Jesper Tollefsen

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Jesper Tollefsen
Personal information
Full name Jesper Klaus Tollefsen [1]
Date of birth (1971-01-27) 27 January 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Denmark
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2000–2001 Aarhus GF (assistant)
2001–2003 FC Aarhus
2003–2004 FC Hjørring
2005–2007 Aarhus GF (assistant)
2005 Aarhus GF (caretaker)
2007 Leiknir
2007–2008 Víkingur
2009–2011 Lolland-Falster Alliancen
2011–2013 FC Fyn
2013–2014 Aarhus Fremad

Jesper Klaus Tollefsen (born 27 January 1971) is a Danish football manager most recently in charge of Aarhus Fremad.

Coaching career

Jesper Tollefsen started his managerial career as Ove Christensen's assistant af Aarhus GF. His first job as head coach was at FC Aarhus (now Aarhus Fremad). [2]

He later managed FC Hjørring and returned as assistant of Sören Åkeby and Ove Pedersen at Aarhus GF. [3]

After having managed a couple of clubs on Iceland he returned to Denmark to coach Lolland-Falster Alliancen in January 2009. [4] Despite a successful end to the 2010–11 season, he resigned at the end of the season and was replaced by Jeppe Tengbjerg. [5]

In July 2011 he was named new manager of FC Fyn. [6] He guided the club to promotion to the Danish 1st Division in his first season. His second season at the club ended prematurely on 31 January 2013, when the club filed for bankruptcy, which resulted in the club being dissolved and withdrawn from the tournament. [7]

In July 2013 he returned as manager to the Danish 2nd Division West club Aarhus Fremad (he was manager of the club from 2001 until 2003), where he replaced Krzysztof Popczyński. [8] The 2013–14 season ended in relegation, and as a result of that Tollefsen was sacked on 30 June 2014. [9]

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