Roald Poulsen

Roald Poulsen (28 November 1950 – 16 October 2024) was a Danish football manager, who most prominently won the 1989 Danish championship with Odense BK and managed the Zambia national team.

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Roald Poulsen

Personal information
Date of birth	(1950-11-28)28 November 1950
Place of birth	Odense, Denmark
Date of death	16 October 2024(2024-10-16) (aged 73)
Managerial career
Years	Team
1977–1982	OKS
1983–1987	B 1913
1988–1992	Odense Boldklub
1993–1994	Viborg FF
1994–1996	Zambia
1996–1998	Odense Boldklub
1998–1999	Al-Rayyan Sports Club
1999	Al-Arabi
2002	Zambia
2004–2005	Engen Santos
2005–2006	Dalum IF
2006	B 1913
2006–2007	FC Fyn
Medal record Men's football Representing  Zambia (as manager) Africa Cup of Nations 1996

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Poulsen started his coaching career with amateur club OKS. From 1983 to 1987, he managed B 1913. From 1988 to 1992, Poulsen managed Odense BK, with whom he won the 1989 Danish championship^[1] and 1992 Danish Cup tournament. From 1993 to 1994, Poulsen managed Viborg FF. In 1994, Poulsen was named manager of the Zambia national team,^[1] which he managed until 1996. He returned to Odense BK in 1996, and brought with him Zambian internationals Mwape Miti and Andrew Tembo.^[2] In 1998, he moved to Qatar in order to manage Al-Rayyan Sports Club, staying at the club until 1999.^{[citation needed]}

From 1999 to 2004 he led the FC Copenhagen Sports College in South Africa, only interrupted by a brief spell as national manager of Zambia in 2002.^[1] He coached South African club Engen Santos from 2004 to 2005. In 2005, Poulsen returned to Denmark to manage Dalum IF. He moved in B 1913 in 2006, before moving to FC Fyn later that year. He stayed at FC Fyn until December 2007.^[3]

In January 2009 he was named technical director of Cape United Soccer School of Excellence in Cape Town.^[1]

Poulsen died after a long illness on 16 October 2024, at the age of 73.^[4][5]