers in France Men's association football midfielders People from Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub