Jesper Olsen (born 1961 in Faxe) is a Danish former footballer who stood out in the 1980s as a technically gifted left winger for AFC Ajax and Manchester United. He won the Dutch league twice with Ajax and the FA Cup with United in 1985, and earned 43 caps for Denmark, including appearances at Euro 1984 and the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. Since retiring he has lived in Australia, where he runs the Future Football academy, and now tours as a speaker sharing stories from his career in European football.
Jesper Olsen is going on a lecture tour in Denmark with the show "Dribleren" in collaboration with Original Talks, with stops in among others Roskilde, Aarhus, Odense and Copenhagen.
Jesper Olsen published his autobiography "Dribleren" in November 2025, written together with Steffen Pedersen.
As a speaker, Jesper Olsen has shared stories from his career over the past year at events in both England and Denmark.
