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Place of Birth: Sønderborg, Region of Southern Denmark, Denmark
About Bent Martin
- Bent Martin (born February 19, 1943) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.He played in Sønderborg Boldklub as a youth player.
- When serving conscription he moved to Aarhus and joined the local side AGF Aarhus.
- He won the 1960 Danish championship and 1965 Danish Cup with AGF.
- When AGF met Scottish club Celtic F.C.
- in the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1965, Bent Martin impressed the management of Celtic to such a degree that they signed him.
- Bent Martin joined Celtic from AGF on February 4, 1966.
- His only first team appearance for the club was in a Glasgow Cup match.Martin left Celtic on December 23, 1966 in order to join league rivals Dunfermline Athletic on a transfer fee of £3500.
- He won the Scottish Cup with the club in 1968.
- In May 1970, Martin moved to Rapid Vienna in Austria, before ending his career playing for AGF in the 1973 season.
- During his last season he was called up for the Danish national team for a game against Norway in June 1973 but he turned down this opportunity because he was to pass an exam at a banking school on the day of the match.After retiring, Bent Martin has had various coaching spells such as briefly managing Viborg FF, and serving ten years as a goalkeeping coach in Aarhus Fremad.
- Since his retirement from football, Bent Martin has had a career in banking in Denmark.
- Right now he works in a local club in Aarhus called IF Lyseng.
- He works as a goalkeeping coach. Bent Martin is the father of the former All England champion in badminton Camilla Martin, and the former Danish footballer Ken Martin.
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