Martin Thomsen (footballer, born 1982)

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Martin Thomsen
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Thomsen in 2012
Personal information
Full name Martin Thomsen
Date of birth (1982-08-06) 6 August 1982 (age 40)
Place of birth Hobro, Denmark
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Hobro (Manager)
Youth career
Valsgård IF 83
Hobro
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
0000–2001 Hobro
2001–2004 Viborg 1 (0)
2003–2004Skive (loan) ? (?)
2004–2013 Skive 225 (21)
2013–2015 Hobro 76 (16)
2015–2016 Silkeborg 37 (8)
2017 Jammerbugt 13 (4)
2017–2018 Skive 18 (3)
Managerial career
2017 Jammerbugt (player-assistant)
2017–2018 Skive (player-assistant)
2018–2020 Skive (assistant)
2020–2021 Skive
2021– Hobro
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Martin Thomsen (born 6 August 1982) is a Danish professional football manager and former player, who is the current head coach of Danish 1st Division club Hobro IK.

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Playing career

Thomsen started his career playing for Valsgård IF 83, before joining his hometown side Hobro IK. Viborg FF quickly caught notion of the midfielder, and he signed a three-year contract at the Superliga team. Thomsen only played nine minutes altogether in the Superliga, as a substitute against F.C. Copenhagen on 21 July 2001. [1] In the summer of 2003 he was loaned to Skive IK on a one-year basis. [2] Viborg terminated Thomsen's contract after his loan spell at Skive.

Thomsen signed with Skive IK on a permanent basis in 2004. He would stay at the club until 2013. In 2011, Thomsen scored 12 goals in the Danish second division, which was a decisive factor in Skive's surprising fourth place in the league. He was therefore awarded the Most Valuable Player award, ahead of players like Simon Makienok, Peter Graulund and Stephan Petersen. [3]

On the last day of the transfer window on 31 January 2013, Thomsen moved from Skive IK to his former club Hobro IK, who bought him free from his contract. [4] [5] He experienced promotion to the Danish Superliga during his first season back at the club. In the 2014–15 season, Thomsen played all 33 matches with six goals and two assists as a result. On 28 May 2015, it was announced that Silkeborg IF had signed Thomsen on a free transfer, with him signing a two-year contract. [6] It was announced on 16 December 2016 that Silkeborg and Thomsen had agreed to terminate the agreement. [7] In January 2017, it was announced that he was taking up a position as player-assistant at Jammerbugt FC for a period of six months. [8]

In the summer of 2017, Thomsen returned to Skive IK, where he also played from 2004 to 2013. There, he signed a two-year contract, where he was to both act as a player and be part of the coaching team. [9]

Managerial career

Thomsen announced his retirement as a player in August 2018, and was instead appointed as the assistant coach to Thomas Røll at Skive. [10] He signed a two-year contract extension as assistant coach for the club on 3 May 2019. [11] Røll and Thomsen became a head coaching duo in July 2019, as the club wanted to use his talent in discovering and developing talents in the first team. [12]

Thomsen became the only head coach of Skive on 18 July 2020, as the club could not afford to pay two head coaches. As a result, Røll was dismissed. [13]

In June 2021, Thomsen left Skive and was announced as the new manager of Hobro IK. [14]

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  11. "Martin Thomsen og SIK forlænger aftalen". Skive IK (in Danish). 3 May 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2020. Skive IK har i dag forlænget aftalen med assistent træner Martin Thomsen. Med ønsket om kontinuitet, og ikke mindst på baggrund den kvalitet som Thomsen har udført i rollen, har parterne underskrevet en ny aftale frem til 2021, og det glæder sportschef Rasmus Brandhof.
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  14. Hobro hyrer Martin Thomsen som cheftræner, bold.dk, 11 June 2021