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{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1959)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = John Helt
| image = 
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|12|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Virum]], [[Denmark]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 
| position = [[Midfielder (football)|Midfielder]]
| youthyears1 = 
| youthclubs1 = 
| years1 = 1980–1984
| years2 = 1984–1986
| years3 = 1986–1987
| years4 = 1987–1991
| clubs1 = [[Lyngby BK]]
| clubs2 = [[Brøndby IF]]
| clubs3 = [[FC Sochaux-Montbéliard]]
| clubs4 = [[Lyngby BK]]
| caps1 = 135
| caps2 = 37
| caps3 = 18
| caps4 = 119
| goals1 = 6
| goals2 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 4
| nationalyears1 = 1982–1990
| nationalteam1 = [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
| nationalcaps1 = 39
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 
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| pcupdate = 6 August 2010
| ntupdate = 6 August 2010
}}

'''John Helt''' (born 29 December 1959) is a [[Denmark|Danish]] former [[football (soccer)]] player in the [[midfielder]] position.

==Club career==
He made his first team debut in 1978 with [[Lyngby Boldklub]], with whom he won the 1983 [[Danish football champions|Danish championship]] and 1984 [[Danish Cup]] trophies. He moved to play for league rivals [[Brøndby IF]] where he won the 1985 Danish championship. Back in Lyngby, he helped the club win the 1990 Danish Cup. He ended his career at Lyngby in November 1991, having played 378 matches and scored ten goals for the club.

==International career==
Helt played 39 matches for the Denmark national football team from 1982 to 1990, and represented Denmark at the [[1988 UEFA European Football Championship|1988 European Championship]].

==External links==
*{{DBU player|3889}}
*{{NFT player|19497}}

{{Denmark Squad 1988 European Championship}}

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[[Category:1959 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Danish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Denmark men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Denmark men's under-21 international footballers]]
[[Category:UEFA Euro 1988 players]]
[[Category:Danish expatriate men's footballers]]
[[Category:Brøndby IF players]]
[[Category:FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players]]
[[Category:Ligue 1 players]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France]]
[[Category:Men's association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality]]
[[Category:Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark]]
[[Category:Danish expatriate sportspeople in France]]
[[Category:20th-century Danish sportsmen]]


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