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{{Short description|Danish football manager (1950–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| birth_date  = {{birth date|1950|11|28|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Odense]], Denmark
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2024|10|16|1950|11|28|df=yes}}
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| manageryears1 = 1977–1982 
| managerclubs1 = [[Odense Kammeraternes Sportsklub|OKS]] 
| manageryears2 = 1983–1987 
| managerclubs2 = [[B 1913]] 
| manageryears3 = 1988–1992 
| managerclubs3 = [[Odense Boldklub]] 
| manageryears4 = 1993–1994 
| managerclubs4 = [[Viborg FF]] 
| manageryears5 = 1994–1996 
| managerclubs5 = [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]] 
| manageryears6 = 1996–1998 
| managerclubs6 = [[Odense Boldklub]] 
| manageryears7 = 1998–1999 
| managerclubs7 = [[Al-Rayyan Sports Club]] 
| manageryears8 = 1999
| managerclubs8 = [[Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)|Al-Arabi]]
| manageryears9 = 2002 
| managerclubs9 = [[Zambia national football team|Zambia]] 
| manageryears10 = 2004–2005 
| managerclubs10 = [[Engen Santos]] 
| manageryears11 = 2005–2006 
| managerclubs11 = [[Dalum IF]] 
| manageryears12 = 2006 
| managerclubs12 = [[B 1913]] 
| manageryears13 = 2006–2007
| managerclubs13 = [[FC Fyn]]
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|ZAM}}}} <small>(as manager)</small>
{{Medal|Comp|[[Africa Cup of Nations]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1996 Africa Cup of Nations|1996]]|}}
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'''Roald Poulsen''' (28 November 1950 – 16 October 2024) was a Danish [[association football|football]] manager, who most prominently won the 1989 [[Danish football champions|Danish championship]] with [[Odense BK]] and managed the [[Zambia national football team|Zambia national team]]. 

==Career==
Poulsen started his coaching career with amateur club [[Odense Kammeraternes Sportsklub|OKS]]. From 1983 to 1987, he managed [[B 1913]]. From 1988 to 1992, Poulsen managed [[Odense BK]], with whom he won the 1989 [[Danish football champions|Danish championship]]<ref name="faa">Brian Lindholt, [http://www.faa.dk/article/95611:Sport--Roald-Poulsen-til-Sydafrika Roald Poulsen til Sydafrika], Fyns Amts Avis, 27 November 2008.</ref> and 1992 [[Danish Cup]] tournament. From 1993 to 1994, Poulsen managed [[Viborg FF]]. In 1994, Poulsen was named manager of the [[Zambia national football team|Zambia national team]],<ref name="faa"/> which he managed until 1996. He returned to Odense BK in 1996, and brought with him Zambian internationals [[Mwape Miti]] and [[Andrew Tembo]].<ref>Kasper Hansen, [http://www.ob.dk/default.asp?NewsID=13479 Roald Poulsen: Mine to sønner...], ob.dk, 4 October 2006.</ref> In 1998, he moved to [[Qatar]] in order to manage [[Al-Rayyan Sports Club]], staying at the club until 1999.{{fact|date=July 2023}}

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.<ref name="faa"/> 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.<ref>{{cite news | first=Ole | last=Holbech | url=http://www.tv2fyn.dk/article/146349:Roald-Poulsen-stopper-som-cheftraener-i-FC-FYN | title=Roald Poulsen stopper som cheftræner i FC FYN | publisher=TV2 fyn | date=19 December 2007 | language=da }}</ref>

In January 2009 he was named technical director of [[Cape United]] Soccer School of Excellence in [[Cape Town]].<ref name="faa"/>

==Death==
Poulsen died after a long illness on 16 October 2024, at the age of 73.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nøjsen |first1=Daniel |title=OB-legenden Roald Poulsen er død |url=https://bold.dk/fodbold/klubber/ob/nyheder/ob-legenden-roald-poulsen-er-dod?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0p7KnaJyO0_NeKU7SIzOcW_p4QqUYWbn1QaWAFaeDuRYtK99FfFYQQzLM_aem_-GEIBwqhvpmn271IXeZWCQ |access-date=16 October 2024 |publisher=Bold |date=16 October 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=OB-legende Roald Poulsen er gået bort |url=https://campo.dk/2024/10/16/ob-legende-roald-poulsen-er-gaaet-bort/ |access-date=17 October 2024 |publisher=Campo |date=16 October 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/22dec-Min-mest-emotionelle-kamp/ Roald Poulsen Interview]
* [https://www.information.dk/2001/11/poulsen-gud Here is Poulsen God]

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[[Category:1950 births]]
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[[Category:Sportspeople from Odense]]
[[Category:Danish football managers]]
[[Category:Odense Boldklub managers]]
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[[Category:Al-Rayyan SC managers]]
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[[Category:1996 African Cup of Nations managers]]
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[[Category:Boldklubben 1913 managers]]
[[Category:Danish people of Norwegian descent]]
[[Category:Dalum IF managers]]
[[Category:Danish expatriate football managers]]
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[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Zambia]]
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[[Category:Expatriate soccer managers in South Africa]]


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