Ole Rasmussen (footballer, born 1952)

Ole Bo Rasmussen (born 19 March 1952) is a Danish former professional footballer, who most notably played as a left-back professionally for German club Hertha BSC.[3] He played 41 games and scored one goal for the Denmark national football team, and represented his country at the 1984 European Championship.

For the Danish footballer born in 1960, see Ole Rasmussen (footballer, born 1960).
Ole Rasmussen
Personal information
Full name Ole Bo Rasmussen
Date of birth (1952-03-19) 19 March 1952
Place of birth Holme-Olstrup, Denmark[1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
0000–1964 Holme-Olstrup GI
1964–1971 Næstved
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1971–1975 Næstved 90 (14)
1976–1980 Hertha BSC 76 (3)
1980–1981 OB 43 (6)
1981–1984 Hertha BSC 79 (2)
1984–1986 Næstved 70 (2)
Total 358 (27)
International career
1972–1975 Denmark U21 11 (1)
1975–1984 Denmark 41 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Born in Holme-Olstrup, Rasmussen began his senior career at club Næstved IF. He made his debut for the Denmark national team in September 1975, before he moved abroad to play professionally for Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga. He made his Hertha debut in January 1976 away against 1. FC Köln, and went on to play five seasons with the team, reaching two DFB-Pokal final as well as winning the third place in the 1977–78 Bundesliga season under head coach Kuno Klötzer. When Hertha were relegated to the 2. Bundesliga after the 1980 Bundesliga season, Rasmussen moved back to Denmark to play for OB. He played a single season at Odense, before he returned to Hertha in winter 1981, and helped the club win promotion to the Bundesliga in 1982.[2]

Hertha were relegated once more after the 1982–83 Bundesliga season, and Rasmussen stayed with the club in the 2. Bundesliga. After the 1984 European Championship, he returned to Denmark to ended his career with Næstved IF.[2]

International career

Rasmussen was called up to represent Denmark at the 1984 European Championship, and played two of Denmark's four games before the team was eliminated in the semi-finals.[1] He played one further Danish national team game in September 1984, bringing him to a total of 41 games and one goal for the Danish national team.[4]

After retirement

Following his retirement from football, Rasmussen became a potato farmer in Holme-Olstrup.[1] In 2021, he openly criticised the construction of the Baltic Pipe, a natural gas pipeline, for exceeding the areas of expropriation initially agreed on.[5]

References
  1. Palm, Kim (15 March 2022). "Hele Danmarks Ole fylder rundt: 70 år med fodbold og kartofler". sn.dk – Sjællandske Nyheder (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 March 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  2. "#HerthaMuseum: Der dynamische Däne | Hertha BSC". Hertha BSC (in German). 19 March 2022. Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  3. "Ole Rasmussen". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
  4. "Ole Rasmussen – Landsholdsdatabasen". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  5. Andersen, Henning K. (27 March 2021). "Hårde anklager i Baltic Pipe-sagen: Har overtrådt egne regler". Effektivt Landbrug (in Danish). Archived from the original on 27 March 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
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