Erik Boye (born 7 February 1964) is a Danish former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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.Boye's Vejle stats at Vejle official site
He started his career with

FC Fredericia Fodbold Club Fredericia af 1991 (), simply known as FC Fredericia, is a professional association football club based in the town of Fredericia, Denmark, that competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league syste ...

before transferring to

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality (''Municipalities of De ...

in 1993. In the

1996–97 Danish Superliga The 1996–97 Danish Superliga season was the 7th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on July 28, 1996, to final match on June 15, 1997. The Danish ch ...

he was ever present as his club finished in 2nd place and qualified for the

1997–98 UEFA Cup The 1997–98 UEFA Cup was won by Internazionale in an all-Italian final against Lazio. It was their third title in eight years in the competition. It was the first instance of the UEFA Cup final being a one-game contest at a neutral stadium, h ...

. He played well over 200 games for Vejle After his time at Vejle he moved to

AGF Aarhus Aarhus Gymnastikforening (; commonly known as AGF ) is a professional sports club based in Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark. Founded in 1880, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country where gymnastics and fencing were featured as its main sports. How ...

, and he played for them for another three seasons. As of July 2012 he was the goalkeeping coach at Vejle. In May 2013 he was appointed as goalkeeping coach at

Randers FC Randers FC () is a professional association football, football club based in Randers, East Jutland metropolitan area, East Jutland, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 200 ...

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1964 births Living people Danish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Danish Superliga players Vejle Boldklub players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Association football goalkeeping coaches 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-footy-goalkeeper-stub