Jørgen Markussen
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Jørgen Markussen played ten games for DenmarkDenmark national football team
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scoring a single goal. This goal rate did not match the goal instinct that made Markussen a club legend in Vejle Boldklub
Vejle Boldklub
Vejle Boldklub is a Danish football club with proud traditions from the town of Vejle. The club has won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six times....
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Markussen's time with Vejle Boldklub
Vejle Boldklub
Vejle Boldklub is a Danish football club with proud traditions from the town of Vejle. The club has won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six times....
made him well known to the minds of Danish football lovers. In Vejle
Vejle
Vejle is a town in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle and Grejs Rivers and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality and the Region of Southern Denmark...
he became famous as - probably - the most dangerous forward in Danish football. His many goals contributed heavily to Vejle
Vejle
Vejle is a town in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle and Grejs Rivers and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality and the Region of Southern Denmark...
winning the Danish championship in 1971 - a triumph, which was followed up the next season when Vejle Boldklub
Vejle Boldklub
Vejle Boldklub is a Danish football club with proud traditions from the town of Vejle. The club has won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six times....
won The double
The Double
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With 152 goals Markussen is the second most scoring forward in the history of Vejle Boldklub
Vejle Boldklub
Vejle Boldklub is a Danish football club with proud traditions from the town of Vejle. The club has won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six times....
after Bent Sørensen
Bent Sørensen
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and with 324 matches he is number six on the all time match record list.
Jørgen Markussen also played a few seasons for Kolding FC
Kolding FC
Kolding FC is a Danish football club based in Kolding, currently playing at the second highest level in Danish domestic football, the 1st division. On November 11, 2006, the club received permission from the Danish FA to sign contracts...
and Klaksvik
Klaksvík
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on the Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
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before ending his footballing career.