Morten Wieghorst

Having been brought on as a substitute in the 52nd minute, he scored to level the game at 2–2 in the 57th minute, before he was sent-off for his second yellow card in the 80th minute.

This made him the only Denmark national team player to have been sent-off more than once.

Morten Wieghorst (born 25 February 1971) is a Danish association football manager and former player.

He is currently the assistant coach for the Denmark national football team.

Most remarkably, he came on as a substitute in the 82nd minute of the 1–1 draw with South Africa, only to be sent off three minutes later.

Born in Glostrup, he started his senior career with Lyngby Boldklub in 1989.

He started his career with Lyngby Boldklub, with whom he won the 1990 Danish Cup and 1992 Superliga titles.

and he was part of the 1990 Danish Cup winning Lyngby squad.

Wieghorst made his international debut for the Denmark national under-21 football team in October 1990, and played six games for the team until September 1991.

He suffered an ankle injury in the summer of 1991, and returned to the team in September 1991.

He played 24 games as Lyngby won the 1991–92 Danish Superliga championship.

He took part in the 1992–93 UEFA Champions League qualification games against Scottish team Rangers in September 1992, and moved to play in Scotland shortly thereafter.

He joined Dundee in the Scottish Premier Division, but could not prevent the club from being relegated to the Scottish League Division One at the end of the 1993–94 season.

He played 30 matches and scored three goals for the Denmark national team from 1994 to 2004, won the 1995 Confederations Cup, and appeared in three games at the 1998 World Cup.

Wieghorst also lost the 1994 Scottish Challenge Cup Final with Dundee.

He made 109 appearances and scored 17 goals in his time with the club.

He made his debut for the Denmark national team in August 1994, when he came on as a half-time substitute and scored the deciding goal in the 2–1 friendly match win against Finland.

They reached the 1995 Scottish League Cup Final in November 1995, but lost to Aberdeen.

He moved on to Premier Division team Celtic in December 1995.

Injuries partly ruined his first two seasons in Glasgow.

He was a part of the Denmark squad that won the 1995 King Fahd Cup, where he came on as a substitute to replace the injured team captain Michael Laudrup in the 2–0 final win against Argentina.

During his injured first seasons at Celtic, Wieghorst's international career went on a hiatus.

In the 1997–98 season, Wieghorst played 31 of 36 league matches for Celtic as the club won its 36th Scottish championship to end "Old Firm" archrivals Rangers' nine-year stranglehold on the title.

After his return to the Celtic team, Wieghorst became a mainstay in the Denmark national team from October 1997.

He then moved abroad and played ten seasons in Scottish football with Dundee and Celtic, and won the 1998 Scottish football championship with Celtic.

He was selected to represent Denmark at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and played three games at the tournament.

In October 1999, Wieghorst's national team career came to a halt again, due to his illness.

In 2000, Wieghorst was diagnosed with the Guillain–Barré syndrome, and following treatment he spent a year in recovery before returning to play in a November 2001 Scottish Cup game.

In Denmark's ultimate qualification game for the 2000 European Championship, he scored in the 3–2 victory against Italy which secured Denmark's qualification for the main tournament.

He played three league games for Celtic late in the 2001–02 season before he returned to Denmark.

He signed on a free transfer for defending Danish champions Brøndby IF in the summer 2002, as one of the first signings of new manager Michael Laudrup.

In his first year at Brøndby, he most famously suffered a gashed eyebrow in the November 2002 game against Farum BK, but played on wearing a bloody head bandage and scored four goals in Brøndby's 7–1 victory.

He was named 2003 Danish Player of the Year, and received a 2003 Olympic Committee fair play award for missing a penalty kick on purpose.

He was appointed vice-team captain behind Per Nielsen, and Wieghorst won his second Danish Cup title in 2003.

In May 2004, Wieghorst suffered a knee injury in the "New Firm" local derby against archrivals F.C. Copenhagen.

He returned to the starting line-up late in the 2004–05 season in April 2005, and was a part of the Brøndby team that won The Double of both league championship and cup trophy.

He ended his career with Danish club Brøndby IF, after winning the 2005 Superliga and two Danish Cup trophies with the team.

In May 2005, less than a month after his rehabilitation, he announced his retirement at the season end on 26 June 2005.

He is the former head coach of the Denmark national under-21 football team and FC Nordsjælland in the Danish Superliga whom he guided to the 2010 and 2011 Danish Cup trophy.

During his active career, Wieghorst played as a midfielder.