On 13 November 1985 he started a World Cup qualifier for Denmark in Dublin, came off at half-time, flew by private jet to Düsseldorf and finished the evening playing a cup tie for Bayern Munich in Bochum. The European Cup came in 1988 with PSV Eindhoven, and his left foot brought league titles in both the Netherlands and Germany plus top-scorer honours in the 1979-80 European Cup with ten goals for Ajax.
| 1975–1975 | Fremad Amager |
| 1975–1983 | AFC Ajax |
| 1983–1986 | FC Bayern Munich |
| 1986–1987 | AS Monaco |
| 1987–1990 | PSV Eindhoven |
| 1991–1992 | FC Bayern Munich |
One rank above: Christian Eriksen at #6.
One rank below: Jon Dahl Tomasson at #8.
Denmark's editorial top five: Michael Laudrup · Peter Schmeichel · Allan Simonsen · Preben Elkjær · Brian Laudrup.