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Klaus Berggreen

Klaus Berggreen

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Born in Kongens Lyngby, Berggreen started playing football at local club Lyngby Boldklub at the age of six. He made his senior debut in 1975, in a Lyngby team which struggled to establish itself in the Danish 2nd Division. Berggreen was Lyngby's top goalscorer for several seasons, and scored 15 goals when the club won promotion to the Danish 1st Division in 1979. He made his international debut for Denmark in August 1979, in the first game of the newly appointed national manager Sepp Piontek. He played one more game for his country, before his international career went on a hiatus. In 1982, he moved abroad to play for newly promoted club SC Pisa in the Italian Serie A. Berggreen helped the club stay in Serie A, and was recalled to the Danish national team in October 1982. In the 1983–84 Serie A season, Pisa were relegated to Serie B, but Berggreen chose to stay with the club. He was selected to compete for the Danish national team at the 1984 European Championship, where he played four matches, and scored a goal in the 5–0 victory against Yugoslavia. In the semi-final against Spain, Berggreen was sent off in extra time, and Denmark were later eliminated following penalty shootout. The following season, he helped Pisa win the 1984–85 Serie B title, and obtain promotion to Serie A once again. Pisa were relegated once more at the end of the 1985–86 Serie A season. With the Danish national team, Berggreen played an important part in Denmark's first ever qualification for a World…

Club
Pisa SC (1982–1986)
Club
AS Roma (1986–1987)
Club
Torino FC (1987–1988)
Club
Lyngby Boldklub (1975–1982)
Club
Lyngby Boldklub (1989–1990)
Club
Denmark national under-21 football team (1978–1979)
Club
Denmark men's national football team (1979–1988)
Club
Lyngby Boldklub (1988–1989)
National team
Denmark

Legacy

Honours

Pisa

Serie B: 1984–85 Mitropa Cup: 1986

Clubs

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Danish footballer

Position

midfielder

Extract from Wikipedia

Klaus Berggreen is a Danish former footballer who played as a midfielder, most prominently for Italian clubs Pisa and A.S. Roma. He played 46 matches and scored five goals for the Danish national team, and he represented his country at the 1986 World Cup and two European Championship tournaments.

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