Michael Laudrup
Danish association football player and coach (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Denmark
- Born
- 15 June 1964
- Position
- Midfielder
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1981–1998
Clubs Kjøbenhavns Boldklub · Brøndby IF · SS Lazio · Juventus FC · FC Barcelona · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol · Vissel Kobe · AFC Ajax · Al-Rayyan
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
479
Club league goals
130
International caps
104
International goals
37
League goals / match
0.27
International goals / cap
0.36
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kjøbenhavns BoldklubClub | 1981–1982 | League | 14 | 3 |
| Brøndby IFClub | 1982–1983 | League | 38 | 24 |
| Denmark men's national football teamNational team | 1982–1998 | Full caps | 104 | 37 |
| SS LazioClub | 1983–1985 | League | 60 | 9 |
| Juventus FCClub | 1985–1989 | League | 102 | 16 |
| FC BarcelonaClub | 1989–1994 | League | 167 | 49 |
| Real Madrid Club de FútbolClub | 1994–1996 | League | 62 | 12 |
| Vissel KobeClub | 1996–1997 | League | 15 | 6 |
| AFC AjaxClub | 1997–1998 | League | 21 | 11 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×5
La Liga
Domestic
- 1990–91 · FC Barcelona
- 1991–92 · FC Barcelona
- 1992–93 · FC Barcelona
- 1993–94 · FC Barcelona
- 1994–95 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol
- ×1
Eredivisie
Domestic
- 1997–98 · AFC Ajax
- ×1
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1991–92 · FC Barcelona
- ×1
Intercontinental Cup
Continental club
- 1985 · Juventus FC
- ×1
Serie A
Domestic
- 1985–86 · Juventus FC
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
No dated individual awards from the catalog are recorded for this player in the current sources. This may reflect incomplete source data rather than an absence of awards; editors can add sourced entries.
Career timeline
1981
- Joins Kjøbenhavns Boldklub — Until 1982
1982
- Senior international debut: Denmark men's national football team — Until 1998
- Joins Brøndby IF — Until 1983
1983
- Joins Juventus FC — Until 1983
- Joins SS Lazio (loan) — Until 1985
1985
- Intercontinental Cup winner — 1985 · Juventus FC(provisional)
- Joins Juventus FC — Until 1989
1986
- Serie A winner — 1985–86 · Juventus FC(provisional)
1989
- Joins FC Barcelona — Until 1994
1991
- La Liga winner — 1990–91 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
1992
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1991–92 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
- La Liga winner — 1991–92 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
1993
- La Liga winner — 1992–93 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
1994
- La Liga winner — 1993–94 · FC Barcelona(provisional)
- Joins Real Madrid Club de Fútbol — Until 1996
1995
- La Liga winner — 1994–95 · Real Madrid Club de Fútbol(provisional)
1996
- Joins Vissel Kobe — Until 1997
1997
- Joins AFC Ajax — Until 1998
1998
- Eredivisie winner — 1997–98 · AFC Ajax(provisional)
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
42.2
Rank #73
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 0% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence26.8+8.05 points
- Best window
- 1991–1995
- Individual award points in window
- 0
- Award availability in window
- 0.794
- Team honor points in window
- 23
- Peak index
- 11.5
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence72.0+18.01 points
- League goals per match
- 0.271 → 59.28
- International goals per cap
- 0.356 → 85.58
- International caps per year
- 6.12 → 73.24
Individual accoladesFull evidence0.0+0.00 points
- Contemporary award points
- 0
- Award availability coverage
- 0.805
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 0
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence53.6+8.04 points
- Team honor points
- 30.5
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.889
- Intercontinental Cup (1985)
- 2.5
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1991–92)
- 8
- La Liga (1990–91)
- 3
- La Liga (1991–92)
- 3
- La Liga (1992–93)
- 3
- La Liga (1993–94)
- 3
- La Liga (1994–95)
- 3
- Serie A (1985–86)
- 3
- Eredivisie (1997–98)
- 2
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence80.8+8.08 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 18 → 88.75
- Documented elite seasons
- 8 → 66
- International career length (years)
- 17 → 100
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Michael Laudrup (Q188720)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Michael Laudrup.jpgCC BY 2.5 · retrieved 27 October 2026