Søren Skov
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Søren Skov | ||
Date of birth | 21 February 1954 | ||
Place of birth | Nyborg, Denmark | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1971–1973 | |||
1974 | Odense | ||
1975–1977 | FC St. Pauli | 50 | (10) |
1977–1982 | Cercle Brugge | 149 | (56) |
1982–1983 | Avellino | 16 | (0) |
1983–1985 | Hertha BSC | 48 | (7) |
1985–1986 | Winterthur | ||
–1986–1987 | St. Gallen | ||
National team | |||
1971 | Denmark U19 | 2 | (0) |
1975 | Denmark U21 | 4 | (1) |
1982 | Denmark | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Søren Skov (born 21 February 1954) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a forward. Skov played for a number of clubs in Germany, Italy and Switzerland, but played most of his career for Belgian club Cercle Brugge. He has played three games for the Denmark national team.
Career[]
Born in Nyborg on Funen, Skov played his first years in Funen clubs and Odense BK. He made his debut for the Denmark under-21 national team in June 1975. Skov played four under-21 national team games and scored one goal from to June to October 1975. In 1975, Skov moved abroad to play professionally for German club FC St. Pauli in the second-tier 2. Bundesliga Nord. He made his debut for St. Pauli in December 1975, and scored two goals in his first three games for the club. He only missed two games for the remainder of the 1975–76 2. Bundesliga season, scoring a total four goals in 19 games as St. Pauli finished 14th. In his second year at St. Pauli, Skov scored seven goals in 34 games, as St. Pauli won the 1976–77 2. Bundesliga league and was promoted into the top-flight Bundesliga championship.
Skov did not represent St. Pauli in the Bundesliga, as he subsequently moved to play for Cercle Brugge in the top-flight Belgian First Division championship. In his first season at Cercle, Skov scored three goals in 29 league games, as Cercle finished 17th of 18 teams, and were relegated to the Belgian Second Division. Skov stayed with Cercle and helped the club win the 1978–79 Second Division to bounce straight back into the First Division. In the next two seasons, Skov scored 19 goals in 62 games for Cercle. Skov's most successful season at Cercle was the 1981–82 First Division season, as he scored 23 goals in 33 games. Skov caught the eye of Danish national team coach Sepp Piontek, and Skov made his national team debut on 5 May 1982, in a 1–1 draw against Sweden. He played a further two national team games in May 1982.
In the Summer 1982, Skov moved to Italy to play for Avellino in the Serie A championship. Avellino finished 9th in the Serie A 1982–83 season. In 1983, Skov moved on to German club Hertha BSC in the 2. Bundesliga. In his two seasons at Hertha, Skov scored seven goals in 48 games. Skov ended his career with Swiss clubs FC Winterthur and FC St. Gallen.
Honours[]
FC St. Pauli
- 2. Bundesliga Nord: 1976–77
Cercle Brugge
- Belgian Second Division: 1978–79
External links[]
- Søren Skov at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Haslund database (in Danish)
- Søren Skov at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Cerclemuseum.be stats (in Dutch)
- 1954 births
- Living people
- People from Nyborg
- Danish footballers
- Association football forwards
- Denmark international footballers
- Serie A players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Belgian First Division A players
- Odense Boldklub players
- FC St. Pauli players
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
- Hertha BSC players
- FC St. Gallen players
- FC Winterthur players
- Danish expatriate footballers
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- Expatriate footballers in Belgium
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Expatriate footballers in Switzerland