Jørgen Markussen (born 19 November 1943) is a former Danish footballer.

Life and career

Jørgen Markussen played ten games for

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scoring a single goal. This goal rate did not match the goal instinct that made Markussen a club legend in

Vejle Boldklub Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six t ...

. Markussen's time with

made him well known to the minds of Danish football lovers. 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 the R ...

he became famous as - probably - the most dangerous forward in Danish football. His many goals contributed heavily to

winning the Danish championship in 1971 - a triumph, which was followed up the next season when

won The double. With 152 goals Markussen is the second most scoring forward in the history of

after Bent Sørensen and with 324 matches he is number six on the all time match record list. Jørgen Markussen also played a few seasons for

Kolding FC Kolding FC was a Danish football club based in Kolding, a merger of two older football clubs. On 11 November 2006, the club received permission from the Danish FA to sign contracts. Before that, the club was the highest ranked amateur club in Den ...

and Klaksvik on the

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before ending his footballing career.

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Vejle Boldklub
{{DEFAULTSORT:Markussen, Jorgen 1943 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Vejle Boldklub players Men's association football forwards