Holger Seebach

Holger Seebach (17 March 1922 – 30 August 2011) was a Danish amateur footballer,^[1] who scored 9 goals in 17 games for the Denmark national football team,^[2] won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics and competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[3] Holger Seebach was one of five players from the same Odense Boldklub team, including Jørgen Leschly Sørensen and Svend Jørgen Hansen, who moved to Copenhagen and was selected for the Danish national team, during this period he played for AB and won four Danish championships.^[4] Seebach was an wing attacker who tried to score from all angles, and he was known as "always-good-for-a-goal"-Seebach among both teammates and opposition players.^[4] Knud Lundberg mentioned him in his book Fodboldens ABC that he had asked Holger Seebach about his goal scoring tactics, and Holger Seebach replied that he used to aim for the goalkeeper but miss him. Knud Lundberg replied that he had tried that tactic without success. He declined an offer from an Italian club to become the second Danish professional football player, and instead focused on his studies in engineering at the Technical University of Denmark.

Date of birth (1922-03-17)17 March 1922

Place of birth Aarhus, Denmark

Date of death 30 August 2011(2011-08-30) (aged 89)

Place of death Odense, Denmark

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Holger Seebach

Seebach w. Danish national team (1953)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1922-03-17)17 March 1922
Place of birth	Aarhus, Denmark
Date of death	30 August 2011(2011-08-30) (aged 89)
Place of death	Odense, Denmark
Position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1939–1941	B 1913
1942–1944	OB
1945–1956	AB
International career
1947–1953	Denmark	17	(9)
Medal record Men's Football Representing  Denmark 1948 London Team
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

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