Jan Molby
Born in Kolding, Denmark in 1963, Jan Molby started his professional football career at the age of 18 playing for his home town team, Kolding IF. Just one season was enough for Molby to establish himself as a promising talent and after just one season at Kolding, the central midfielder moved to Ajax Amsterdam in 1982.
After spending two years at the Dutch Giants, winning the league title and Dutch Cup in the process, Jan was signaled out by then Liverpool manager, Joe Fagan, as a transfer target and the Anfield legend soon got his man as Molby made the move to Merseyside for a fee of £200,000.
Jan’s time at Liverpool can only be described as colorful, with his career at Anfield ranging from an influential midfielder on the pitch and a legend amongst supporters to battles with his weight and even a spell in prison!
It wasn’t until Kenny Dalglish replaced Fagan as Liverpool manager in 1985 that Molby really started to shine as a player and became known for his great vision and became a great source of assists to striker, Ian Rush. Jan was also a regular contributor to goals himself, especially from set pieces where the power and precision of his free kicks gave opponents plenty to worry about.
Jan was instrumental in Liverpool’s League and FA Cup double winning side of 1985/1986 but the following season was disrupted by a broken foot for the Dane. After making a return to the first team, his impact was once again limited, this time after a three month spell behind bars for a driving offence.
Molby was back to his best by the 1989/1990 season when he helped Liverpool to another league title and he remained a regular fixture in the side that won the FA Cup in 1992.
In total, Jan made a total of 218 appearances for Liverpool before he left the club in 1996, scoring 44 during his time at Anfield. Jan also won 33 caps for Denmark and played in the 1986 World Cup.
After leaving Liverpool, Jan played for Swansea City before going in to management, firstly with Swansea City, before moving on to take charge of Kidderminster Harriers and Hull City. A breif spell when in charge of Kidderminster for a second spell in 2003/2004 was his last job as a manager and Jan has since gone on to take up a number of roles and appearances in the media.
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