Kresten Bjerre

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Kresten Bjerre

Kresten Bjerre (1977)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1946-02-22)22 February 1946
Place of birth	Copenhagen, Denmark
Date of death	19 February 2014(2014-02-19) (aged 67)
Place of death	Frederikssund, Denmark
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1954–19??	BK Sylvia
19??–196?	Akademisk Boldklub
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
196?–1967	Akademisk Boldklub
1968	Houston Stars	31	(7)
1968–1970	PSV	53	(4)
1970–1977	RWDM	248	(?)
1977–1978	Go Ahead Eagles	6	(0)
International career
1965–1966	Denmark U21	3	(0)
1967–1973	Denmark	22	(12)
Managerial career
1978–1979	Køge Boldklub
1980–1983	Holbæk B&I
1983–1987	Herfølge Boldklub
1987–19??	Akademisk Boldklub
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kresten Bjerre (22 February 1946 – 19 February 2014) was a Danish footballer, who played professionally for Houston Stars in the United States, and European clubs PSV Eindhoven and R.W.D. Molenbeek.

Nicknamed "Generalen" (the General),^[1] the defender obtained a total 22 caps for the Danish national team, for which he scored twelve goals in the late 1960s and early 1970s.