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Jan Mølby

ヤン・モルビー　/　やん・もるびー

Association football player from Denmark

July 4, 1963 (age 62)　・　Kolding, Denmark

association football player
association football coach

My Take

Jan Mølby is the kind of midfielder I deeply appreciate. A Dane from Kolding who passed through Ajax before settling into twelve years at Liverpool, he controlled games with vision rather than speed, famous for his pinpoint long passing and ice-cold penalties. There is something admirable about a Scandinavian who put down such firm roots in English football and later moved into management. His 33 Denmark caps were never the headline; his value lay in service and intelligence on the pitch. I have a soft spot for players who dictate tempo through brains over brawn, and Mølby was a quiet master of exactly that.

Overview

Jan Mølby (Danish pronunciation: [ˈmølpy]; born 4 July 1963) is a Danish former professional footballer and manager. As a player, he was a midfielder from 1982 to 1998. After starting his career with Kolding, he moved on to Ajax before spending twelve years playing in England with Liverpool. He was capped 33 times by Denmark, scoring twice.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jan Mølby
Name (Japanese): ヤン・モルビー
Reading: やん・もるびー
Born: July 4, 1963 (age 62)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Rabbit
Origin: Kolding, Denmark
Blood type: Private
Height: 180 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: association football player / association football coach

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC

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