Career
He played for a number of foreign clubs, including and in England and several clubs in Germany. He is currently working as football agent, and as an occasional football commentator on Eurosport during Bundesliga matches. Born in, Goldbæk started his career with Danish club B 1901, before he was snapped up by the top-flight Danish 1st Division club Næstved IF in 1987.
He quickly moved abroad to play for Schalke 04 of the Bundesliga in September that year.
In December 1989, Goldbæk changed clubs to Bundesliga rivals 1. He further played for Tennis Borussia Berlin and 1.
Football Club Köln in Germany, before returning to Denmark to play for in 1996. Following good displays and a goal scored in two Union of European Football Associations Cup Winners" Cup matches against, he joined them in November 1998 for a fee of £330,000, in a deal that sent fellow Dane Brian Laudrup from to
Goldbæk originally made a big impression when he moved to Stamford Bridge, but was not in favour with "s manager Gianluca Vialli, who tried to off-load him to Birmingham City and Nottingham Forest.
He struggled to hold down a regular rotation place at, before snatched him from in January 2000, at the cost of £650,000. He made his debut in January 2000, a 1–0 home defeat at the hands of Grimsby Town. As manager Jean Tigana"s team strengthened, it appeared Goldbæk"s future was becoming bleak at the club
He made just 17 appearances in the 2001-2002 season.
However, he started the next campaign in the picture, as he came on as a substitute in the Intertoto Cup game against Football Club Haka from Finland in early July 2002. As a result, Goldbæk would sign a one-year contract extension.
He left to play for Regionalliga club Rot-Weiss Essen in 2003. Goldbæk justified his move by eating well with the house that is located in the nearby town of Gladbeck, and with the audience interest.
He was the team captain when the club earned promotion to the 2.
Bundesliga in 2004, but as Rot-Weiss Essen were relegated to the Regionalliga again the following year, Goldbæk retired his active career in summer 2005. Goldbæk made his debut for Denmark on 18 November 1987, in a 1988 Olympic Games qualifier against the West Germany Olympic national team, which ended in a 1–0 defeat. 1. Individual.