Kenneth Brylle Larsen (born 22 May 1959) is a Danish former professional

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. He scored two goals in 16 matches for the Denmark national team and represented his country at the 1984 European Championship.

Biography

Born in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

, Brylle started playing football with local club Frederiksberg Boldklub (FB). He played for

Hvidovre IF Hvidovre Idrætsforening, more commonly known as Hvidovre IF () is a Danish association football club from Hvidovre, Capital Region of Denmark. The club competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football, and plays its ...

in the secondary

Danish 2nd Division The 2nd Division () is a professional association football league for men and the third division in Denmark. It is organised by the Divisionsforeningen on behalf of the Danish Football Association (Danish FA; DBU) as part of the nation-wide Da ...

, and helped the club win promotion for the top-flight

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in the 1978 season. Before the start of the 1979 season, he moved to 1st Division rivals

Vejle Boldklub Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six ...

, where he got his national breakthrough. He scored 18 goals in 26 league games, before moving abroad to play professionally for Belgian club

RSC Anderlecht Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, commonly abbreviated to RSC Anderlecht (, , ) or RSCA (, , ), is a Belgian professional association football, football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital-Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian First Div ...

in 1979. He stayed five years at Anderlecht, with whom he won the 1983

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, scoring the only goal in the final. He moved to Dutch team

PSV Eindhoven Philips Sport Vereniging (; ), abbreviated as PSV and internationally known as PSV Eindhoven (), is a Dutch sports club from Eindhoven, Netherlands. It is best known for its professional association football, football department, which has pla ...

in 1984 and on to

Olympique Marseille Olympique de Marseille (, ; , ), also known simply as Marseille, or by the abbreviation OM (, ), is a French professional football club based in Marseille which competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of French football. Founded in 1899, OM has ...

in France in 1985. In 1986, he moved back to Belgium to play for

Club Brugge (), known simply as Club Brugge (in English also: ''Club Bruges''), is a Belgian professional football club based in Bruges, Belgium. It was founded in 1891 and its home ground is the Jan Breydel Stadium, which has a capacity of 29,042. They pl ...

. He played a total of 101 matches and scored 49 goals for Club Brugge, with whom he won the 1988 Jupiler League championship. He went on to play for Belgian clubs

Beerschot Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbalclub Antwerpen (), or simply Beerschot, is a Belgian professional football club located in Antwerp, that competes in the top tier Pro League after promotion from second tier in 2023–24 season. In 2013, KFCO Wil ...

, Lierse S.K. and FC Knokke. He became a

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-certified coach, and coached lower league clubs such as FC Knokke,

KV Oostende Koninklijke Voetbalclub Oostende, also called KV Oostende () or KVO, was a Belgian professional football club based in Ostend, West Flanders. The team was founded in 1904 as ''VG Oostende'' and had ''matricule'' number 31. The club was declare ...

, Eendracht Aalter, White Star Lauwe and Wielsbeke in Belgium. He later managed Danish side

from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2010. He has changed his nationality to Belgian.

Honours

Player

; RSC Anderlecht *

Belgian First Division The Belgian Pro League (; ; ), officially the Jupiler Pro League () for sponsor Jupiler, is a professional association football league in Belgium and the highest level of the Belgian football league system. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023– ...

: 1980–81 *

: 1982–83 (

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), 1983–84 ( runners-up) * Jules Pappaert Cup: 1983

Club Brugge

: 1987–88 *

Belgian Super Cup The Belgian Super Cup ( ; ; ), ''Pro League Supercup'', is a Belgian club competition played as a single match between the Belgian Pro League champions (also received the Super Cup host) and the Belgian Cup winners. If both teams are the same, ...

: 1986, 1988

Olympique Marseille

* French Cup: 1985–86 ( runners-up)

Individual

* UEFA Cup Top Scorer: 1987–88 (6 goals)

References

External links

*
Kenneth Brylle
at Voetbal International
Kenneth Brylle
at om1899.com *

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brylle Larsen, Kenneth 1959 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Footballers from Copenhagen Hvidovre IF players Vejle Boldklub players R.S.C. Anderlecht players PSV Eindhoven players Olympique de Marseille players Club Brugge KV players CE Sabadell FC footballers Lierse S.K. players K. Beerschot V.A.C. players Eredivisie players Ligue 1 players La Liga players Belgian Pro League players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Danish expatriate sportspeople in France Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Spain UEFA Euro 1984 players Danish football managers K.V. Oostende managers Men's association football forwards UEFA Europa League–winning players 20th-century Danish sportsmen