nationalcaps manageryears birth_date years caps goals image_size nationalyears image name caption nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals clubs managerclubs article_title
1 14 53 2011 -- 2012 26 july 1977 1998 -- 2001 2001 -- 2002 2001 -- 2002 35 58 0 84 1 3 0 8 200 1996 1997 -- 1999 2000 -- 2008 aston villa-fh 173.jpg martin laursen laursen playing for aston villa , denmark u-19 denmark u-21 denmark 1.90 219 14 0 0 2 silkeborg hellas verona parma aston villa bk søllerød-vedbæk martin laursen

martin laursen

martin laursen -lrb- born 26 july 1977 -rrb- is a danish former footballer who played in the centre back position .
he played three seasons for italian club ac milan , with whom he won the 2003 uefa champions league and the 2004 serie a championship .
he also played for italian clubs hellas verona and parma fc , and was the team captain of english club aston villa .
he was most recently the manager of bk søllerød-vedbæk .
laursen was capped 53 times and scored two goals for the denmark national team from 2000 to 2008 , and he was named 2008 danish football player of the year .
he represented denmark at the 2000 european championship , 2002 fifa world cup , and 2004 european championship tournaments .
