Morten Wieghorst

Club

Born in Glostrup, he started his senior career with Lyngby Boldklub in 1989. and he was part of the 1990 Danish Cup winning Lyngby squad. He suffered an ankle injury in the summer of 1991, and returned to the team in September 1991. He played 24 games as Lyngby won the 1991–92 Danish Superliga championship. He took part in the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League qualification games against Scottish team Rangers in September 1992, and moved to play in Scotland shortly thereafter. He joined Dundee in the Scottish Premier Division, but could not prevent the club from being relegated to the Scottish League Division One at the end of the 1993–94 season. They reached the 1995 Scottish League Cup Final in November 1995, but lost to Aberdeen. Wieghorst also lost the 1994 Scottish Challenge Cup Final with Dundee. He made 109 appearances and scored 17 goals in his time with the club. He moved on to Premier Division team Celtic in December 1995. Injuries partly ruined his first two seasons in Glasgow. In the 1997–98 season, Wieghorst played 31 of 36 league matches for Celtic as the club won its 36th Scottish championship to end "Old Firm" archrivals Rangers' nine-year stranglehold on the title. In 2000, Wieghorst was diagnosed with the Guillain–Barré syndrome, and following treatment he spent a year in recovery before returning to play in a November 2001 Scottish Cup game. He played three league games for Celtic late in the 2001–02 season before he returned to Denmark. He signed…

Nordsjælland

After ending his active career he became assistant coach for FC Nordsjælland during the 2005–06 season. When manager Johnny Petersen was let go, Wieghorst was promoted to FC Nordsjælland manager for the following season. In his first year as manager, he led Nordsjælland to a fifth-place finish in the 2006–07 Danish Superliga season, the best finishing position since 2003. Despite finishing ninth in the 2007–08 Danish Superliga season, Nordsjælland qualified for the UEFA Cup via the UEFA Fair Play ranking. Wieghorst managed Nordsjælland to a run in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup defeating TVMK Tallinn from Estonia and Scottish club Queen of the South, before they were eliminated by Greek side Olympiacos. He managed Nordsjælland to the 2009–10 Danish Cup trophy, the first title in club history. The following year Wieghorst and Nordsjælland won the trophy again thereby defending the title.

Denmark U21

On 28 February 2011 the Danish Football Association revealed that he would be the successor of Keld Bordinggaard as manager of the Danish national under-21 football team after the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship in June that year. He continued as manager of FC Nordsjælland until the end of the 2010-11 Danish Superliga and led Nordsjælland to the 2010–11 Danish Cup trophy in one of his last games in charge of the team.

Assistant to Michael Laudrup at Swansea

On 7 February 2013, it was reported that he would join Swansea City as an…

International goals

Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Wieghorst goal.

Managerial

As of match played 23 November 2018

Playing career

Lyngby BK

Danish Superliga: 1991–92 Danish Cup: 1990 Celtic

Scottish Premier Division: 1997–98 Scottish League Cup: 1997–98, 1999–2000 Scottish Cup: Runner-up 1998–99 Brøndby IF

Danish Superliga: 2004–05 Danish Cup: 2002–03, 2004–05 Danish Super Cup: 2002 Denmark

King Fahd Cup: 1995 Individual

Danish Player of the Year: 2003 Olympic Committee fair play award: 2003 Dundee FC Hall of Fame: 2019

Coaching career

FC Nordsjælland

Danish Cup: 2009–10, 2010–11