Christian Andersen (footballer)
Christian Andersen (born 28 September 1944) is a Danish former football player and now manager. He was most recently the manager of Boldklubben Frem
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christian Andersen | ||
| Date of birth | 28 September 1944 | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Playing position(s) | Manager (former defender) | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | none | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1963–1970 | B 1903 | ||
| 1970–1972 | Union St. Gilloise | ||
| 1972–1975 | Crossing Schaerbeek | ||
| 1975–1976 | Cercle Brugge | 5 | (0) |
| 1976–1977 | FC Lorient | 34 | (1) |
| 1977–1979 | AB | ||
| 1979–19XX | Gladsaxe-Hero BK | ||
| National team | |||
| 1965 | Denmark u21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1969 | Denmark | 2 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1978–1983 | AB | ||
| 1983–1984 | Glostrup IC | ||
| 1985–1986 | AB | ||
| 1995–1998 | AB | ||
| 1999 | FC Copenhagen | ||
| 1999–2000 | B93 | ||
| 2001–2004 | Farum BK/FC Nordsjælland | ||
| 2005–2007 | AB | ||
| 2009–2010 | BK Frem | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
As player he played for B 1903, Cercle Brugge, FC Lorient and Akademisk Boldklub and played two caps for the Danish national football team.
As manager he has managed Akademisk Boldklub a couple of times, but he is most famous for his controversies with FC Copenhagen chairman Flemming Østergaard and former chairman of Akademisk Boldklub, Per Frimann. The first controversy was about Andersen being fired as manager of FC Copenhagen after only one match, and the other because Andersen in his autobiography called Frimann the reason why AB had had economic problems. Frimann began talking about a possible lawsuit, but this was solved, when Andersen made a public apology.[1]
References
- Thomas Mikkel Mortensen, "Christian Andersen siger undskyld", Berlingske Tidende, November 20, 2004