Career
He played eight matches for the Danish national team, and was selected for the 1986 World Cup and 1996 European Championship squads. Høgh owns his own goalkeeping company named Lars Høgh Coaching ApS. He has trained countless many goalkeepers in the Danish Superliga, both individually but also firmly attached to clubs in the league. He currently work as goalkeeping coach for Football Club Nordsjælland (since 2003), the Danish national team (since 2007) and for his former club OB (since 2012).
From 2000 to 2003, Høgh worked as sports director for OB. Born in Odense, Høgh started playing football with local club Odense BK (OB).
The following years he established himself as OB"s starting goalkeeper, and debuted for the Danish under-21 national team in March 1979. He made his national team debut in May 1983, and was a part of the Danish team at the 1986 World Cup.
He started the World Cup as a substitute, but played in Denmark"s last two matches at the tournament. Høgh replaced Troels Rasmussen as starting goalkeeper when Denmark beat Germany 2-0 and advanced to the knock-off stage.
In the quarter-finals against Spain, Høgh conceded four goals to Spanish striker Emilio Butragueño, as Denmark lost 5-1 and was eliminated from the tournament.
Troels Rasmussen reclaimed his starting position in the national team, and Høgh played what would be his last national team in eight years in September 1987. With the emergence of record-setting goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, Høgh established himself as one of Schmeichel"s most frequent understudies. With OB, Høgh continued his consistent goalkeeping, and guided the team to another Danish championship in 1989, as well as Danish Cup triumphs in 1991 and 1993.
Høgh was a part of the Danish national team at the, where he was Denmark"s stating goalkeeper in the absence of Peter Schmeichel.
Høgh retired as a football player in 2000, 41 years old, after an outstanding career with OB. He played his entire career with OB, for whom he played a total 817 matches from his debut in 1977. Following his retirement, Høgh served three years as sports director for Odense BK. He went on to become a footballing coach, both for individual goalkeepers, as well as clubs.
In 2008 he replaced Jørgen Henriksen as coach for the goalkeepers of the national team of Denmark. Danish championship: 1977, 1982 and 1989.