Ole Budtz (born 20 April 1979, in Hillerød) is a Danish former professional

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who played as a central defender. He played for Belgian club

Cercle Brugge Cercle Brugge Koninklijke Sportvereniging () is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges. Cercle have played in the Belgian Pro League since the 2003–04 season, having previously spent several years in the Belgian Second Divisio ...

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/ref> and for German side Kickers Offenbach. He has also played for Roskilde, AGF and

Brabrand IF Brabrand Idrætsforening is a Danish football club located in Brabrand in the western suburbs of Aarhus. They currently compete in the Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of Danish football. Players Current squad J ...

. He later moved to the

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with FC Roskilde from

FC Fyn FC Fyn was a Danish football club from Odense on Funen. The club was founded in 2006 and its first appearance was in the 2006–07 season. FC Fyn played their home matches at Odense Atletikstadion, which is the current home ground of B 1909 and ...

Career

Budtz started his career as a forward. He was the top goal scorer for Cercle in the 2002–03 season, scoring 13 goals in 30 competition matches. He was converted to a defender while playing with Offenbach Kickers.

Personal life

His twin brother,

Jan Budtz Jan Helstrup Budtz (born 20 April 1979) is a Danish footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He works as the head of operations for League One side Doncaster Rovers, as well as playing semi-professionally for Rossington Main. He has previously pla ...

, is a goalkeeper.

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* * 1979 births Living people People from Hillerød Municipality Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark Danish twins Men's association football defenders Men's association football central defenders Men's association football forwards Danish men's footballers Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players Kickers Offenbach players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Notodden FK players Brabrand IF players FC Roskilde players Belgian Pro League players Danish Superliga players Norwegian First Division players 2. Bundesliga players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway {{Denmark-footy-forward-stub