Jørgen E. Larsen

Jørgen E. Larsen
Personal information
Full name	Jørgen Erik Larsen
Date of birth	25 July 1945
Place of birth	Herfølge, Denmark
Date of death	7 February 2020 (aged 74)[1]
Place of death	Herfølge, Denmark
Position(s)	Manager
Senior career*
Teams managed
1987–1990	Herfølge BK
1993–1994	Ghana
1994–1995	Al Rayyan Sports Club
1995	Qatar (youth)
1995–1996	Qatar
1997–1998	Pahang FA
1999–2000	Al Rayyan Sports Club
2001	Al-Shaab CSC
2001–2003	Kedah FA
2004–2005	Al Rayyan Sports Club
2006	Brønshøj BK
2006–2007	Amager United
2007–2008	Tårnby BK
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Jørgen Erik Larsen (July 25, 1945 – February 7, 2020) was a Danish football coach and player.

He spent most of his active career at Herfølge Boldklub, playing 197 games for the club.[2] In 1978, he was named sports director of Herfølge BK and manager of the club in 1987. In 1993, he was named new national team coach of Ghana, and later on he became the national team coach of Qatar.[2] He was the manager of Qatari team Al Rayyan Sports Club,[3] coaching Fernando Hierro, Mario Basler, and the brothers Frank and Ronald de Boer at the club.[2] He was manager of Malaysian team Kedah FA, and attracted former Herfølge player Thomas Abel to the club in the summer of 2002.[4] In November 2005, Larsen was signed as a manager of Brønshøj BK in the second-tier Danish 1st Division.[2]

Honours

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