Ole Madsen

Ole Madsen
Madsen with Sparta Rotterdam in 1965
Personal information
Full name Ole Eduard Fischer Madsen
Date of birth (1934-12-21)21 December 1934
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death 26 March 2006(2006-03-26) (aged 71)
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1954–1957 BK Stefan
1958–1965 Hellerup IK
1965–1968 Sparta Rotterdam 71 (22)
1968–1969 Hellerup IK
International career
1958–1969[1] Denmark 50 (42)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ole Eduard Fischer Madsen (21 December 1934 – 26 March 2006[2]) was a Danish international footballer, who scored 42 goals in 50 matches for the Denmark national team and competed at the 1964 European Nations' Cup. He is best remembered for scoring on a heel kick against Sweden in 1965. He played 11 seasons for Danish lower-league clubs, before signing a professional contract for Dutch club Sparta Rotterdam, winning the 1966 KNVB Cup with the team.

In 1964, he was named Danish Player of the Year and became the first Dane to receive a vote in the European Footballer of the Year poll. Ole Madsen was regarded as the most popular Danish footballer since Pauli Jørgensen.

  1. ^ "Ole Madsen – Goals in International Matches". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  2. ^ (in Danish) Camilla Dam, Ole Madsen er død, Danmarks Radio, 26 March 2006

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