Porsche. He received the car as a token of gratefulness from the waiter at a restaurant after he helped Hellas Verona capture the Scudetto. To this day, Verona's 1985 Scudetto is still their only one. Prebens Elkjærs favorite beverage is Coca Cola. After the 1984 Euros, where Denmark made it to the semi finals, the Danish ministre of culture, Mimi Stilling Jacobsen, asked Elkjær to dance at a reception. He agreed. Retirement After his retirement from playing, Elkjær took on the job as head coach of Silkeborg IF in the Danish Superliga in 1995. In December 1996, he left the club to head TV sports channel TVS, a newly formed corporation between national TV stations DR and TV2, the Danish Football Association and telecompany Tele Danmark. The station was not a success, and was closed within a year of its opening. Additionally, he works as a UEFA Champions League pundit for Danish TV3+, alongside Michael Laudrup and host Peter Grønborg. In October 2019 he had an operation to remove a gallstone in Belgium. Honours 1. FC Köln Bundesliga: 1977–78 DFB-Pokal: 1976–77, 1977–78 Verona F.C. Serie A: 1984–85 Individual Danish Player of the Year: 1984 Ballon d'Or: runner-up 1985, third place 1984 Onze de Bronze: 1984 Onze d'Argent: 1985 Mayor of Verona: 1985 FIFA World Cup Bronze Ball: 1986 FIFA World Cup All-Star Team: 1986 Danish Football Hall of Fame World Soccer The Greatest Players of the 20th century: The 100 Greatest Footballers of All Time References Footnotes External links Vejle Boldklub profile 1957 births Living people Footballers from Copenhagen Danish men's footballers Association football forwards Bundesliga players 1. FC Köln players Belgian Pro League players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players Serie A players Hellas Verona F.C. players Vejle Boldklub players Denmark international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers 1986 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 1984 players UEFA Euro 1988 players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate footballers in Belgium Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Italy Danish expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Danish football managers Silkeborg IF managers Vanløse IF players