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Christian Andersen (footballer)

Christian Andersen
Personal information
Full name Christian Andersen
Date of birth (1944-09-28) 28 September 1944 (age 80)
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1963–1970 B 1903
1970–1972 Union St. Gilloise 59 (13)
1972–1975 Crossing Schaerbeek
1975–1976 Cercle Brugge 5 (0)
1976–1977 FC Lorient 34 (1)
1977–1979 AB
1980–1981 Gladsaxe-Hero BK
International career
1965 Denmark u21 1 (0)
1969 Denmark 2 (0)
Managerial career
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
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Christian Andersen (born 28 September 1944) is a Danish former football player and now manager. He was most recently the manager of Boldklubben Frem

Playing career

Club

As player he played for B 1903, Cercle Brugge,[1] FC Lorient and Akademisk Boldklub.

International

Andersen made his debut for Denmark in a May 1969 friendly match against Mexico and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was three weeks later, a World Cup qualification match against Ireland.[2]

Managerial career

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.[3]

References

  1. ^ Cercle Museum
  2. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  3. ^ Thomas Mikkel Mortensen, "Christian Andersen siger undskyld", Berlingske Tidende, November 20, 2004