Peter Rudbæk (born 5 February 1955) is a Danish football manager. Rudbæk managed AaB from 1983 to 1989,

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from 1990 to 1993, AGF from 1993 to 2000 and AaB again from 2000 to 2002. From 2005 to 2020 he worked as a head of coach development in the

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. He received the Danish Football Manager of the Year award in 1987 and 1996. The latter came after winning the 1995-96 Danish Cup with AGF. He was sacked by AGF in 2000, though he recorded the best point-per-game score in AGF's modern history with 1.28. He was however surpassed by his two immediate successor, acting manager

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(1.36 PPG) as well as Peter Sørensen (1.32 PPG). Joining AaB for a second stint as manager in 2000, he was relieved of the job after a fourth place in the 2001-02 Danish Superliga, since the AaB directors "were uncertain about whether Rudbæk would be able to live up to Aalborg's ambitions for the future". Rudbæk immediately went on to

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where was an expert commentator during the

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