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{{Short description|Danish footballer and manager (born 1966)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Henrik Larsen
| fullname = Henrik Larsen
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1966|5|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Kongens Lyngby]], Denmark
| height = 1.88 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| currentclub = 
| years1 = 1983–1984
| clubs1 = [[Hellerup IK|Hellerup]]
| caps1  = 26
| goals1 = 2
| years2 = 1984–1990
| clubs2 = [[Lyngby BK|Lyngby]]
| caps2  = 132
| goals2 = 10
| years3 = 1990–1995
| clubs3 = [[SC Pisa|Pisa]]
| caps3  = 41
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 1991–1992
| clubs4 = → [[Lyngby BK|Lyngby]] (loan)
| caps4  = 29
| goals4 = 5
| years5 = 1993
| clubs5 = → [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] (loan)
| caps5  = 0
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1993–1994
| clubs6 = → [[Waldhof Mannheim]] (loan)
| caps6  = 33
| goals6 = 5
| years7 = 1995–1996
| clubs7 = [[Lyngby FC|Lyngby]]
| caps7  = 54
| goals7 = 18
| years8 = 1996–1999
| clubs8 = [[FC Copenhagen|Copenhagen]]
| caps8  = 53
| goals8 = 6
| totalcaps = 368
| totalgoals = 47
| nationalyears1 = 1989–1996
| nationalteam1  = [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
| nationalcaps1  = 39
| nationalgoals1 = 5
| manageryears1 = 2000–2002
| managerclubs1 = [[Ølstykke FC]]
| manageryears2 = 2002–2005
| managerclubs2 = [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]]
| manageryears3 = 2006
| managerclubs3 = [[Holbæk B&I]] (caretaker)
| manageryears4 = 2006–2008
| managerclubs4 = [[Køge Boldklub|Køge BK]]
| manageryears5 = 2008–2009
| managerclubs5 = [[Lyngby Boldklub|Lyngby BK]]
| manageryears6 = 2009
| managerclubs6 = [[Randers FC]] (Assistant coach)
| manageryears7 = 2010–2015
| managerclubs7 =[[Lyngby Boldklub|Lyngby BK]] U19 (assistant)
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|DEN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UEFA European Championship]]}}
{{medal|W|[[UEFA Euro 1992|1992 Sweden]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup|1993 Argentina]]|}}
}}
'''Henrik Larsen''' (born 17 May 1966), nicknamed ''Store Larsen'' (''Big Larsen''), is a Danish [[Association football|football]] manager and former professional player who played as a [[midfielder]]. He was last the manager of [[Lyngby Boldklub]].

He was the joint top scorer at the [[UEFA Euro 1992]] which he won with the [[Denmark national football team|Denmark national team]]. He was also part of the Danish squad at [[UEFA Euro 1996|Euro 96]] where he played his last national team game. In all, he played 39 national team matches and scored five goals.

== Club career ==
Larsen was born in [[Lyngby]]. He started his career in Denmark for [[Taarbæk IF]] and then later [[Lyngby Boldklub]]. He won the 1985 [[Danish Cup]] trophy with Lyngby and made his Danish national team debut in February 1989. In April 1990, he agreed a move abroad to play for Italian club [[Pisa Calcio]], who were leading the [[promotion and relegation|promotion]] battle in the secondary [[Serie B]] division. Larsen was named [[Man of the Match]], as he won the 1990 Danish Cup with Lyngby before moving to Italy in June 1990. He joined Pisa in the [[Serie A]] championship, but in his first year at the club, Pisa were [[relegated]] to the Serie B again. As Serie B regulations only allowed two foreign players in the team, Larsen had to look for playing time elsewhere, when the club preferred [[Argentina|Argentinians]] [[Diego Simeone]] and [[Jose Chamot]].

After the Euro 92 tournament, Larsen moved back to Pisa in the Serie B. Simeone had been sold, but following the first few league games for the club, Larsen was put on sale. A number of European clubs were interested in him, but Pisa's pricetag of [[Danish krone|DKK]] 50 million kept all interest at bay. Larsen eventually moved to [[Aston Villa FC]] in England on a loan deal in January 1993. His stay in Aston Villa was short, as he had trouble forcing his way into the team under manager [[Ron Atkinson]]. In March 1993, he was told by Atkinson he wasn't needed, but as Pisa didn't want him back, he stayed at Villa's reserve team until May 1993.

He was loaned out to German club [[SV Waldhof Mannheim|Waldhof Mannheim]] in the [[2. Bundesliga]] in 1993, where he played well. He returned to Denmark in 1994 to play for Lyngby on a season-long loan deal. Larsen was set free from his Pisa contract in February 1995, when his transfer rights were given to Lyngby. He was called up for the Danish squad for Euro 96, by national manager Møller Nielsen. He took part in all three of Denmark's matches before ending his national team career when Denmark was eliminated. After Euro 96, he moved to league rivals [[FC Copenhagen]], with whom he won the 1997 Danish Cup. He ended his career in 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lyngby-boldklub.dk/Information/Info_om_klubben/Landsholdsspillere_-_Facts/ |title=Portrait Larsen |publisher=lyngby-boldklub.dk |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922150440/http://lyngby-boldklub.dk/Information/Info_om_klubben/Landsholdsspillere_-_Facts/ |archivedate=22 September 2008 }}</ref>

== International career ==
Larsen went on a season-long [[loan (football)|loan deal]] back in Lyngby, where he helped the club win the 1992 [[Danish Superliga]] championship. He was selected for the Danish team to compete at the Euro 92 tournament. He started the tournament as a substitute, but Larsen went on to score three goals at Euro 92, including both goals in the 2–2 semi-final draw against the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]. He scored at his attempt in the ensuing [[Penalty shootout (association football)|penalty shootout]], and played full-time when he and the Danish national team won the [[UEFA Euro 1992 final|final]] against [[Germany national football team|Germany]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://home6.inet.tele.dk/pin/landsholdet/1989.htm#523) |title=Danish national Stats |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501222002/http://home6.inet.tele.dk/pin/landsholdet/1989.htm |archivedate=1 May 2009 }}</ref>

== Coaching career ==
Following his retirement, he became assistant coach at FC Copenhagen, before managing [[Ølstykke FC]]. He was head coach of the [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands national team]] until 2005, as well as associated coach of the talent team in Lyngby Boldklub, for whose old boys team he is also playing. In 2006, he was [[caretaker manager]] in [[Holbæk B&I]], before signing on with [[Køge Boldklub]] in June 2006 and was here coach until June 2008. Larsen was named as the new head coach from [[Lyngby Boldklub]] on 15 July 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lyngby-boldklub.dk/Nyheder/Seneste_nyt/Henrik_Larsen_ny_cheftr%E6ner/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713181137/http://lyngby-boldklub.dk/Nyheder/Seneste_nyt/Henrik_Larsen_ny_cheftr%E6ner/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 July 2012 |title=Henrik Larsen ny cheftræner |publisher=lyngby-boldklub.dk |language=Danish}}</ref> and was then fired after eight months on 30 March 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lyngby-boldklub.dk/Nyheder/Seneste_nyt/Lyngby_Boldklub_f%E5r_ny_cheftr%E6ner |title=Lyngby Boldklub får ny cheftræner |publisher=lyngby-boldklub.dk |language=Danish |access-date=30 March 2009 |archive-date=19 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719130306/http://lyngby-boldklub.dk/Nyheder/Seneste_nyt/Lyngby_Boldklub_f%E5r_ny_cheftr%E6ner/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was the new assistant manager at the Danish football club [[Randers FC]], when the season 2009–10 started, together with another Danish football legend [[Flemming Povlsen]]. They were both assistant managers for the [[Randers FC]] manager [[John Faxe Jensen]] but the trio was fired on 6 October 2009.

==Personal life==
In 1998, he announced he was marrying an English sports reporter, Sacha Crowther, whom he had met at the UEFA European Championship two years earlier.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

==Honours==

===Player===
'''Lyngby Boldklub'''
*[[Danish Cup]]: 1984–85, 1989–90
*[[Danish Superliga]]: [[1991–92 Danish Superliga|1991–92]]

'''Copenhagen'''
*[[Danish Cup]]: [[1996–97 Danish Cup|1996–97]]

'''Denmark'''
*[[UEFA European Championship|European Championship]]: [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]]

==Managerial statistics==
{{Updated|16 June 2016}}

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|-
!rowspan=2! width=80|Team
!rowspan=2! width=50|Nat
!rowspan=2! width=80|From
!rowspan=2! width=80|To
!colspan=5|Record
|-
!width="40"|G
!width="40"|W
!width="40"|D
!width="40"|L
!width="50"|Win %
|-
|align="left"|[[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]]
|align="center"|{{flagicon|FAR}}
|align="left"|2002
|align="left"|2005
{{WDL|26|5|2|19}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{DBU player|1231}}
* {{Fussballdaten|larsenhenrik|Henrik Larsen}}
* [https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/6-dec-Da-Knudsen-blev-gasblaa-i-hovedet/ Henrik Larsen Interview]

{{Danish Football Hall of Fame}}
{{Denmark squad UEFA Euro 1992}}
{{Denmark squad UEFA Euro 1996}}
{{UEFA European Football Championship top scorers}}
{{Faroe Islands national football team managers}}
{{Holbæk B&I managers}}
{{Køge BK managers}}
{{Lyngby BK managers}}

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