Thorst in 1966

Kjeld Thorst (born 13 May 1940) is a Danish former association football player and manager. During his club career he played as a striker for Aalborg Boldspilklub (AaB), scoring 88 goals in 265 games, and winning the 1966 Danish Cup with the club. He scored six goals in 26 games for the Denmark national football team from 1963 to 1969, and represented Denmark at the 1964 European Nations' Cup tournament. In 1966 he became the first ever AaB player to captain the Danish national team. After ending his career, he was manager of AaB from 1976 to 1977.

His son Søren Thorst also became a noted player for AaB, albeit as a defender.

Honours

• 1966 Danish Cup

External links

• Kjeld Thorst national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
• AaB profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2012)
• Haslund profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 October 2010)