Flemming Lund (born 6 October 1952) is a former

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professional football player in the

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position, who played both in

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and the

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. He played for

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and

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teams

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and

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

, winning the 1979

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trophy with Düsseldorf. Lund played 20 games and scored two goals for the

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from 1972 to 1979. He moved to the United States in 1979 and played for a number of American teams in the North American Soccer League and the Major Indoor Soccer League.

European career

Born in

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, Lund started his career with local top-flight club

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. He was called up for the Danish national under-19 team in September 1969, and went on to play seven games and score one goal for the under-19 national team until June 1971. He played six games for the Danish national under-21 team between June 1972 and May 1974. Simultaneously, he debuted for the senior Denmark national team in June 1972 and went on to play 20 games and score two goals for his country until May 1979. In the summer of 1972, Lund moved abroad to play professionally with

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club

. He made his Antwerp debut in August 1972, and went on to play 124 games and score 20 goals for Antwerp in the

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. After four seasons with Antwerp, Lund went to

in the German

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championship in 1976. Lund played 34 games and scored two goals for Essen in the

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season, but could not prevent Essen from being relegated to the

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at the end of the season. Lund left Essen and moved to Bundesliga club

. He played two seasons at Düsseldorf, and won the 1979

trophy with the team. After 62 games and five goals for Düsseldorf in the Bundesliga, Lund left the club in the summer 1979.

American career

In 1979, Lund signed with the

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of the North American Soccer League. He would remain with Dallas through three outdoor seasons. In the fall of 1979, he joined the

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of the Major Indoor Soccer League and was named a first team All Star. He then played the 1980–81 indoor season with the Tornado. He returned to the MISL in the fall of 1981 with the

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. In 1983, he joined the

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. Seven games into the 1983 season, the Whitecaps sent Lund to the

Tampa Bay Rowdies The Tampa Bay Rowdies are an American professional soccer team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. The club was founded in 2008 and first took the pitch in 2010. Since 2017, the Rowdies have been members of the USL Championship in the second tier ...

. He finished the season in Tampa Bay, then played the 1983–84 NASL indoor season with them. On 27 April 1984, the Rowdies released Lund. In October 1985, he joined the Cleveland Force for the 1984–85 MISL season. In February 1985, the Force sent Lund to the

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in exchange for a second-round draft pick. In March, the Cosmos released Lund who then signed with the

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Personal

He is the father of international

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. He has won the

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championship in

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with world champion

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as his mixed-double partner.

Honours

: 1978–79 * MISL All-Star Team: 1979–80

References

External links

Danish national team profile
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lund, Flemming 1952 births Living people Danish footballers Denmark international footballers Buffalo Stallions players Cleveland Force (original MISL) players Royal Antwerp F.C. players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Danish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Fortuna Düsseldorf players Rot-Weiss Essen players Dallas Tornado players Belgian First Division A players Bundesliga players Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate soccer players in Canada Expatriate soccer players in the United States Detroit Lightning players Danish expatriate footballers Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) indoor players New York Cosmos (MISL) players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–1993) players Vancouver Whitecaps (1974–1984) players Wichita Wings (MISL) players Association football midfielders Footballers from Copenhagen