12 Facts About Per Frandsen

1.

Per Frandsen made his senior debut with top-flight club B 1903, debuted for the Danish under-21 national team in April 1989.

2.

Per Frandsen was the third best goalscorer of the 1990 Danish 1st Division, and made his national team debut in May 1990.

3.

Per Frandsen joined fellow Danish international Jakob Friis-Hansen at Lille, and played four years at the club.

4.

When Lille faced economical difficulties in the summer 1994, Per Frandsen returned home to Denmark to play for FC Copenhagen.

5.

Per Frandsen stated his intention to only play in Denmark temporarily, and having won the 1995 Danish Cup with FCK, he moved abroad in August 1996.

6.

Per Frandsen soon earned a reputation as one of the best players in English football playing outside the top-flight FA Premier League championship, and it was assumed that it would only be a matter of time before one of the bigger clubs came in for him.

7.

Per Frandsen was one of the few bright spots of Bolton's second Premier League campaign, which ended in swift relegation back into the Football League.

8.

Per Frandsen was included in the Danish squad for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, where he was used as a substitute in two games.

9.

Per Frandsen's stay at Ewood Park for Blackburn was far from happy.

10.

Per Frandsen played 304 first team games for the club in all competitions, scoring 38 goals in the process.

11.

Per Frandsen left Bolton Wanderers to join Wigan Athletic on a free transfer in June 2004, helping them get promoted to the Premiership, scoring once in the process against Brighton.

12.

On 22 June 2015, Per Frandsen was appointed as the new manager of AB.