Kenneth Brylle Larsen (born 22 May 1959) is a Danish former professional

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. He scored two goals in 16 matches for the Denmark national team and represented his country at the 1984 European Championship.

Biography

Born in

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, Brylle started playing football with local club Frederiksberg Boldklub (FB). He played for

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in the secondary

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, and helped the club win promotion for the top-flight Danish 1st Division in the 1978 season. Before the start of the 1979 season, he moved to 1st Division rivals

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, where he got his national breakthrough. He scored 18 goals in 26 league games, before moving abroad to play professionally for

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club

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in 1979. He stayed five years at Anderlecht, with whom he won the 1983

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, scoring the only goal in the final. He moved to Dutch team

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in 1984 and on to

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in France in 1985. In 1986, he moved back to Belgium to play for Club Brugge. He played a total of 101 matches and scored 49 goals for Club Brugge, with whom he won the 1988 Jupiler League championship. He went on to play for Belgian clubs Beerschot, Lierse S.K. and FC Knokke. He became a FIFA-certified coach, and coached lower league clubs such as FC Knokke,

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, Eendracht Aalter, White Star Lauwe and Wielsbeke in Belgium. He later managed

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side

from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2010. He has changed his nationality to

Honours

Player

; RSC Anderlecht *

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: 1980–81 *

: 1982–83 (

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), 1983-84 (

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) *

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: 1983

Club Brugge

: 1987–88 *

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: 1986, 1988

Olympique Marseille

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: 1985-86 (

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)

Individual

* UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1987–88 (6 goals)

References

External links

Kenneth Brylle
at The Danish Football Association
Kenneth Brylle
at Voetbal International
Kenneth Brylle
at om1899.com *

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