# Jan Bartram > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jan_Bartram > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jan_Bartram.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Bartram > Source revision: 1322516528 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Jan Lewis Bartram** (born 6 March 1962 as **Jan Louis Bartram**) is a Danish former professional [association football](/source/Association_football) player in the [midfielder](/source/Midfielder) position. He played for [Scottish](/source/Scotland) team [Rangers](/source/Rangers_F.C.) and [Bayer 05 Uerdingen](/source/KFC_Uerdingen_05) in [Germany](/source/Germany), as well as Danish teams [AGF](/source/Aarhus_Gymnastik_Forening) and [Brøndby IF](/source/Br%C3%B8ndby_IF). He earned 32 [caps](/source/Cap_(sport)) and scored five goals for the [Denmark national team](/source/Denmark_national_football_team) and was in the Danish squad for the [1986 FIFA World Cup](/source/1986_FIFA_World_Cup). ## Club career Bartram signed his first contract with [Aarhus Gymnastik Forening](/source/Aarhus_Gymnastik_Forening) (AGF) in 1982.[1] He got his national breakthrough with AGF in the top-flight [Danish 1st Division](/source/Danish_1st_Division) championship as a left-sided attacking midfielder, and helped the club win the [1986 1st Division](/source/1986_Danish_1st_Division) championship.[2] After the [1987 First Division season](/source/1987_Danish_1st_Division), he moved to play abroad. He signed for Scottish club [Rangers](/source/Rangers_F.C.), but his stay was a short one. He was assured by Rangers manager [Graeme Souness](/source/Graeme_Souness) that he would fit into his tactics, but found himself deployed as a strictly defensive [full back](/source/Defender_(association_football)).[3] He gained some notoriety for having his thoughts on Souness published in an interview with Danish paper [Ekstra Bladet](/source/Ekstra_Bladet), allegedly calling Souness a beast or hooligan.[4] He and Souness denounced the interview together,[4] but Bartram repeated some of the accusations in his 1998 autobiography.[5] He left Rangers after six months, in the summer of 1988. He moved back to Denmark, and signed for defending Danish champions [Brøndby IF](/source/Br%C3%B8ndby_IF). He stayed there for less than half a year, playing a total 23 games for the club.[6] Bartram was soon sold on to [Bayer 05 Uerdingen](/source/KFC_Uerdingen_05) in the German [Bundesliga](/source/Bundesliga) by Brøndby CEO [Per Bjerregaard](/source/Per_Bjerregaard), in a deal which yielded a [DKK](/source/Danish_krone)3.5 million surplus for Brøndby.[7] He made his Uerdingen debut in November 1988 and played 74 games in his three seasons at the club,[8] playing alongside fellow Danish international and former Brøndby player [Brian Laudrup](/source/Brian_Laudrup). Bartram did not take to the strict discipline of new coach [Timo Konietzka](/source/Friedhelm_Konietzka) and played his last Uerdingen game in March 1991,[3] before he was fired for arriving late at a training session.[5] He moved back to AGF in the Danish top-flight, now known as the [Danish Superliga](/source/Danish_Superliga), and made his Superliga debut for AGF in April 1991. He played 14 Superliga games until June 1991, when he took a [sabbatical](/source/Sabbatical) year away from football, and travelled around the world.[1] He returned to AGF's Superliga team in August 1992, and played a further 35 games for the club until April 1996. From May 1994 to June 1996 he was also AGF's sports director. ## International career Bartram made his international debuted for the [Denmark national team](/source/Denmark_national_football_team) in January 1985. Having played three internationals, he was included in the Danish team for the [1986 FIFA World Cup](/source/1986_FIFA_World_Cup), though he did not play any games at the tournament. He was a mainstay in the national team during his many club changes.[9] Following three games in the qualification campaign for [Euro 1992](/source/UEFA_Euro_1992), Bartram decided to quit the national team in November 1990 alongside [Brian Laudrup](/source/Brian_Laudrup) and [Michael Laudrup](/source/Michael_Laudrup),[10] but he returned to the team for a game in April 1991.[11] He played his last national team game in May 1991, having participated in 32 national team games and scored five international goals. ## References 1. ["Bare spark den bold i røven"](https://www.information.dk/1998/12/bare-spark-bold-roeven) [Just kick that ball in the ass] (in Danish). *Information.dk*. Dagbladet Information. 18 December 1998. Retrieved 8 July 2013. 1. ["Guldholdet Hyldet"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110719120801/http://www.agffodbold.dk/News.asp?id=3978) [The Golden Celebration]. Archived from [the original](http://www.agffodbold.dk/News.asp?id%3D3978) on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2010. 1. Bøgeskov, Lars (24 November 1998). "Med tragedier i kølvandet" (in Danish). *Politiken*. p. 18. 1. Kemp, Arnold (25 March 1988). ["Sports Opinion: by Arnold Kemp"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19880325&id=Kjc1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=OKYLAAAAIBAJ&pg=3145,7155953). *The Herald*. p. 40. Retrieved 8 July 2013.[dead link] 1. Bøgeskov, Lars (24 November 1998). "Fodboldlivet ifølge Bartram" (in Danish). *Politiken*. p. 18. 1. ["Førsteholdsspillere i Brøndby IF"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091204220509/http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=32438) (in Danish). Brøndby IF. 1 January 2010. Archived from [the original](http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=32438) on 4 December 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2013. 1. Rasmussen, Jens Jam (2009). *Formanden. Bind 1: Pionererne* (in Danish). People's Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-87-7055-435-0. 1. ["Jan Bartram"](http://www.fussballdaten.de/spieler/bartramjan/) (in German). *Fussballdaten.de*. Retrieved 8 July 2013. 1. ["Jan Bartram"](https://web.archive.org/web/20071005064724/http://www.haslund.info/danmark/as/barjan.asp) (in Danish). *Haslund.info*. Archived from [the original](http://www.haslund.info/danmark/as/barjan.asp) on 5 October 2007. 1. Kristensen, Jens-Carl (23 November 1990). "Fastholder nej overfor Ricardo" (in Danish). *Berlingske Tidende*. p. 9. 1. Larsen, Torben (28 March 1991). "Bartram: Jeg bliver i udlandet" (in Danish). *BT*. p. 35. ## External links - [Jan Bartram](https://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2001&spillerid=9005) official [Danish Superliga](/source/Danish_Superliga) statistics at danskfodbold.com (in Danish) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jan Bartram](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Bartram) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Bartram?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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