Poul Hübertz (born 21 September 1976) is a Danish former professional

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who played as a

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. He previously played for a number of Danish clubs, including Farum BK,

Herfølge BK Herfølge is a suburb of the town of Køge, Denmark, located about 5 kilometers south of Køge, and is a part of Køge Municipality. The suburb is connected to Køge and Næstved by the Lille Syd railway line. Residential areas Holmebækhus ...

, AaB, and

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in the

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, and has also represented

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clubs

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and

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. With his long legs and unelegant style, he was known in Denmark as a somewhat atypical striker.

Club career

Born in

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, Denmark, Hübertz started his career with local club

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in the

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. He moved to

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club

BK 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 wo ...

, making his Frem debut in March 2000. In January 2001, he was bought be 1st Division rivals Farum BK. He helped the club win promotion for the

, but following only five games in the first half of the 2002–03 Danish Superliga season, he spent six months on loan back with Frem. In the summer 2003, Hübertz moved on to Superliga club

. He played two full seasons with Herfølge, scoring 11 goals as Herfølge were relegated during the

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season. He was then bought by Superliga club AaB. He only scored three goals in 26 league games for the team, and was replaced in the AaB squad by

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English adventure

Hübertz sought a new club, and eventually signed with English club

in July 2006. He was very popular with the Millwall fans and was most effective when he came off the bench in the final 20 mins of a game. After a 2–0 loss to

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on 24 March 2007, Port Vale chairman Bill Bratt accused Hübertz of playing a part in the melee leading to the red card given to Vale's left back

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. The reason was that Hübertz ran over 30 yards to the referee, to say his piece about a foul on Millwall's Ryan Smith by Jason Talbot, which led to the red card. Bill Bratt called Hübertz's actions "unforgivable". Hubertz had said that he would like to extend his Millwall contract but was not wanted by Millwall manager

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. He then joined

on an initial 12-month deal in August 2007. Hübertz scored his first goal for the Cobblers in a 2–1 defeat at home against

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on 25 August 2007. On 1 January 2008, in a game against his former club Millwall he was sent off after a clash with ex-teammate Neil Harris. At the end of the 2007–08 season, despite being the club's top scorer, Northampton decided not to offer Hubertz a new contract as he wanted to return to his native country.

Back in Denmark

Hübertz returned to Denmark and signed on to play for AB in the 1st Division in summer 2008. He was released from AB on the penultimate day of the 2009 summer transfer window. He signed for Superliga club

on the same day, joining the club under manager

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whom he knew from his time at AaB. On 20 January 2010, he signed with his childhood club Roskilde in the 1st Division, now known as

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References

External links

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League one profile

Boldklubben Frem profileDanish Superliga statistics
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