Klaus Nørregaard (born 4 October 1952) was a Danish

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who played as a

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for

Hvidovre IF Hvidovre Idrætsforening, more commonly known as Hvidovre IF () is a Danish association football club from Hvidovre, Capital Region of Denmark. The club competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football, and plays its ...

and

Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (known simply as KB) was a Danish professional multi-sports club based in Copenhagen. The club was founded on 26 April 1876 on the grassy fields in outer Copenhagen which later became Fælledparken. Tennis has been played s ...

and the Denmark national team in the 1970s.

Playing career

Club career

Born in

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on 4 October 1952, Klaus Nørregaard grew up in Spurvegården, where he joined the youth ranks of

and made his first-team debut on 10 May 1972 in a tournament match at home against Randers Freja. He stayed with the club for four years, until 1976, playing a total of 121 matches for HIF's first team. During this period, his career was briefly interrupted by his military service on

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, where he played for Svaneke. A few years later, Nørregaard helped Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) win the Danish championship in

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, before returning to HIF for the 1981 and 1982 seasons. He retired at

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a Danish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Brøndbyvester. Brøndby IF denotes the professional football section of Brøndbyernes ...

in 1983, with whom he played in 8 top-flight matches.

International career

During his time with KB, Nørregaard earned a total of 9 international

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for Denmark, making his debut on 2 February 1977 in a

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against

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, in which he came off the bench to score the winner (3–2). His 9 caps came in the form of six friendlies, one Euro 1980 qualifier, and two in the

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, which Denmark went on to win. He also played one match each for Denmark U21 and Denmark B.

Later life

As of 2012, the 60-year-old Nørregaard was living in

Rødovre Rødovre () is a town in eastern Denmark, seat of the Rødovre Municipality, in the Capital Region of Denmark, Region Hovedstaden. The town's population 1 January 2019 was 39,907, and in addition 145 persons had no fixed address, which made up a ...

. His son,

Hjalte Nørregaard Hjalte Bo Nørregaard (born 8 April 1981) is a Danish professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the caretaker manager of Danish Superliga club FC Copenhagen. As a player, he played as a midfielder and spent most of hi ...

, also represented the Danish national team.

Honours

Club

;Kjøbenhavns Boldklub * Danish championship **Champions (1):

International

;Denmark *

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**Champions (1): 1978–80

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Norregaard, Klaus 1952 births Living people Footballers from Copenhagen Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Men's association football midfielders Hvidovre IF players Kjøbenhavns Boldklub players Brøndby IF players 20th-century Danish sportsmen