Niels Lodberg

Last updated
Niels Lodberg
Personal information
Full name Niels Lodberg Pedersen
Date of birth (1980-10-14) October 14, 1980 (age 44)
Place of birth Hvide Sande, Denmark
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
BK Klitten [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2000 Ringkøbing
2000–2002 Lyngby 19 (2)
2002–2004 Nordsjælland 34 (0)
2004–2012 Horsens 242 (53)
2012–2015 SønderjyskE 73 (4)
2015 Horsens 7 (0)
Managerial career
2015–2017 Horsens (assistant)
2017–2021 SønderjyskE (assistant)
2021–2022 SønderjyskE (assistant)
2023–2024 Midtjylland (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Niels Lodberg (born October 14, 1980) is a Danish former professional football player.

Contents

Lodberg played as a centre-back and his height made him a formidable presence in aerial plays. He spent the entirety of his career in Denmark, playing for Lyngby Boldklub, FC Nordsjælland, AC Horsens and SønderjyskE.

Career

Lodberg started his senior playing career with amateur club Ringkøbing IF from 1998 to 2000. In 2000, he moved to play as an amateur for Lyngby BK. He made his debut in the top-flight Danish Superliga in April 2001, [2] before signing his first professional contract with Lyngby BK in May 2001. [3] Having scored two goals in 19 Superliga games for Lyngby BK, [2] Lodberg moved to Danish 1st Division team Farum BK in January 2002. He helped Farum BK win promotion for the 2002-03 Superliga season. He played 29 Superliga games for Farum, [2] which got renamed to FC Nordsjælland in 2003, before moving to 1st Division team AC Horsens in 2004.

He scored 21 goals for Horsens in the 2004-05 1st Division season, helping AC Horsens win promotion for the Superliga. Lodberg scored four goals in AC Horsens' first two seasons in the Superliga. On July 18, 2007, Lodberg scored his first goal for AC Horsens in more than a year with a game-winning header against AGF in the 2007-08 Superliga season opener. AC Horsens played four seasons in the Superliga, in which Lodberg scored 11 goals in 109 Superliga games, [2] before being relegated to the 1st Division in the summer 2009.

In the summer of 2012 Lodberg moved to Superliga team SønderjyskE on a 2+1⁄2-year contract on a free transfer after 8 years at AC Horsens as the two parties failed to reach an agreement for a contract extension in January 2012. [4] In the summer of 2015, Lodberg returned to AC Horsens on a 2-year contract. [5]

Coaching career

Lodberg announced his retirement from active football in January 2016. He wanted to focus solely on his coaching duties, as he had been offered a job as an assistant manager at Horsens, which he accepted. [6] [7]

In January 2017, it was confirmed that Lodberg would return to his former club SønderjyskE from the 2017–18 season, this time as an assistant manager to Claus Nørgaard. [8] The club confirmed his departure in June 2021. [9] However, he returned to SønderjyskE again on 16 December 2021, as he was announced together with newly hired manager Henrik Hansen. [10]

In January 2023, Lodberg was hired as assistant coach at FC Midtjylland under manager Albert Capellas. [11] On December 13, 2024 Lodberg was fired in Midtjylland. [12]

Related Research Articles

Henrik Hallenberg Hansen is a Danish former professional football midfielder. He is currently an assistant coach of Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Janus Drachmann</span> Danish footballer (born 1988)

Janus Mats Drachmann is a former Danish professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

The 2008–09 Danish Superliga was the 19th season of Danish Superliga league championship, which determines the winners of the Danish football championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. The season started on 19 July 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009. The defending champions were Aalborg BK.

Pierre Kanstrup is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a centre-back.

The 2016–17 season was FC Midtjylland's 17th consecutive season in the Danish Superliga. Midtjylland participated in the Europa League this season, after finishing 3rd in the 2015–16 Danish Superliga.

The 2017–18 season was AaB's 35th consecutive season in the top flight of Danish football, 28th consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, and 132nd year in existence as a football club.

The 2020–21 season was AaB's 38th consecutive season in the top flight of Danish football, 31st consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, and 135th year in existence as a football club.

During the 2020–21 season, AGF competed in the Superliga, the top-flight of Danish football, and in this season's editions of the Danish Cup and UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

The 2020–21 season, was SønderjyskE's 20th season as a professional football club and their 12th consecutive season in the Superliga, the top-flight of Danish football. In addition to the domestic league, the club is competing in this season's editions of the Danish Cup and UEFA Europa League, which they appeared in for the second time following their win in the 2019–20 Danish Cup. The season covers the period from July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

The 2022–23 Danish Superliga was the 33rd season of the Danish Superliga. Copenhagen were the defending champions. The season began on 15 July 2022 and ended on 9 June 2023.

The 2023–24 season is FC Midtjylland's 25th season in existence, and its 23rd consecutive season in the Danish Superliga, the top tier of football in Denmark. As a result of the club's seventh-place finish and playoff win during the 2022–23 Danish Superliga, it participated in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League and will also compete in the 2023–24 Danish Cup. Midtjylland finished the 2023–24 season on top of the Danish Superliga, earning the club's fourth league title and qualified for the 2024–25 UEFA Champions League.

References

  1. ↑ barndomsklub-lodberg, tipsbladet.dk, 31 October 2008
  2. 1 2 3 4 Career statistics at danskfodbold.com
  3. ↑ Lodberg skriver kontrakt i Lyngby, bold.dk, May 30, 2001.
  4. ↑ "Niels Lodberg skifter til Sønderjyske".
  5. ↑ Niels Lodberg tilbage i den gule trøje
  6. ↑ Lodberg stopper som aktiv og bliver fuldtidsassistent, fyens.dk, 5 January 2016
  7. ↑ Niels Lodberg tilbage i den gule trøje, 23 January 2015, AC Horsens
  8. ↑ Lodberg skifter Horsens ud med Sønderjylland, tv2ostjylland.dk, 17 January 2017
  9. ↑ NIELS LODBERG TAKKER AF I SØNDERJYSKE, soenderjyske.dk, 18 June 2021
  10. ↑ HENRIK HANSEN OG NIELS LODBERG SKAL STÅ I SPIDSEN FOR SØNDERJYSKE, soenderjyske.dk, 16 December 2021
  11. ↑ Carles Cuadrat og Niels Lodberg fuldender trænerteamet, fcm.dk, 3 January 2023
  12. ↑ Arne Sandstø og Niels Lodberg stopper i FC Midtjylland, fcm.dk, 13 December 2024
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.