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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Finn Vind Christensen | ||
Date of birth | 25 March 1962 | ||
Place of birth | Denmark | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Vejle Boldklub | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Vejle Boldklub | 457 | (27) | |
Ikast FS | |||
Vejle Boldklub | |||
International career | |||
1982 | Denmark U21 | 3 | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Finn Christensen played most of his career in Vejle Boldklub. However, in 1984 he played a single season for Ikast FS. The same year Vejle won the Danish Championship.
In the 1990s Finn was captain of a young Vejle Boldklub team that won silver medals in 1997 and played in the UEFA Cup twice. In this period Finn was the gran old man who controlled the game from his midfield position. His big impact on the successful team made him a very popular figure among the fans, who nicknamed him Ferrari Finn.
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