Jørgen Olesen

Jørgen Christian Thomdahl Olesen (21 January 1924 – 13 June 1999) was a Danish association football player, who played 42 games and scored two goals for the Denmark national football team. Born in Aarhus, he played his entire career as a midfielder for local club Aarhus Gymnastik Forening (AGF). He was also part of Denmark's squad at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.^[1] He died in the Aarhus suburb Viby in June 1999, 75 years old. In 2022, Olesen was posthumously inducted into the Danish football Hall of Fame, with his son receiving the honor for his late father's at Parken Stadium.^[2]

Key Information

Jørgen Olesen in 1960
Personal information
Full name	Jørgen Christian Thomdahl Olesen
Date of birth	(1924-01-21)21 January 1924
Place of birth	Aarhus, Denmark
Date of death	13 June 1999(1999-06-13) (aged 75)
Place of death	Viby, Denmark
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1933–	AGF
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1962	AGF
International career
1951–1962	Denmark	42	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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• Jørgen Olesen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
• Danish Football Association Hall of Fame entry (in Danish)
• Haslund profile (in Danish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 October 2007)
• Peders Fodboldstatistik profile (in Danish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 March 2007)

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