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Preben Elkjær

Danish footballer
Person human Q167393

Facts

21 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
September 11, 1957
Place of birth
Copenhagen
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Denmark[6]
Occupation
association football player, journalist, association football coach
Languages spoken, written or signed
Danish[17]
Country for sport
Denmark[18]
Family name
Larsen[11]
Given name
Preben[12]
Height
+183[22]
League or competition
Bundesliga[8]
Member of sports team
Hellas Verona FC, Vanløse IF, Vejle Boldklub, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen, 1. FC Köln, Denmark national under-19 football team, Denmark national under-21 football team, Denmark men's national football team
Name in native language
Preben Elkjær Larsen[19]
Owner of
TVS[20]
Participant in
1986 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1984, UEFA Euro 1988[14][15][16]
Position played on team / speciality
forward[9]
Pseudonym
Cavallo Pazzo (cavall boig)[13]
Social media followers
28k (17k–28k, n=4)[23][24][25][26]
Sport
association football[10]
Start of work period
1976[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Preben Elkjær ar بريبين ألكيير ar جائزة الكرة الذهبية الأوروبية ar بريبن إلكيير لارسن cs Preben Elkjær Larsen cs Preben Elkjaer-Larsen cs Preben Elkjaer cs Preben Elkjaer Larsen cs Preben Elkjær-Larsen cs Preben Elkjær da Preben Elkjær Larsen de Elkjær Larsen de Preben Elkjaer-Larsen de Preben Elkjær-Larsen el Πρέμπεν Έλκιερ es Preben Elkjær fa پربن الکیر لارسن fi Preben Elkjær-Larsen fr Preben Elkjaer Larsen fr Preben Elkjær-Larsen
🔖 Identifiers · 31
VIAF cluster ID
8121171732621109080008
GND ID
1329567935
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Preben Elkjær.jpg ↗
BDFA player ID
55952
CVR person ID
4000116925
Danish Football Union player ID
3708
Danish National Filmography person ID
104084
Danskefilm person ID
1123
Danskfilmogtv person ID
10723
EU-Football.info player ID
5399
FBref player ID
75a72f6d
FIFA player ID (archived)
174520
Show all 31 identifiers +19
FootballDatabase.eu person ID
16435
Freebase ID
/m/046zl5
Fussballdaten.de person ID
elkjaerlarsenpreben
GTAA ID
96752
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Preben_Elkjær_Larsen
IMDb ID
nm0253903
JRC Names ID
739363
Kicker.de player ID
preben-elkjaer-larsen
Lex ID
Preben_Elkjær
Munzinger Sport number
01000001221
National-Football-Teams.com player ID
19458
Playmakerstats.com player ID
55147
TMDB person ID
1443160
Trading Card Database name ID
194094
Transfermarkt manager ID
52921
Transfermarkt player ID
96182
UEFA player ID
18
WorldFootball.net person ID (old)
preben-elkjaer-larsen
X (Twitter) username
PePreben

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🔗 Connections
Member of sports team 8
Denmark men's national football team, 1. FC Köln, Hellas Verona FC, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen, Vejle Boldklub, Denmark national under-21 football team, Denmark national under-19 football team, Vanløse IF
Occupation 3
journalist, association football player, association football coach
Participant in 3
1986 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 1988, UEFA Euro 1984
Country for sport 1
Denmark
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of Denmark
Family name 1
Larsen
Given name 1
Preben
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Danish
Owned entities 1
TVS
Owner of 1
TVS
Place of birth 1
Copenhagen
Position played on team / speciality 1
forward
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
association football
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Summary

Preben Elkjær was born on September 11, 1957[1], in Copenhagen[2]. He has worked as an association football player[3], journalist[4], and association football coach[5].

FAQs

Where was Preben Elkjær born?

Preben Elkjær was born in Copenhagen[2].

What did Preben Elkjær do for work?

Preben Elkjær worked as an association football player[3], journalist[4], and association football coach[5].

Related Entities

1. FC Köln Denmark Kingdom of Denmark

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . Transfermarkt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 26d ago · Nokya · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Playmakerstats.com player ID → 55147
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  3. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country for sport → Denmark
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    Occupation → association football player, journalist, association football coach
    Sex or gender → male
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