Søren Kusk Larsen (born 6 April 1960) is a Danish politician, professional football manager and former player. He represents the Social Democrats in the

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city council.

Football career

Kusk played football for AaB, where he made more than 150 first team appearances. His coaching career started with a number of smaller coaching jobs at AaB, both as an assistant and in the youth department, before becoming head coach of

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in 1994. Afterwards, he also coached

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and AaB. In 2005, he won promotion with

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to the Danish Superliga, but stepped down from his position coach after being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. In January 2008, he was hired as a talent coordinator for AaB, but stopped, after mutual agreement with AaB, due to alcoholism which prevented him from carrying out his job.

Political career

In 2017, he was elected to the

council as a Social Democrat.

References

External links

AaB Oltimers Profile
1960 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish football managers Thisted FC players AaB Fodbold players Viborg FF managers AaB Fodbold managers Sønderjyske Fodbold managers People from Thisted Men's association football players not categorized by position Jammerbugt FC managers Aalborg Chang managers Vendsyssel FF managers Footballers from the North Jutland Region {{Denmark-footy-bio-stub