Carsten Dethlefsen

Last updated

Carsten Dethlefsen
Personal information
Full name Carsten Dethlefsen
Date of birth (1969-01-18) 18 January 1969 (age 55)
Place of birth Hamburg, West Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Youth career
Aabenraa Boldklub
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Haderslev FK
1992–1998 OB 130 (1)
1998–1999 Viborg 22 (0)
International career
1994 Denmark 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Carsten Dethlefsen (born 18 January 1969) is a Danish former professional footballer, who played as a defender for Odense BK. He played a single match for the Danish national team, against England in 1994. He was the male Denmark team's first black player. [1]

Contents

Early life

Dethlefsen was born in Hamburg, West Germany to a Liberian father and a German mother. At the age of 1, he was adopted by a Danish couple and raised in Denmark. [2]

Club career

Dethlefsen signed for Odense BK in 1992 and spent six seasons with the club. He played in OB's famous upset of Real Madrid in the 1994–95 UEFA Cup. After playing for Viborg FF in the 1998–99 season, Dethlefsen was forced into retirement by a serious ankle injury. [3]

International career

In March 1994, Dethlefsen made his debut for Denmark, the reigning European Champions, in a 1–0 friendly defeat by England at Wembley Stadium. In the pre-match press conference national team coach Richard Møller Nielsen quipped: "He may be dark, but his football future is bright". [4]

Honours

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kasper Bøgelund</span> Danish footballer (born 1980)

Kasper Bøgelund Nielsen is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right-back, notably for Dutch club PSV Eindhoven and German club Borussia Mönchengladbach. Bøgelund played 17 games for the Denmark national team, and he represented Denmark at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2004 European Championship.

Lars Dahl Elstrup is a Danish former professional footballer, who played as a forward for a number of Danish clubs, as well as Dutch club Feyenoord and Luton Town in England. He played 34 matches and scored 13 goals for the Denmark national football team, and was part of the Denmark team which won the 1992 European Championship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Møller Nielsen</span> Danish footballer and manager

Richard Møller Nielsen was a Danish football player and manager. He coached the Denmark national football team that won the UEFA Euro 1992 tournament. In 1995, he was awarded a gold version of the Medal of Merit. He was the father of Tommy Møller Nielsen.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Silkeborg IF</span> Association football club in Denmark

Silkeborg Idrætsforening, is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became one of the most successful football clubs in Denmark. They won the 1993–94 Danish Superliga, finished third in 1994–95, 2000–01, and 2021–22, 2nd in 1997–98, and won the Danish Cup in 2001 and 2024. Silkeborg has participated in Europe several times, winning the UEFA Intertoto Cup in 1996.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lars Olsen</span> Danish footballer (born 1961)

Lars Christian Olsen is a Danish former footballer and current manager, who was most recently the manager of Esbjerg fB in the Danish Superliga. He started his coaching career with Randers in 2003, guiding them to promotion for the Danish Superliga. He led the team to the 2006 Danish Cup trophy, and Olsen was named 2006 Danish Manager of the Year. He then coached Odense BK from 2007 to 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lars Høgh</span> Danish footballer (1959–2021)

Poul Lars Høgh-Pedersen was a Danish footballer, who played his entire career as a goalkeeper for Odense BK. He won three Danish football championships and three Danish Cup trophies with OB, and won the Danish Best Goalkeeper of the Year award five times. He played eight matches for the Denmark national team, and was selected for the 1986 World Cup and 1996 European Championship squads. He was a part of the Danish team which won the 1995 King Fahd Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stig Tøfting</span> Danish footballer

Stig Tøfting, commonly known as Tøffe, is a former Danish professional footballer and assistant coach, who most recently was the assistant of Erik Rasmussen at AGF.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Morten Bisgaard</span> Danish footballer (born 1974)

Morten Bisgaard is a Danish football coach and former professional player, who played as a midfielder. He played eight games and scored one goal for the Denmark national team, and represented his country at the 2000 European Championship. At club level he played for Randers Freja, OB, Viborg FF and F.C. Copenhagen in Denmark, as well as for Udinese in Italy and Derby County in England. He now works as a commentator and expert on football on the Danish TV channel TV2 Denmark.

Michael Schjønberg Christensen is a Danish football manager, club official, and former player. He is currently in charge of the women's team of AGF.

Erik Bo Andersen is a Danish former professional footballer who played six matches for the Denmark national team and represented Denmark at UEFA Euro 1996. He played in the striker position and won the 1995 Danish Superliga championship with Aalborg Boldspilklub, the Scottish Premier Division twice with Rangers F.C., and the Norwegian Cup with Odd Grenland. Andersen also played for German club MSV Duisburg, as well as Odense BK and Vejle BK in Denmark.

Søren Andersen is a Danish former professional footballer. He played as a striker, and most prominently represented English club Bristol City, Spanish club Rayo Vallecano, as well as several Danish clubs. He won the 1992 Danish Cup with AGF Aarhus. Andersen played 12 games for the Denmark national team, though he did not score, and represented Denmark at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 European Championship tournaments.

Michael Elvers Tørnes is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Radivoje "Rajko" Lekić is a Danish footballer who currently plays for Ballerup-Skovlunde as a playing forward coach.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kasper Hjulmand</span> Danish football manager (born 1972)

Kasper Hjulmand is a Danish football manager and a former player. He was most recently the head coach for the Denmark national team.

The Danish Women's League is a semi-professional top-flight league for women's football in Denmark. It is organised by the Danish Football Association (DBU) as part of the nation-wide Danmarksturneringen i kvindefodbold (Kvinde-DM) and is placed as the first division of the Danish football league system. Clubs in the league must meet certain criteria concerning appropriate facilities and finances. All of the league's clubs qualify for the proper rounds of the DBU KvindePokalen. The top teams of each season qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rasmus Falk</span> Danish footballer (born 1992)

Rasmus Falk Jensen is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nicolai Larsen</span> Danish footballer (born 1991)

Nicolai Oppen Larsen is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish Superliga club Silkeborg IF.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lukas Spalvis</span> Lithuanian footballer

Lukas Spalvis is a retired Lithuanian professional footballer who last played as forward for 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Skov</span> Danish footballer (born 1996)

Robert Faxe Skov is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a winger or wing-back for German Bundesliga club Union Berlin. Born in Spain, he plays for the Denmark national team. With 29 goals in the 2018–19 season, he broke the record set by Ebbe Sand for most goals scored in a single Danish Superliga campaign.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jacob Rasmussen</span> Danish footballer (born 1997)

Jacob Vandsø Ryfeldt Rasmussen is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Danish Superliga club Brøndby, whom he captains.

References

  1. Toma, Razvan (1 October 2015). "Colourful Pioneers". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation . Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  2. "12. december: Rajko Lekic måtte undskylde til Morten Olsen". Tipsbladet.dk.
  3. Rasmussen, Leif (1 November 2000). "Dethlefsen nægtet erstatning" (in Danish). Fyens Stiftstidende . Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  4. "Hvad blev der egentlig af...Carsten Dethlefsen" (in Danish). Tipsbladet. 26 March 2007. Retrieved 2 July 2016.