Christopher Poulsen

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Christopher Poulsen
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Personal information
Full name Christopher Fangel Poulsen
Date of birth (1981-09-11) 11 September 1981 (age 41)
Place of birth Hjørring, Denmark
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Lemming IF (Manager)
Youth career
Bindslev-Tversted
Hjørring
Silkeborg
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2002–2005 Silkeborg 86 (5)
2005–2007 Viborg 56 (3)
2007–2009 Midtjylland 60 (1)
2010–2013 Silkeborg 95 (3)
2013–2016 Viborg 72 (2)
2016–2018 Silkeborg KFUM
2020–2021 Bording IF
International career
2002 Denmark U-21 1 (0)
2008 Denmark 2 (0)
Managerial career
2016–2018 Silkeborg KFUM (player-assistant)
2018–2020 Højslev St. IF
2020–2021 Bording IF (player-assistant)
2022– Lemming IF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christopher Poulsen (born 11 September 1981) is a retired Danish professional footballer player who plays as defender and current manager of Lemming IF. He previously played for Superliga clubs Silkeborg IF and FC Midtjylland.

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Player career

Poulsen played one game for the Denmark national under-21 football team in November 2002. He was called up for the Denmark League XI national football team by national team manager Morten Olsen in January 2007, and took part in two unofficial national team games during the team's tour of the United States, El Salvador, and Honduras. He made his senior Denmark national football team debut in an August 2008 friendly match against Spain, coming on as a substitute. He started his second national team game in September 2008, and played the entire game as Denmark drew Hungary 0–0 in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament.

On April 16, 2013 Silkeborg IF announced that they had terminated Christopher Poulsen's contract one year early due to "disagreements over nonsporting issues" [1] In June 2013, he rejoined his former club Viborg FF.

In July 2016, Poulsen retired from professional football, instead opting to continue as a player-assistant coach for Silkeborg KFUM competing in the Series 1, the sixth highest level of Danish football. [2] [3]

Managerial career

On 22 November 2018, Højslev St. IF, competing in the sixth highest division, announced that Poulsen had been appointed as their new head coach. [4] He was sacked in January 2020. [5] [ better source needed ]

In July 2020 it was confirmed, that Poulsen had signed as a playing assistant coach with Danish amateur club Bording IF, under his former Silkeborg KFUM-manager, Lars Dahl. [6] In March 2022, Poulsen was appointed manager of Jutland Series club Lemming IF. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Lund Krogsøe, Peter. "Christopher Poulsen stopper i SIF". Silkeborg IF (in Danish). Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Blond, Mikael (3 May 2016). "Christopher P. stopper i Viborg". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. ↑ Blond, Mikael (11 July 2016). "Christopher P. spillende assistent i Serie 1". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  4. ↑ Jensen, Kenneth (22 November 2018). "Tidligere Superliga-spillere bliver serietrænere". Tipsbladet (in Danish). Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  5. ↑ "Vigtig information". Facebook (in Danish). Højslev St. IF. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Christopher Poulsen til Bording IF som spillende assistenttræner". Bording IF (in Danish). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Jensen, Anders (8 March 2022). "Scoop: JS-klub lander Christopher Poulsen". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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