Kenneth Brylle Larsen (born 22 May 1959) is a Danish former professional

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. He scored two goals in 16 matches for the Denmark national team and represented his country at the 1984 European Championship.

Biography

Born in Copenhagen, Brylle started playing football with local club Frederiksberg Boldklub (FB). He played for Hvidovre IF in the secondary Danish 2nd Division, and helped the club win promotion for the top-flight

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in the 1978 season. Before the start of the 1979 season, he moved to 1st Division rivals Vejle Boldklub, where he got his national breakthrough. He scored 18 goals in 26 league games, before moving abroad to play professionally for Belgian club

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in 1979. He stayed five years at Anderlecht, with whom he won the 1983 UEFA Cup, scoring the only goal in the final. He moved to Dutch team PSV Eindhoven in 1984 and on to Olympique Marseille in France in 1985. In 1986, he moved back to Belgium to play for

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. He played a total of 101 matches and scored 49 goals for Club Brugge, with whom he won the 1988 Jupiler League championship. He went on to play for Belgian clubs

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and FC Knokke. He became a

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-certified coach, and coached lower league clubs such as FC Knokke,

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, Eendracht Aalter,

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and

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in Belgium. He later managed

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side Hvidovre IF from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2010. He has changed his nationality to Belgian.

Honours

Player

; RSC Anderlecht * Belgian First Division: 1980–81 * UEFA Cup: 1982–83 ( winners), 1983-84 ( runners-up) *

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: 1983

Club Brugge

* Belgian First Division: 1987–88 * Belgian Super Cup: 1986, 1988

Olympique Marseille

* French Cup: 1985-86 ( runners-up)

Individual

* UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1987–88 (6 goals)

References

External links

Kenneth Brylle
at The

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Kenneth Brylle
at Voetbal International
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at om1899.com *

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