Johnny Terney Hansen (born 14 November 1943) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He most notably played six years as a professional for German club Bayern Munich, with whom he won multiple domestic and international titles. He played 45 matches and scored three goals for the Denmark national football team between 1965 and 1978, and won the 1967 Danish ''Player of the Year'' award.

Biography

Johnny Terney Hansen was born in

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and th ...

, and started his career in local top-flight club

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. He debuted for the Danish national team in September 1965, and instantly commanded a place in the national team starting line-up. Having been named Danish ''Player of the Year'' in 1967, he moved abroad to play professionally in 1968. He signed with 1. FC Nürnberg in the top-flight German

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. As the Danish national team was restricted to amateur players, Hansen was dropped from the national team. After two years in Nuremberg, the club had been

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, and Hansen moved on to Bundesliga club Bayern Munich in 1970. At Bayern, he became a regular starter in the right fullback position. His time at Bayern Munich was very successful. In Hansen's first year at the club, they won the 1971

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cup trophy, and finished second in the Bundesliga. As the Danish rule of amateurism was abolished in 1971, Hansen returned to the national team. Hansen was the first player to score in a Bundesliga match at the

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in June 1972 when Bayern secured the Championship with a 5–1 win over runner up against

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. The game was the last round of the 1972 Bundesliga, when Bayern and

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decided the championship between them, in front of 79.012 spectators. Bayern won 5–1. In the following years, Bayern swept the Bundesliga, winning the 1972, 1973 and 1974 championships. For three years in a row, from 1974 to 1976, the club also won the international

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tournament each year. Hansen followed the 1975 final from his sickbed, but played in the 1974 and 1976 finals. In 1976, Hansen also helped Bayern Munich win the Intercontinental Cup. After eight seasons in Germany, Hansen returned to Vejle Boldklub in 1976. He won the 1977

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and 1978 Danish championship with Vejle, before retiring at the end of the 1978 season. He played a total 214 games for Vejle.

Honours

Club

: 1970–71 *

: 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74 *

: 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76 * Intercontinental Cup:

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: 1976–77 * Danish championship:

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Individual

Danish Player of the Year The Danish Player of the Year award is an annual prize, which has been given to the best male Danish football player by the Danish Football Association since 1963. The winner is decided in a vote among the professional Danish footballers. Since 2000 ...

: 1967

References

External links

Danish national team profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Johnny 1943 births Living people Expatriate footballers in Germany Danish footballers Denmark international footballers Vejle Boldklub players Bundesliga players FC Bayern Munich footballers 1. FC Nürnberg players Association football defenders People from Vejle Municipality UEFA Champions League winning players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark