Pauli Jørgensen
Encyclopedia
Pauli Jørgensen was a Danish
national and international football
centre forward and club manager. He was the most capped player for the Danish national team
for 22 years (1939–1961).
Jørgensen played 283 matches for Boldklubben Frem
between 1924 and 1942 and became Danish champion
with Frem in 1931, 1933, 1936, and 1941. In the 1936-37 season he topped the score table with 19 goals. He won the Danish championship as a manager for Frem in 1944. He played 47 international matches for Denmark, including 12 as captain and scored 44 goals between 1925 and 1939. Furthermore Jørgensen played around 75 matches for the Copenhagen
representative team Stævnet
.
Pauli Jørgensen was honoured as the Danish football player who had meant the most for the game of football in Denmark during the first 50 years of Dansk Boldspil Union
(DBU). In his eighties he made the Guinness book of records as the oldest active football player in Denmark.
Team
Coach
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
national and international football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
centre forward and club manager. He was the most capped player for the Danish national team
Denmark national football team
The Denmark national football team represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association , the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU...
for 22 years (1939–1961).
Jørgensen played 283 matches for Boldklubben Frem
Boldklubben Frem
Boldklubben Frem is a Danish sports club based in the Valby-Sydhavnen area of Copenhagen. It is best known for its semi-professional football team. Since its foundation in 1886, Frem has won the Danish Championships six times and the Danish Cup twice...
between 1924 and 1942 and became Danish champion
Danish football champions
The Danish football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in Denmark. The title has been contested since 1913, in a varying form of competitions. Since 1991, the winners have been found through the Danish Superliga championship...
with Frem in 1931, 1933, 1936, and 1941. In the 1936-37 season he topped the score table with 19 goals. He won the Danish championship as a manager for Frem in 1944. He played 47 international matches for Denmark, including 12 as captain and scored 44 goals between 1925 and 1939. Furthermore Jørgensen played around 75 matches for the Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
representative team Stævnet
Stævnet
Stævnet or Copenhagen XI were a Danish association football representative team which had its prime before 1970, however it was active until 1994. Stævnet participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, the precursor of today's UEFA Cup, in 1955-58, 1958-60, 1961-62, 1962-63 and 1963-64.The Copenhagen...
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Pauli Jørgensen was honoured as the Danish football player who had meant the most for the game of football in Denmark during the first 50 years of Dansk Boldspil Union
Danish Football Association
The Danish Football Association is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in the city of Brøndby and is a founding member of both FIFA...
(DBU). In his eighties he made the Guinness book of records as the oldest active football player in Denmark.
Honours
Individual- Best NordicNordic countriesThe Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
Centre Forward: 1930 - Danish 1st Division Top Goalscorer: 1926-27
- Most Valuable Player in the First 50 Years of the Danish FADanish Football AssociationThe Danish Football Association is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of the Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues and the men's and women's national teams. It is based in the city of Brøndby and is a founding member of both FIFA...
: 1971
Team
- Danish ChampionshipsDanish football championsThe Danish football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in Denmark. The title has been contested since 1913, in a varying form of competitions. Since 1991, the winners have been found through the Danish Superliga championship...
: 1930-31, 1932–33, 1935–36 and 1940-41 with Frem - Danish CupDanish CupThe Danish Cup is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955...
: 1927, 1938 and 1940 with Frem
Coach
- Danish ChampionshipDanish football championsThe Danish football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in Denmark. The title has been contested since 1913, in a varying form of competitions. Since 1991, the winners have been found through the Danish Superliga championship...
: 1943-44 with Frem
External links
- Danish national team profile Paulis "den blå bog" at BK Frem's website Pauli Jørgensen - fra folkehelt til folkepensionist at BK Frem's website