| Finn Døssing | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Finn Døssing Jensen | |
| Date of birth | 27 April 1941 | |
| Place of birth | Viborg, Denmark | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1958-1964 1964-1968 1968 |
Viborg FF Dundee United Aalborg BK |
349 (?) 101 (80) 24 (7) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Finn Døssing Jensen (born 27 April 1941 in Viborg, Jutland) is a former Danish football player most famous for his spell in Scotland at Dundee United in the 1960s. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Viborg, is a town located in central Jutland, Denmark. It is the seat of both Viborg municipality and Region Midtjylland. This article is about the region of Denmark. For the World War I naval battle see Battle of Jutland. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. He is one of the greatest goalscorers ever at the club, where he remains hugely popular.
Biography
Døssing started his career with his hometown club Viborg FF in 1958, aged 17. Viborg FF is a Danish professional football club located in Viborg. He played a number of Danish national youth team matches, and made his debut for the Denmark under-21 national football team in September 1963. The Denmark national under-21 football team has played since 1976 and is controlled by the Danish Football Association. He never played a senior national team match, standing in the shadow of striker Ole Madsen. Ole Eduard Fischer Madsen ( December 21, 1934 - March 26, 2006) is a former international footballer from Denmark. With the help of Jack Johnson, a former manager of B 1913, Døssing got in contact with Dundee United. John "Jack" William Johnson (born February 12, 1919) was a former Professional footballer, who played for Huddersfield Town Boldklubben 1913 is a Danish football club currently playing in Danmarksserien. He played a trial match for the club, scoring all four goals in a 4-0 win for Dundee Unied. In December 1964, he signed his first professional contract, and moved to Dundee United under manager Jerry Kerr. John 'Jerry' Kerr ( 1912 - November 8 1999) was a Scottish football player and manager best known as manager of Dundee United This effectively banned him from the strictly amateur Danish national team.
United had made a poor start to the 1964-65 First Division season and appeared to be heading towards relegation, which would have undone the great work done by Kerr since leading the team to promotion in the 1959-60 season. Since then the club had enjoyed their longest ever spell in the top flight and were becoming established as a permanent fixture in the First Division although relegation in the Spring of 1965 may have doomed the club to obscurity. However, Kerr had taken a gamble in bringing some of the first foreigners to play in Scotland. The signing of Finn Døssing turned out to be an inspired move by Kerr, with Døssing scoring 21 goals in only 19 matches and playing a huge role in the club moving into mid-table security that year. The following year, in the 1965-66 season, Døssing scored 25 goals, helping United to finished in 5th place in the league qualifying for Europe for the first time. Sadly, he did not adequately reap the reward of his efforts, as injury kept him out of both victories against FC Barcelona and the first game against Juventus, although in the home leg against the Italian giants, he returned to his usual form by scoring the game’s only goal. Fútbol Club Barcelona ( Catalan fudˈbɔɫ ˌklup bəɾsəˈlonə Spanish ˈfutβol ˌkluβ baɾθeˈlona known familiarly as Barça (Spanish ˈbaɾsa Catalan
After three years he left Tannadice Park a hero, having scored 76 goals in 115 appearances for and helping "the Arabs" have their first taste of European football. Returning to Denmark, he chose to play for Aalborg BK (AaB). Aalborg Boldspilklub is a Danish professional Sports club based in the city of Aalborg. According to the Danish rules of amateurism, Døssing was dictated a half year quarantine before he was eligible to play in the Danish championship. He entered an AaB team which had not won in their first eight matches, and helped the club finish in mid-table. Expectations were high before the 1969 season, but days before the opening of the season, Døssing decided to leave AaB. He moved back to birthtown Viborg to run his own gents’ outfitters business, a decision he never regretted.
He retains association with Dundee United by his membership of the ArabTRUST (the club's supporters trust) and with one of the Federation of Dundee United Supporters' Clubs, in Argyll, being named after him. Argyll, Archaically Argyle ( Earra-Ghàidheal in modern Gaelic) is a region of western Scotland corresponding with most of the part After almost 41 years since last playing for United, he remains the idol of some of the club's fans, many of whom still consider him their favourite player.
External links
- (Danish) AaB Oldtimers profile
- (Danish) Døssing Outfitters
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