EURO Masters - Brian Laudrup

Brian Laudrup (born 22 February 1969 in Vienna, Austria) is a Danish former professional football player.

Laudrup won the 1992 European Football Championship (Euro 1992) with the Denmark national team, and he was a vital part of the Rangers F.C. team which dominated the Scottish Premier League in the 1990s.

He was named by Pelé as one of the top 125 greatest living footballers at the FIFA 100 ceremony in March 2004, alongside his older brother Michael Laudrup.
Brian Laudrup was born into a football family with father Finn Laudrup, a former Danish national player, and brother Michael also very keen on the sport. He started his career in his Denmark with Brøndby IF where he debuted aged 18 for the Danish national team on 18 November 1987 in a 0-1 defeat to West Germany. Brian Laudrup missed out on the Euro 1988, but from February 1989 Brian Laudrup became a mainstay, and impressed so much for both club and country, that he won a transfer to Germany with KFC Uerdingen 05, and was named Danish Player of the Year in 1989. After only one season with Uerdingen he was bought by FC Bayern Munich for £2m in 1990.