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Holger Seebach (17 March 1922 – 30 August 2011) was a Danish amateur footballer,[1] who scored 9 goals in 17 games for the Denmark national football team,[2] won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics and competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[3] Holger Seebach was one of five players from the same Odense Boldklub team, including Jørgen Leschly Sørensen and Svend Jørgen Hansen, who moved to Copenhagen and was selected for the Danish national team, during this period he played for AB and won four Danish championships.[4] Seebach was an wing attacker who tried to score from all angles, and he was known as "always-good-for-a-goal"-Seebach among both teammates and opposition players.[4] Knud Lundberg mentioned him in his book Fodboldens ABC that he had asked Holger Seebach about his goal scoring tactics, and Holger Seebach replied that he used to aim for the goalkeeper but miss him. Knud Lundberg replied that he had tried that tactic without success. He declined an offer from an Italien club to become the second Danish professional soccer player and focused on his studies in enigerring from Technical University of Denmark.

Holger Seebach

Personal information
Date of birth	(1922-03-17)17 March 1922
Place of birth	Aarhus, Denmark
Date of death	30 August 2011(2011-08-30) (aged 89)
Place of death	Odense, Denmark
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1939–1941	B 1913
1942–1944	OB
1945–1956	AB
National team
1947–1953	Denmark	17	(9)
Honours Men's Football Representing  Denmark 1948 London Team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Seebach is related to musicians Tommy Seebach and his sons Nicolai and Rasmus Seebach. Rasmus Seebach's son, Holger, is named after the football player.[5] He studied as a carpenter and later got a Cand. Polit. Engineering degree from Odense Technical University where he continued to work until his retirement in 1999 at the age of 77. He was married twice and is the father of 2 children, Dorte Seebach and Torben Seebach

Honours

AB

• Danish Championship: 1944–45, 1946–47, 1950–51, 1951–52

Denmark

• Olympic Bronze Medal: 1948[6]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Holger Seebach

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[fr] Holger Seebach

Holger Seebach (né le 17 mars 1922 à Aarhus au Danemark et mort le 30 août 2011 à Odense) est un joueur de football international danois, qui évoluait au poste d'attaquant.

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[it] Holger Seebach

Holger Seebach (Aarhus, 17 marzo 1922 – Odense, 30 agosto 2011) è stato un calciatore danese, di ruolo attaccante.

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