Biography
Skovdahl started playing as a child for Vanløse IF. He played 130 amateur games for the club before he moved to Brøndby IF in the Danish 3rd Division in 1971. Following 89 amateur matches, many of them as team captain, he went on to become Brøndby's third team coach in 1977. He coached a few minor Danish teams Hvalsø IF and Glostrup IC before he secured promotion for Brønshøj BK to the Danish 1st Division in 1982, the then best league of football in Denmark. In 1986 he moved back to coach Brøndby, who had just won the Danish football championship in 1985.
He is the uncle of Danish international footballers Michael and Brian Laudrup.
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