Jesper Lange

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Jesper Lange
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-01-11) 11 January 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Marstal, Denmark
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
Esbjerg fB (backroom staff)
Youth career
Tarup-Paarup IF
B 1913
OB
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006 OB 3 (0)
2006–2013 Esbjerg fB 184 (42)
2013–2016 AGF 72 (8)
2016–2017 Helsingborgs IF 25 (7)
2018–2019 Ringkøbing 13 (5)
2019 Middelfart 4 (1)
2020–2021 Sædding/Guldager
International career
2007–2008 Denmark U-21 10 (1)
Managerial career
2018–2019 Ringkøbing (player-assistant)
2022 Esbjerg fB (U19 assistant)
2022– Esbjerg fB (backroom staff)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23:44, 11 May 2019 (UTC)

Jesper Lange (born 11 January 1986) is a Danish former professional football forward. [1]

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Career

Jesper Lange signed with Esbjerg fB in the summer 2006.

From 1. Juli he will play for AGF on a 3-year deal.

On 1 August 2018, Lange signed with Danish 2nd Division club Ringkøbing IF as a playing assistant coach. [2] He left the club on 23 January 2019 by mutual termination. [3]

He then signed with Middelfart G&BK on 29 January 2019. [4] 33-year old Lange announced on 6 January 2020, that he would retire and that his body had said stop after three surgeries as a result of a cruciate ligament injury he suffered two and a half years ago. [5]

Later career

After retiring from professional football, Lange returned to Esbjerg to play for Danish amateur club Sædding/Guldager IF in the Jutland Series in March 2020, where former professional Tommy Løvenkrands also was playing. [6] Lange would also function as an individual coach for Sædding/Guldager IF and was also affiliated with Esbjerg fB's academy, where he took on a role as an individual coach.

On 1 February 2022 Esbjerg fB confirmed that Lange had been promoted to U19 assistant. Beside that, he would also function as an individual and offensive coach for the academy teams. [7] Esbjerg announces that Lange would join the first team coaching staff of the club, where he would have a special focus on the offensive and some individual training. The former striker would also be assigned as transition coach, where his task would be to make the transition from youth to senior easier for the club's talents. [8]

On August 6, 2024, 38-year-old Lange was part of Esbjerg's squad for a Danish Cup match against Fredericia fF. [9]

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References

  1. Jesper Lange kan förlänga med Helsingborg: "Kanske längre fram"‚ fotbolltransfers.com, 3 January 2018
  2. Jesper Lange ny spillende assistenttræner i Ringkøbing IF, ringkøbingfodbold.dk, 1 August 2018
  3. Jesper Lange færdig i Ringkøbing, bold.dk, 23 January 2019
  4. Middelfart snupper Jesper Lange, bold.dk, 29 January 2019
  5. 33-årige Jesper Lange stopper karrieren, bold.dk, 6 January 2020
  6. SGI henter Jesper Lange hjem til Esbjerg, sgi-fodbold.dk, 2 March 2020
  7. Lange tilknyttes U19-holdet, efb.dk, 1 February 2022
  8. Jesper Lange får ny rolle i EfB, efb.dk, 15 July 2022
  9. Fredericia fF - Esbjerg fB, dbu.dk, 6 August 2024