martin laursen (born 26 july 1977) is a danish former footballer who played in the centre-back position. he played three seasons for italian club a.c. milan, with whom he won the 2003 uefa champions league and the 2004 serie a championship. he also played for italian clubs hellas verona and parma fc, and was the team captain of english club aston villa. he was most recently the manager of bk søllerød-vedbæk.