Martin Christensen

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Martin Christensen
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Personal information
Full name Martin Christensen
Date of birth (1987-12-23) 23 December 1987 (age 35)
Place of birth Ishøj, Denmark
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
HB Køge (youth coach)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2007 Herfølge 55 (4)
2007–2009 Charlton Athletic 0 (0)
2008Heracles Almelo (loan) 11 (0)
2009Lyngby (loan) 9 (1)
2009–2010 Rimini Calcio 4 (0)
2010–2011 Haugesund 14 (0)
2011 SønderjyskE 0 (0)
2011–2012 HB Køge 46 (1)
2012–2015 Åtvidabergs FF 83 (2)
2016–2017 Helsingborgs IF 37 (1)
2018–2019 HB Køge 20 (1)
International career
2005 Denmark U18 1 (0)
2005–2006 Denmark U19 10 (1)
2006 Denmark U20 5 (0)
2007–2008 Denmark U21 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Christensen (born 23 December 1987) is a Danish former professional footballer. He played 28 games and scored three goals for various Danish national youth teams from 2005 to 2008.

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Career

Christensen started his senior career with Herfølge Boldklub. He signed for English club Charlton Athletic from in June 2007 for an initial £250,000, which could potentially rise to £350,000. [1] He made his first Charlton appearance in a friendly match against Welling United. He joined Dutch team Heracles Almelo on a loan deal in January 2008. [2] In January 2009, he was loaned out to Danish club Lyngby BK until the end of the season. On 20 August 2009, he joined Italian Prima Divisione club Rimini Calcio on a permanent deal, without making a single first team appearance for Charlton. [3] He signed a 1+1 contract. [4] In February 2010, Christensen signed a three-year contract with Haugesund FK in the Norwegian Premier League. [5]

He had a brief spell at SønderjyskE in spring 2011, but moved to HB Køge in April 2011. [6]

Christensen returned to HB Køge in the summer 2018. [7] At the end of the season, he retired and continued at Køge as a youth coach. [8]

Footnotes

  1. "Danish winger Mart two". Charlton Athletic FC. 2007-03-08. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
  2. "Dane goes Dutch". Charlton Athletic FC. 2008-01-05. Retrieved 2008-01-05.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. Martin Christensen at Soccerbase
  4. "Il Rimini si assicura CHRISTENSEN !" (in Italian). Rimini Calcio FC. 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2009-08-24.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. Martin Christensen har signert for FKH Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine , Haugesund FK, February 14, 2010
  6. Polle klar for HB Køge, bold.dk, April 1, 2011
  7. Martin Polle vender tilbage til HB Køge‚ bold.dk, 1 February 2018
  8. Martin Polle stiller støvlerne på hylden, bold.dk, 23 May 2019

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