Morten Rutkjær (born 17 March 1974) is a Danish former

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player and currently manager of the

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. Rutkjær played professional football at B93 and represented the team in the

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Career

Following his retirement he became a manager. In January 2012 he became new manager of

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in the

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. He resigned in the summer of 2013. In January 2015 he became new manager of the reserve team of

Holbæk B&I Holbæk Bold- & Idrætsforening is a Danish football club currently playing in Danish 3rd Division. They play at Holbæk Sportsby in Holbæk on Zealand. From 2008 to 2014 their first team played under the name Nordvest FC. History The club ...

. He left this job half a year later, when he was appointed new manager of B93. In December 2016 he left B93 by mutual consent. On 29 December 2016 it was announced that he would be new assistant manager to Danny Jung at

Boldklubben 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 and its youth academy. Since its foundation ...

from January 2017. When Jung left the club in August 2017, Rutkjær followed him. On 29 June 2019, Rutkjær was appointed assistant manager of B.93, which he earlier had been manager of. He left in December 2019 following the sacking of Danny Jung. In August 2020 he was named new manager of the

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* * 1974 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish football managers Boldklubben af 1893 players Boldklubben Frem players Danish Superliga players Boldklubben af 1893 managers Men's association football defenders People from Odsherred Municipality Holbæk B&I players Footballers from Region Zealand {{Denmark-footy-defender-stub