Henrik Fig

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Henrik Fig
Personal information
Full name Henrik Cassøe Fig
Date of birth (1972-03-07) March 7, 1972 (age 50)
Place of birth Denmark
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Vejle Boldklub
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1995 Vejle Boldklub
1995–1996 Colorado Foxes
1996–2002 Vejle Boldklub
2002–2005 Flensberg 08
Managerial career
Middelfart G&BK (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henrik Fig is a retired Danish association football midfielder who played professionally in Denmark, Germany and the United States.

Fig began his career with Vejle Boldklub, playing on the club's first team from 1991 to 1995. In the spring of 1995, he moved to the United States to sign with the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League. In 1996, he returned to Vejle where he played until 2002. That year, he moved to Flensburg 08, a German lower-division club.

He is an assistant coach with . [1]

He is the brother of the player Thomas Fig. [2]

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References

  1. "Henrik Fig skifter til Middelfart". Archived from the original on 2012-01-12. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  2. (in Italian) Profile on Tuttocalciatori.net