Per Anders Bjerregaard (; born 23 January 1946) is a Danish educated

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(cand.med.) and former

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, executive director and chairman of Danish football club

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Career

Born in

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where he played football for Brøndby IF. He was the captain of the senior team as well as the player representative at the board of the club in 1972, and in 1973 he stopped his active career and became chairman of the club. Since then, he has held a number of posts in Danish football, including membership of the board of the

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from 1979 to 1991 and again from 2002 onward, and he was one of the main forces behind

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. In January 2006, it was estimated he had sold Brøndby players for more than £27.6 million, and in 2005 alone he sold

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(£2.8m),

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(£5.8m) and Morten Skoubo (£1.8m) to foreign clubs. Jens Gjesse Hansen
Daniel Agger skifter til Liverpool

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, 11 January 2006 He was the Brøndby transfer negotiator, but this function was taken over by his son and former Brøndby player

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in 2006. Anders left the job in December 2009.

Sources

1946 births Living people People from Randers People from Brøndby Municipality Danish men's footballers Association football defenders Brøndby IF players Sportspeople from the Central Denmark Region Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark {{Denmark-footy-bio-stub