Morten Cramer (born 7 November 1967), is a Danish educated

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, who formerly played professional

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as a

goalkeeper In many team sports that involve scoring goal (sport), goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie, or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or i ...

BK Frem Boldklubben Frem (also known as Frem, BK Frem or BK Frem Copenhagen) is a Danish sports club based in the Valby- Sydhavnen area of Copenhagen. It is best known for its semi-professional football team and its youth academy. Since its foundatio ...

in the Danish Second Division. He has played one national youth team match for the

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. Currently works as goalkeeper coach by

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a Danish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Brøndbyvester. Brøndby IF denotes the professional football section of Brøndbyernes ...

Cramer started his career at Brøndby IF, where he played a number of games, among them matches in the 1986

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against

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and Dynamo Berlin. However, Cramer would stand in the shadow of later

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captain

Peter Schmeichel Peter Bolesław Schmeichel (born 18 November 1963) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. During eight seasons at English club Manchester United, he won 15 trophies including five Premier League titles, three FA C ...

who arrived at the club in 1987. He went on to play for lower league clubs in 1989 and Cramer stopped his professional footballing career to concentrate on his career as a police man. He played part-time at Roskilde B 06,

Fremad Amager Boldklubben Fremad Amager (meaning in English: The Ball Club Forward Amager; abbreviated Fremad A) is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2024–25 season, the club's senior men's team ...

and

Ølstykke FC Ølstykke Fodbold Club af 1918 ; also known as Ølstykke FC or ØFC) is an association football club based in the town of Ølstykke on Zealand, Denmark. The men's team competes in the Zealand Series, one of the sixth tiers of the Danish football l ...

until December 1999. He was brought back to Brøndby under coach

Åge Hareide Åge Fridtjof Hareide (born 23 September 1953) is a Norwegian former football coach and player who last managed the Iceland national team. In his playing career, he played for Hødd and Molde in Norway as well as Manchester City and Norwich Cit ...

, after a ten-year absence from top-flight football. At 32 years of age, he would again be the second in line, this time in favour of the four-years older

Mogens Krogh Mogens Krogh (; born 31 October 1963) is a Danish former professional football player who was most recently manager of Næstved BK. In his playing career, Krogh was the first choice goalkeeper of Ikast fS between 1981 and 1991 and of Brøndby ...

. When Krogh was eventually injured for smaller durations of time, Cramer would see the thirteen-years younger goalkeeper Kim Drejs chosen to fill in the position before him, with yet another youngster

Casper Ankergren Casper Ankergren (; born 9 November 1979) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is now the Head of Goalkeeping at Danish Superliga side Brøndby IF. He played three matches for the Denmark national under-21 ...

waiting in the wings. Morten Cramer left Brøndby on a free transfer in July 2001, having played one match since his comeback, for a then combined 20 matches in his time for Brøndby. He switched to fellow Danish Superliga team

Herfølge BK Herfølge is a suburb of the town of Køge, Denmark, located about 5 kilometers south of central Køge, and is a part of Køge Municipality. The suburb is connected to Køge and Næstved by the Lille Syd railway line. Herfølge Church Herføl ...

where he established himself as the first-choice keeper, despite Herfølge's

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to the

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in 2005. In August 2006, he returned to Brøndby IF on a three-year contract as a back-up for Casper Ankergren.Brøndby henter rutineret målmand
, ''Brondby.com'', 25 August 2006

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cramer, Morten 1967 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Brøndby IF players Ølstykke FC players Herfølge Boldklub players Men's association football goalkeepers People from Brøndby Municipality Brøndby IF non-playing staff Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark 20th-century Danish sportsmen