Allan Simonsen

Allan Simonsen
Simonsen in 2012
Personal information
Full name Allan Rodenkam Simonsen
Date of birth (1952-12-15) 15 December 1952
Place of birth Vejle, Denmark
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1972 Vejle 42 (16[1])
1972–1979 Borussia Mönchengladbach 178 (76[2])
1979–1982 Barcelona 98 (31[3])
1982–1983 Charlton Athletic 16 (9[3])
1983–1989 Vejle 166 (70[1])
Total 500 (202)
International career
1971–1972 Denmark U-21 6 (0[4])
1972–1986 Denmark 55 (20[4])
Managerial career
1991–1994 Vejle
1994–2001 Faroe Islands
2001–2004 Luxembourg
2011–2013 Fredericia (General manager)
2013 Fredericia (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Allan Rodenkam Simonsen (born 15 December 1952) is a Danish former footballer and manager. He most prominently played as a striker for German Bundesliga club Borussia Mönchengladbach, winning the 1975 and 1979 UEFA Cups, as well as for Barcelona in Spain, winning the 1982 Cup Winners' Cup. Simonsen is the only footballer to have scored in the European Cup, UEFA Cup, and Cup Winners' Cup finals. Simonsen was named 1977 European Footballer of the Year.

For the Denmark national team, Simonsen was capped 55 times, scoring 20 goals. He represented Denmark at the 1972 Summer Olympics, 1984 European Championship and 1986 World Cup tournaments. He was voted into the Danish Football Hall of Fame in November 2008.

  1. ^ a b Simonsen played a total 208 league games and scored 86 league goals, according to his Vejle Boldklub profile Archived 2 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine. He played 166 league matches and scored 70 league goals from 1983 to 1989, according to National-Football-Teams.com. This leaves 42 league games and 16 goals from 1971 to 1972.
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