Bent Martin

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Bent Martin (born 19 February 1943) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. [1]

He played in Sønderborg Boldklub as a youth player. [2] When serving conscription he moved to Aarhus and joined the local side AGF Aarhus. [2] He won the 1960 Danish championship [2] and 1965 Danish Cup [3] with AGF. When AGF met Scottish club Celtic F.C. in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1965, Bent Martin impressed the management of Celtic to such a degree that they signed him. [3] Bent Martin joined Celtic from AGF on 4 February 1966. [4] His only first team appearance for the club was in a Glasgow Cup match. [4]

Martin left Celtic on 23 December 1966 in order to join league rivals Dunfermline Athletic on a transfer fee of £3500. [4] He won the Scottish Cup with the club in 1968. [2] In May 1970, Martin moved to Rapid Vienna in Austria, [4] before ending his career playing for AGF in the 1973 season. [5] During his last season he was called up for the Danish national team for a game against Norway in June 1973 but he turned down this opportunity because he was to pass an exam at a banking school on the day of the match. [3]

After retiring, Bent Martin has had various coaching spells such as briefly managing Viborg FF, and serving ten years as a goalkeeping coach in Aarhus Fremad. [3] Since his retirement from football, Bent Martin has had a career in banking in Denmark. [3] Right now he works in a local club in Aarhus called IF Lyseng. He works as a goalkeeping coach.

Bent Martin is the father of the former All England champion in badminton Camilla Martin, [6] and the former Danish footballer Ken Martin. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Bent Martin at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  2. 1 2 3 4 Mogens Weinreich, Bankmanden med målmandshandsker [ permanent dead link ], aarhus.dk, February 18, 2003.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Henrik Stanek, Filialchefen spillede med Alex Ferguson Archived 2007-07-16 at the Wayback Machine , finansforbundet.dk, November 30, 2006.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Martin, Bent at thecelticwiki.com
  5. ↑ Bent Martin fylder 60 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine , agffodbold.dk, February 19, 2003.
  6. ↑ AGF-målmand i Hall of Fame, aarhus.dk, March 2, 2007. [ dead link ]
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