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Benny Gall
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-03-14) March 14, 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990 BK Fremad Amager  
1991–1992 KB/F.C. Copenhagen  
1992–1994 Brønshøj BK 30 (0)
1994–1995 Dordrecht 90 48 (0)
1996 De Graafschap 0 (0)
1996–1998 Shrewsbury Town 34 (0)
1999–2001 Esbjerg fB 91 (0)
2001–2007 F.C. Copenhagen 8 (0)
International career
1990 Denmark U-21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2003–2007 KB
2008–2009 B93
2010–2013 Elite 3000 Helsingør
2014–2015[1] Akademisk Boldklub (assistant)
2015–2018 BK Avarta
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Benny Gall (born March 14, 1971) is a Danish former football goalkeeper and currently the manager of Danish 2nd Division club BK Avarta.[2] He has previously been the manager of B93's 2nd Division East team and Elite 3000 Helsingør. Before his job at B93, he was the manager of F.C. Copenhagen's secondary team, Kjøbenhavns Boldklub.[3]

Gall, had a sporadically successful playing career in Denmark and a spell, with Shrewsbury Town in England when they were in Division Three. Galls first club was BK Fremad Amager near his home town of Copenhagen. Spells at Brønshøj BK Dordrecht 90 and De Graafschap followed, before he moved across to England to join up with Jake Kings Shrewsbury Town. While not an overly successful period in the club's history, Gall managed almost 40 appearances as he battled for the 1st team jersey with Paul Edwards. By 2001, Gall had returned to his native Denmark finishing his career with F.C. Copenhagen in a player coach capacity.

Honours

References

  1. ^ "AB sparker Benny Gall" (in Danish). bold.dk. 28 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Benny Gall ny cheftræner i Avarta" (in Danish). bold.dk. 4 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Benny Gall fortsætter som træner" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2007-05-29.