Morten Rutkjær (born 17 March 1974) is a

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former

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player and currently manager of the

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. Rutkjær played professional football at B93 and represented the team in the

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Career

Following his retirement he became a manager. In January 2012 he became new manager of

Vanløse IF Vanløse IF is a Danish football club from the Vanløse area of Copenhagen, which plays in Danish 3rd Division. The club has a rich history with former players like Preben Elkjær and Michael Laudrup and have won the Danish Cup in 1974. It curre ...

in the

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. He resigned in the summer of 2013. In January 2015 he became new manager of the reserve team of

Holbæk B&I Holbæk Bold- & Idrætsforening is a Danish football club currently playing in 2. Division East. They play at Holbæk Stadion in Holbæk on Zealand, which has a capacity of 10,500. From 2008 to 2014 their first team played under the name Nordv ...

. He left this job half a year later, when he was appointed new manager of B93. In December 2016 he left B93 by mutual consent. On 29 December 2016 it was announced that he would be new assistant manager to Danny Jung at

Boldklubben Frem Boldklubben Frem (also known as Frem, BK Frem or BK Frem Copenhagen) is a Danish sports club based in the Valby- Sydhavnen area of Copenhagen. It is best known for its semi-professional football team. Since its foundation in 1886, Frem has won ...

from January 2017. When Jung left the club in August 2017, Rutkjær followed him. On 29 June 2019, Rutkjær was appointed assistant manager of B.93, which he earlier had been manager of. He left in December 2019 following the sacking of Danny Jung. In August 2020 he was named new manager of the

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References

External links

BK Frem Profile

DBU Profile
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