John Sivebæk

John Sivebæk (born 25 October 1961) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He won the 1984 Danish championship with Vejle Boldklub and played for English club Manchester United. He scored one goal in 87 appearances for the Denmark national team, and represented his country at the 1986 World Cup as well as three European Championships, including the triumphant 1992 European Championship tournament.

Sivebæk has two sons, Christian Sivebæk the eldest of the sons, is also a professional football player.

Biography Sivebæk was born in Vejle, and started his career with hometown club Vejle Boldklub in 1980, where he enjoyed a goalscoring debut versus Køge BK in a 1-1 draw. He made his debut for the Danish national team in a May 1982 friendly match against Sweden. He was a part of the Danish squad at the 1984 European Championship, where he played in three of Denmark's four games.

He and Vejle won the 1984 Danish championship trophy, In his time at Manchester United, he was selected to represent Denmark at the 1986 World Cup, where he played two of Denmark's four games before elimination.

In 1987, Sivebæk was told he would not be a first team regular at Manchester United, After retiring, he became a football agent with Proactive Scandinavia.

Honours Vejle Danish championship: 1984 Danish Cup: 1981

Denmark 1992 European Championship