Steen Blicher (22 November 1923 – 24 October 2018) was a

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amateur

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who played in the left half-back position. Blicher played eight games for the

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. Blicher was a technically limited player, who more than compensated through an immense fighting spirit. He played his club football in

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with KFUM's Boldklub and later

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(AB). In AB, his favorite half-back position was occupied by Danish international Ivan Jensen, and Blicher played some matches as a left winger. When Ivan Jensen turned professional following the

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, Blicher replaced him as the AB left half-back. Blicher was a part of the AB team which won the Danish Championship in 1947, as well as 1951 and 1952. Blicher made his debut for the Danish national team on May 12, 1951, in a 1-3 defeat to the

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. In the last warm-up game before the

, the Danish team captain,

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, was removed from the position, and Blicher was assigned the position. As Lundberg was Blicher's captain at AB, it was an awkward appointment, but Blicher led the team well through example. Denmark was eliminated by the

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in the quarter-finals by 3-5, which was Blicher's last international game.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Blicher, Steen 1923 births 2018 deaths Men's association football midfielders Danish men's footballers Olympic footballers for Denmark Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Akademisk Boldklub players