Ulrik le Fevre (born 25 June 1946) is a Danish former professional football player and manager, and current FIFA-licensed player agent. He was a

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, who had a fierce shot. He played for Danish club

Vejle Boldklub Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six t ...

, German club Borussia Mönchengladbach and Club Brugge in Belgium, and won the national championship with all three clubs. He played 37 matches and scored seven goals for the Denmark national team.

Biography

Born in

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and th ...

, le Fevre started playing for local top-flight club

. He made his senior debut in April 1965, and was called up for the Denmark under-21 national team in June 1965. He made his Danish national team later that year, in December. After four years at Vejle, he moved abroad to play professionally in the middle of 1969. He signed for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach. Due to the Danish rules of amateurism, le Fevre's national team career went on hiatus in June 1969, after 28 national games. When the Danish rule of amateurism was abolished in 1971, le Fevre returned to the Danish national team in June 1971. With Mönchengladbach, he won the 1970 and 1971

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championships. His most notable goal was scored in the

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season. In a November 1971 game against

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, he juggled the ball twice in the opposition

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before volleying the ball into the net. The goal was awarded the 1971 " Tor des Jahres". In 1972, Mönchengladbach bought Danish striker

Henning Jensen Henning Jensen (17 August 1949 – 4 December 2017) was a Danish football player who played professionally for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach, Spanish club Real Madrid and Dutch club Ajax Amsterdam where he won the domestic league champi ...

, and le Fevre moved on to play for Club Brugge in Belgium. At Club Brugge, he won three Belgian Jupiler League championships, in 1973, 1976 and 1977, as well as the 1977

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. He moved back to Denmark in July 1977, and ended his career back with childhood club Vejle Boldklub. He won the 1978 Danish championship, making him the first Danish player to win the championship in three countries. He retired in November 1978, having played a total 156 games and scored 31 goals for Vejle Boldklub.

Honours

Borussia Mönchengladbach *

: 1969–70, 1970–71 Club Brugge *

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: 1972–73, 1975–76, 1976–77 *

: 1976–77 *

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: runner-up 1975–76 *

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: 1972 Vejle BK * Danish championship: 1978 Individual * German Goal of the Year award: 1971

References

External links

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Club Brugge profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Le Fevre, Ulrik 1946 births Living people Danish footballers Association football wingers Denmark international footballers Borussia Mönchengladbach players Vejle Boldklub players Club Brugge KV players Bundesliga players Belgian First Division A players Danish expatriate footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Belgium Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany People from Vejle Municipality Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark