About Kaj Hansen
Lived 1917 – 1987 (aged 70). Kaj Hansen was a Danish association football player and association football coach.
Kaj Aksel Hansen (22 April 1917 – 12 August 1987) was a Danish football player and manager. As an amateur player, he scored 114 goals in 202 games for B 93, and scored 12 goals in 27 games for the Denmark national football team. Hansen won five Danish football championships with B 93, and was the joint top goalscorer of the 1940 season. He was banned from Danish football in 1946, having illegally accepted payment to play. He then played professionally for French clubs Stade Francais, SR Colmar, FC Metz and CA Paris.
Having ended his active career in 1950, Hansen went on to manage Danish clubs Randers Freja, Vejle Boldklub, Odense Boldklub, and B 1909, as well as the unofficial Danish second-string national team.
Career Being 166 cm tall, Hansen was unusually short for a footballer within the league and was affectionately known as "Lille Kaj" (English: "Little Kaj"). He had excellent technique, balance and dribbling skills, and could play in all attacking positions apart from centre forward. In 1939, he scored two goals as Denmark won the 50-year anniversary tournament of the Danish Football Association, He moved back to B 93, with whom he won the 1942 and 1946 Danish championships. before ending his playing career in 1950.
Kaj Hansen became a popular manager of several Danish teams. He went on to manage Randers Freja, Vejle Boldklub, Odense Boldklub, and B 1909.
Honours Danish football championship: 1934, 1935, 1939, 1942, 1946 Danish football championship, top goalscorer: 1940
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Who was Kaj Hansen?
Danish footballer (1917-1987)
When was Kaj Hansen born?
Kaj Hansen was born on 22 April 1917 in Copenhagen.
When did Kaj Hansen die?
Kaj Hansen died on 12 August 1987.
What was Kaj Hansen's occupation?
Kaj Hansen was an association football player and association football coach.
What nationality was Kaj Hansen?
Kaj Hansen was Danish.
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· DBpedia: Kaj Hansen (footballer, born 1917)
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