Hans Christian Colberg (14 December 1921 – 25 September 2007) was a

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player. He played as an amateur for

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 ...

, winning the 1944 Danish championship, before moving abroad to play professionally for

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club Lucchese Lucca. He played four games for the

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, and was an unused substitute in the team that won

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s at the

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. Colberg was the first player from

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to play in the national team. Colberg was a constructive player with great stamina, but during his time in Denmark, he was most often played out of his natural position of right half-back. In the Frem team, he was overshadowed by Walther Christensen, and in the national team,

Axel Pilmark Axel "Pap" Pilmark (23 November 1925 – 13 July 2009) was a Danish footballer, who played as an amateur for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) and professionally for Italian club Bologna FC. He played 18 games and scored one goal for the Denmark natio ...

was preferred. So Colberg settled into the defensive position of full back. In 1948, Colberg got his debut for the Danish national team, but he was only used sparingly. He played four international games, before he signed a professional contract and was excluded from the amateur-only national team. Hans Colberg signed for Lucchese Lucca in the Italian

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.Here, he came to his right as a creative playmaker in the half-back position. Colberg played three seasons in Lucchese, including the last season in the secondary

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division, before ending his career in 1953.

Honours

* Danish Championship: 1943–44 with Frem Denmark *

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References

External links

Danish national team profile

Boldklubben Frem profile
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