Morten Bruun (born 28 June 1965) 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 his entire career for

Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...

. With them, he won the

1993–94 Danish Superliga The 1993–94 Danish Superliga season was the 4th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. The tournament was held in two rounds. First round was in the autumn 1993, and the second in the sp ...

and 2001

Danish Cup The Danish Cup (; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "single-elimination tournament, knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will ...

trophies. He played 424 matches and scored 35 goals for the club from 1988 to 2001. He played 11 games for the

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, and was an unused substitute when Denmark won the

Euro 1992 The 1992 UEFA European Football Championship was hosted by Sweden between 10 and 26 June 1992. It was the ninth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA. Denmark won the 1992 championship, having been inv ...

tournament. He was brought back to Silkeborg IF as manager in October 2001. He managed the club for nine months, and succeeded in avoiding

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to the

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. In September 2005, he was appointed manager of

SønderjyskE SønderjyskE is a Denmark, Danish sport corporation. They have a Football (soccer), football team (SønderjyskE Fodbold, based in Haderslev), two team handball, handball teams (SønderjyskE Håndbold, one male based in Sønderborg, one female bas ...

where he stayed for eight months until he was fired. Bruun is currently a football expert for TV channel ''6'eren'' in Denmark which allows him to travel in England and Spain commenting on live matches. He is also coach in

IF Lyseng Idrætsforeningen Lyseng Fodbold (), commonly known as IF Lyseng, is an association football club based in the suburb of Højbjerg, Aarhus Municipality, Denmark, that competes in the Danish 3rd Division, the fourth tier of the Danish football leag ...

youth department (U13 boys)

Honours

Denmark *

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1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

Silkeborg *

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current ...

: 1993–94 *

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

: 2000–01

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* 1965 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Danish Superliga players Silkeborg IF players UEFA Euro 1992 players UEFA European Championship–winning players Danish football managers Silkeborg IF managers Sønderjyske Fodbold managers People from Aabenraa Municipality Footballers from the Region of Southern Denmark 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub

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