Brian Laudrup (born February 22, 1969 in Vienna, Austria) is a former Danish professional football (soccer) player, who won the 1992 European Football Championship (Euro 1992) with the Denmark national team, and he was a vital part of the Rangers FC team which dominated the Scottish Premier League in the 1990s. Brian Laudrup was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers at the FIFA 100 ceremony in March 2004, alongside his equally famous older brother Michael Laudrup.

Biography

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Brian Laudrup was born into a football family with father Finn Laudrup, a former Danish national player, and brother Michael also very keen on the sport. He started his career in his native Denmark with Brøndby IF where he debuted aged 18 for the Danish national team on November 18 1987 in a 0-1 defeat to West Germany. Brian Laudrup missed out on the , but from February 1989 Brian Laudrup became a mainstay, and impressed so much for both club and country, that he won a transfer to Germany with Uerdingen, and was named Danish Player of the Year in 1989. After only one season with Uerdingen he was bought by Bayern Munich for £2m in 1990.

1992 European Champion

In 1992, Brian Laudrup travelled with the Danish national team to the Euro 1992 in Sweden, and in a strictly defensive strategy, Brian Laudrup was one of the few attacking players. Though he did not score a single goal in the competition, his skill and speed was an important part of the Danish team that went on to win the tournament, and Laudrup was voted a shared 5th in the 1992 FIFA World Player of the Year poll, with fellow Dane Peter Schmeichel, though he had the edge over Schmeichel in the domestic polls, where Laudrup won his second Danish Player of the Year award in 1992.

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@mdemirkol ben de danirmarka futbolunu çok severim, simonsen'i, lerrby'yi biliyorum ama yetişemedim. Benim kahramanım da Brian Laudrup :)
KaanKavusan (Kaan Kavuşan) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:45:48 -0000
@mdemirkol ben de danirmarka futbolunu çok severim, simonsen'i, lerrby'yi biliyorum ama yetişemedim. Benim kahramanım da Brian Laudrup :)
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jfaias (Joaquim Faias) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:29:58 -0000
Bettencourt te leia. até o treinador aqui do Valadares servia RT @don_miguez: @jfaias Brian Laudrup na calha
@Lmalopes Acho k Brian Laudrup era boa solução SCP
don_miguez (armando miguez) Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:27:56 -0000
@Lmalopes Acho k Brian Laudrup era boa solução SCP
@jfaias Brian Laudrup na calha
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@jfaias Brian Laudrup na calha
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What was the year?: Brian Laudrup missed a penalty at Easter Road twice (crossbar http://bit.ly/332X7K

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