Tom Køhlert

Last updated
Tom Køhlert
Personal information
Full name Tom Køhlert
Date of birth (1947-04-30) 30 April 1947 (age 74)
Place of birth Glostrup, Denmark [1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
Gilleleje FK
Youth career
AB
Glostrup IF32
Brøndbyvester
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1966–1971 Brøndby 62 (1)
Teams managed
1972–1979 Brøndby
1979 Brøndby (assistant)
1979–1985 Brøndby
1986–1990 Roskilde
1999 Brøndby (caretaker)
2002 Brøndby (caretaker)
2007–2008 Brøndby
2011–2016 Vallensbæk IF
2016–2018 FC Gribskov
2018– Gilleleje FK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Tom Køhlert (Danish pronunciation:  [ˈtsʰʌmˀ ˈkʰøːlˀʌt] ; born 30 April 1947) is a Danish football manager and former player who managed Brøndby IF from 1979 to 1985 and several times later as a caretaker. He led the club to its first ever Danish championship in 1985. He has also functioned as a caretaker for the club's first team on two occasions. He currently coaches lower-tier club Gilleleje FK.

Contents

Playing career

A Brøndby IF club legend, Køhlert began his career as a player for Akademisk Boldklub (AB) before shortly moving to Glostrup IF 32 and finally to the former Brøndbyvester IF. A year later, Brøndbyvester merged with Brøndbyøster IF and became Brøndby IF, where he made his debut in 1966. [2] He later stated, that he was not an ambitious player, refusing to train three times a week when new Brøndby coach John Sinding took over. [2]

In 1971, after making 62 appearances for Brøndby, Køhlert retired due to persistent knee injuries. [3]

Managerial career

Køhlert was appointed as a youth coach in Brøndby by chairman and former teammate, Per Bjerregaard, in 1972. After training different youth teams, he was promoted to first-team head coach in 1979 after having led the team to a fifth-place finish the season before, as former head coach Jørgen Hvidemose had been sacked. [2] He led the club to its first Danish championship in 1985, [4] Køhlert then left the position, as star players such as Michael Laudrup moved away and increasing media attention had changed his role as head coach. [2]

In 1986, Køhlert took the position as head coach for Roskilde in the second division, a team he coached for more than three years. [2] In 1990, he returned as a youth coach for Brøndby.

Køhlert would return to first-team management in 1999, taking over as a caretaker manager after former head coach Ebbe Skovdahl had left for Aberdeen and his replacement, Åge Hareide, would only start on 1 January 2000. After Hareide proved a mismatch as a Brøndby coach, Køhlert once again took over as caretaker in the spring of 2002, leading the club to its ninth championship. [2]

After leaving professional management, he coached the first team of lower-tier clubs Vallensbæk IF, [5] FC Gribskov and Gilleleje FK. [6]

Honours

Brøndby [2]

Related Research Articles

Brøndby IF Danish association football club based in Copenhagen

Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening, is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was promoted to the Danish top-flight football league in 1981.

<i>Ekstra Bladet</i> Danish newspaper

Ekstra Bladet is a Danish tabloid newspaper, published by JP/Politikens Hus in Copenhagen. It was founded in 1904 as an evening edition to Politiken. In 1905 the newspaper was established in its own right and has since focused on investigative journalism, news, sports and entertainment. It has been described as a sensationalistic newspaper. Since July 2021, Henrik Qvortrup has been editor-in-chief.

Aurelijus "Auri" Skarbalius is a Lithuanian professional football manager and former footballer, who started his career as a winger, but played mostly as either left- or right-sided fullback. He is currently the Global Director of Capelli Sport, the owner of his former club HB Køge.

Ruben Bagger is a former Danish football player, who spent his entire professional career for Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga, and played more than 300 matches for the club. He won five Danish Superliga championships and three Danish Cup trophies with Brøndby. Bagger played in the position of left winger or forward.

Peter Graulund is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for Danish clubs Vejle Boldklub, Brøndby IF and AGF, German side VfL Bochum, and Swedish club Helsingborgs IF. He played six games and scored two goals for the Denmark national under-21 football team.

Anders Degn Randrup is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right back.

Allan Kuhn Danish football coach and former footballer

Allan Hjortdal Kuhn, known simply as Allan Kuhn, is a Danish association football coach and former player. He most recently was the manager of Danish Superliga club Hobro IK. Before that he was head coach of Swedish club Malmö FF in 2016, where he won the domestic league during his sole season. He was the head coach of FC Midtjylland from 2009 to 2011. He is also a former assistant coach and caretaker head coach of Aalborg BK, and was the assistant of head coach Erik Hamrén in the 2008 Superliga-winning season, as well as assistant of Kent Nielsen in the 2014 Superliga-winning season.

Sólrun Løkke Rasmussen

Sólrun Jákupsdóttir Løkke Rasmussen is the wife of the former Prime Minister of Denmark, Lars Løkke Rasmussen.

Roger Helland is a Norwegian former professional footballer who spent the bulk of his career with SK Brann. A midfielder, played two games for the Norway national football team in 1997.

Jakob Ahlmann Danish footballer

Jakob Ahlmann Nielsen is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left back for AaB in the Danish Superliga. He has played three matches for the Denmark national football team.

Niels Frederiksen Danish professional football manager

Niels Frederiksen is a Danish professional football manager. He is the head coach of Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF.

Christian Enemark is a Danish professional footballer who plays as defender for Næstved Boldklub in the third-tier Danish 2nd Division.

Andreas Bruus Danish professional footballer

Andreas Bruus is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a wing-back for Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF. He has also represented Denmark since under-16 level.

Peter Bjur is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF. He has represented Denmark at youth level. He is the son of former Danish international and Brøndby legend Ole Bjur.

Jørgen Hvidemose is a Danish municipal politician and former football manager. He led Lyngby Boldklub to the Danish championship in 1983 and won the Danish Cup with the club in 1984 and 1985.

Max Johannes Whitta Fenger is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for OB in the Danish Superliga.

John Sinding is a Danish former football manager and player.

Birger Bloch Peitersen is a Danish former football manager and player. After his career in football, he featured as a sports pundit. He is currently employed at the Department of Sports at the University of Copenhagen.

References

  1. "Brøndbys guldtræner hjælper de næstbedste". Fyens.dk. Fyens Stiftstidende. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Thoby, Esben (2013). Brøndby IF - 1964-2014 : 50 fortællinger fra 50 profiler (1. udgave ed.). Aarhus: Turbine. pp. 264–271. ISBN   978-87-7141-333-5.
  3. Olsen, Søren (6 October 2019). "Mestertræner i serie 3: Tom Køhlert savner ikke topfodbold, roser Zorniger og Hareide, bliver irriteret over eksperter og kommentatorer i tv og vil ikke sige mere om Brøndby". Politiken.dk. Politiken. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. Blem, Hans Chr. (17 April 2002). "Køhlert: Jeg er en god socialdemokrat". EkstraBladet.dk. Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. Hansen, Jørgen (15 January 2013). "Tom Køhlert fortsætter i Vallensbæk Fodbold". SN.dk. Sjællandske Nyheder. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  6. Elias, von Staffeldt (24 March 2018). "FC Gribskov går i opløsning". SN.dk. Sjællandske Nyheder. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  7. "Carlsberg Grand Prix". BrøndbyStats.dk. Brøndby Stats. Retrieved 10 August 2020.