Morten Weighorst was a likeable midfielder who unfortunately had many injury problems during his years at Celtic, and was often out of the first eleven. A notable exception is stopping the season of stopping 10-in-a-row, in which he played a heroic role.

Personal
Date of Birth: 25/02/1971
Birthplace: Glostrup, Denmark
Nationality: Danish
International Caps 30
International Goals 3
Celtic shirt number 11

Playing Career
1989 -1992 Lyngby FC
1992 -1995 Dundee FC
1995 - 2002 Celtic FC
2002 - 2005 Brøndby IF

Celtic Career Review
Wieghorst was brought in by Tommy Burns in 1995, but during his first few years at the club he struggled with injury, and found it difficult to break into a midfield dominated by the likes of Paul McStay, Peter Grant and Phil O'Donnel. In fact his lack of first team appearances meant he even lost his place in the Danish side for the 1996 European Cup. However his fortunes were revived under Wim Jansen, and he played an integral role in stopping the ten and lifting the league title in 1998. Wieghorst then became a hero back in Denmark when he scored in the 3-2 victory against Italy which secured their qualification to the euro 2000 finals, where he became the only Danish player in history to get sent off more than once in an international match.

Nevertheless, the likeable dane with the Lochee accent continued to suffer injuries, culminating in a potentially life-threatening brain illness called Guillen-Barre syndrome, and having failed to break into MON's team, he decided to move back to Denmark to play for Marc Rieper's Brøndby.





Morten Weighorst Player Pictures