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Ole Madsen

1934 - 2006

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Ole Eduard Fischer Madsen (21 December 1934 – 26 March 2006) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ole Madsen is the 2,298th most popular soccer player (up from 2,944th in 2019), the 431st most popular biography from Denmark (up from 495th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Danish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ole Madsen ranks 2,298 out of 21,273. Before him are Aldo Donati, Tihomir Ognjanov, Renato Olmi, Rinaldo Martino, Carlos Caszely, and George Eastham. After him are Jenő Károly, Masuyo Shiraishi, Joseph-Antoine Bell, Josef Stroh, Giuliano Sarti, and Ken Green.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Ole Madsen ranks 316. Before him are Nikolai Slichenko, Marc Rich, Galina Bystrova, Lyudmila Shevtsova, Dick Boushka, and Hamit Kaplan. After him are Eva-Maria Hagen, Jacek Kuroń, Zaid ibn Shaker, John Keegan, Otis Rush, and Adolf Merckle. Among people deceased in 2006, Ole Madsen ranks 228. Before him are Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Kent Andersson, Teresa Ciepły, Yitzhak Kaduri, Mohammad Yunus Khalis, and Tihomir Ognjanov. After him are Imrich Stacho, Maxi Herber, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Miroslav Brozović, Arif Mardin, and Ángel Suquía Goicoechea.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Ole Madsen ranks 431 out of 1,032. Before him are Raquel Rastenni (1915), Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier (1888), William Wain Prior (1876), Sigmundur Brestisson (961), Sofie Gråbøl (1968), and Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark (1706). After him are Lauritz Melchior (1890), Bernhard Rogge (1899), Mikkel Hansen (1987), Thorkild Hansen (1927), Brian Steen Nielsen (1968), and Jan Heintze (1963).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Denmark

Among soccer players born in Denmark, Ole Madsen ranks 21. Before him are Kim Vilfort (1962), Christian Eriksen (1992), Johnny Hansen (1943), Simon Kjær (1989), Karl Aage Præst (1922), and Harald Hansen (1884). After him are Brian Steen Nielsen (1968), Jan Heintze (1963), Lars Olsen (1961), Nicklas Bendtner (1988), Ivan Nielsen (1956), and Christian Poulsen (1980).

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