Kristoffer Andersen

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Kristoffer Andersen
Personal information
Full name Kristoffer Andersen
Date of birth (1985-12-09) 9 December 1985 (age 38)
Place of birth Etterbeek, Belgium [1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1992–2000 Eupen
2000–2001 Anderlecht
2001 Eupen
2001–2004 Standard Liège
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2005 Eupen 33 (4)
2005–2007 Brussels 24 (1)
2007–2008 B. Mönchengladbach II 43 (8)
2008–2009 VfR Aalen 27 (1)
2009–2010 MSV Duisburg 23 (0)
2010–2011 VfL Osnabrück 24 (3)
2011–2012 Ingolstadt 04 2 (0)
2012–2013 Alemannia Aachen 25 (0)
2013–2019 Fortuna Köln 107 (5)
Managerial career
2021 Alemannia Aachen
2022 Eupen (caretaker)
2024- Eupen (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kristoffer Andersen (born 9 December 1985) is a retired Belgian footballer who played as a midfielder, [2] and who is currently caretaker coach in charge of Belgian Pro League side Eupen for the second time. Andersen has both Danish and Belgian citizenship.

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Early life

Andersen is the son of Henrik Andersen and a Belgian mother. He was born in 1985 in the Brussels suburb of Etterbeek, as Henrik Andersen at the time was playing at Anderlecht. As Henrik Andersen 1990 moved to 1. FC Köln, the family moved to Eupen, which lies near the border to Germany. After Henrik Andersen finished his career in 1998, the family remained in Eupen.

Playing career

At the end of the 2018–19 season, Andersen retired after 15 years playing in Belgium and Germany for clubs in the top two divisions of both countries. [3]

Coaching career

After a brief time in charge of Alemannia Aachen in 2021, for whom he had previously played, Andersen had two spells in temporary charge across the border at Eupen.

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References

  1. "Kristoffer Andersen". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  2. "Kristoffer Andersen".
  3. Drittligaspieler unterschreibt bei Fortuna Köln, reviersport.de, 26 June 2019