Morten Wieghorst

Quick Facts

Full Name	Morten Wieghorst
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Feb 25, 1971(1971-02-25)
Age	53
Birthplace	Glostrup
Country	Denmark
Birth City	Capital Region of Denmark
Horoscope	Aquarius

Morten Wieghorst Biography

Morten Wieghorst is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on February 25, 1971 in Glostrup, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark. Morten Wieghorst, a former Danish player and manager of Danish association football, was born 25 February 1971. Most recently, he was the head coach at AaB. He was the former head coach for the Danish national under-21 football team, and FC Nordsjaelland in Danish Superliga. He guided them to the Danish Cup trophy in 2010 and 2011.

Dundee was his first club, and he joined Dundee at the Scottish Premier Division. However, he could not stop the club being relegated from the Scottish League Division One after the 1993-94 season. Dundee and he reached the 1995 Scottish League Cup final in November 1995 but fell to Aberdeen. Weighorst and Dundee also lost the 1994 Scottish Challenge Cup final. In his time with the club, he made 109 appearances. He also scored 17 goals.

After his return to the Celtic team, Wieghorst became a mainstay in the Danish national team from October 1997. He was selected to represent Denmark at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and played three games at the tournament. Most remarkably, he came on as a substitute in the 82nd minute of the 1–1 draw with South Africa, only to be sent off three minutes later. In Denmark’s ultimate qualification game for the 2000 European Championship, he scored in the 3–2 victory against Italy which secured Denmark’s qualification for the main tournament. Having been brought on as a substitute in the 52nd minute, he scored to level the game at 2–2 in the 57th minute, before he was sent-off for his second yellow card in the 80th minute. This made him the only Danish national team player to have been sent-off more than once. In October 1999, Wieghorst’s national team career came to a halt again, due to his illness.

Wieghorst re-entered the Danish national team in August 2002, while playing for Brøndby, as he played the 1–0 friendly match win against Scotland. In February 2003, he was selected for the Denmark League XI national football team, consisting of the best Danish players from the Danish Superliga, to play a series of unofficial friendly matches against various Asian national teams. In the game against Iran, an Iranian player mistook a whistle from the crowd as being the referee’s half-time signal, and picked the ball up with his hands in the penalty area. The referee gave Denmark a penalty kick, but following consultation with national team coach Morten Olsen, Wieghorst missed the penalty on purpose as a token of fair play, and Denmark lost 1–0. The incident made CNN’s “Play of the Day” of 2 February 2003, and Wieghorst received an Olympic Committee fair play award. He was selected the 2003 Danish Player of the Year. He played his last national team game in April 2004, a 1–0 friendly match win against Scotland.

Wieghorst was a midfielder during his active career. Lyngby Boldklub was where he began his professional career. He won the 1992 Superliga and 1990 Danish Cup titles. After moving to Scotland, he played 10 seasons with Celtic and Dundee in Scottish football. He also won the 1998 Scottish football title with Celtic. After winning the 2005 Superliga trophy and two Danish Cup trophies, he ended his career at Brondby IF in Denmark. From 1994 to 2004, he played 30 matches for Denmark and scored three goals. He also won the 1995 Confederations Cup and was a part of three games at 1998 World Cup. He was awarded the 2003 Danish Player-of-the-Year award by the Olympic Committee for his performance in missing a penalty kick.

Morten Wieghorst Net Worth

Morten Wieghorst is one of the richest Association Football Player from Denmark. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Morten Wieghorst 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was born in Glostrup and began his senior career in Lyngby Boldklub, in

1989. He was also part of the 1990 Danish Cup winning Lyngby team. In the summer 1991, he sustained an ankle injury and was able to return to the team in September 1991. Lyngby’s Danish Superliga 1991-1992 championship was won by him in 24 games. He participated in the 1992-93 UEFA Champions League qualifying games against Scottish team Rangers. In September 1992, he moved to Scotland to play football for Dundee.

Wieghorst was an international debutant for Denmark’s national under-21 football team. He played six games until September 1991. In August 1994, he made his Danish debut as a substitute for Michael Laudrup and scored the decisive goal in the friendly match against Finland. He was part of the Danish team that won the 1995 King Fahd Cup. In the 2-0 win against Argentina, he replaced the injured captain Michael Laudrup. Wieghorst took a break from international football after his first season at Celtic was hampered by injuries.

He moved on to Premier Division team Celtic in December 1995. At Celtic, injuries partly ruined his first two seasons. In the 1997–98 season, Wieghorst played 31 of 36 league matches for Celtic, as the club won its 36th Scottish championship to end “Old Firm” archrivals Rangers’ nine-year strangle-hold of the title. In 2000, Wieghorst was diagnosed with the Guillain–Barré syndrome, and following treatment he spent a year in recovery before returning to play in a November 2001 Scottish Cup game. He played three league games for Celtic late in the 2001–02 season, before he returned to Denmark.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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On 30 May 2014, he was appointed as the new head coach of AGF. He signed a three-year contract. He got the team promoted to the Danish Superliga in his first season. He was sacked on 5 December 2015 due to a series of bad results in the 2015–16 Danish Superliga.

Facts & Trivia

Morten Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Denmark. Morten Wieghorst celebrates birthday on February 25 of every year.