Christopher Poulsen

Christopher Poulsen (born 11 September 1981) is a retired Danish professional footballer player who plays as defender and current manager of Lemming IF. He previously played for Superliga clubs Silkeborg IF and FC Midtjylland.

Christopher Poulsen

Personal information
Full name	Christopher Fangel Poulsen
Date of birth	(1981-09-11) 11 September 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth	Hjørring, Denmark
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Lemming IF (Manager)
Youth career
	Bindslev-Tversted
	Hjørring
	Silkeborg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2002–2005	Silkeborg	86	(5)
2005–2007	Viborg	56	(3)
2007–2009	Midtjylland	60	(1)
2010–2013	Silkeborg	95	(3)
2013–2016	Viborg	72	(2)
2016–2018	Silkeborg KFUM
2020–2021	Bording IF
International career
2002	Denmark U-21	1	(0)
2008	Denmark	2	(0)
Managerial career
2016–2018	Silkeborg KFUM (player-assistant)
2018–2020	Højslev St. IF
2020–2021	Bording IF (player-assistant)
2022–	Lemming IF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Player career

Poulsen played one game for the Denmark national under-21 football team in November 2002. He was called up for the Denmark League XI national football team by national team manager Morten Olsen in January 2007, and took part in two unofficial national team games during the team's tour of the United States, El Salvador, and Honduras. He made his senior Denmark national football team debut in an August 2008 friendly match against Spain, coming on as a substitute. He started his second national team game in September 2008, and played the entire game as Denmark drew Hungary 0–0 in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament.

On April 16, 2013 Silkeborg IF announced that they had terminated Christopher Poulsen's contract one year early due to "disagreements over nonsporting issues" ^[1] In June 2013, he rejoined his former club Viborg FF.

In July 2016, Poulsen retired from professional football, instead opting to continue as a player-assistant coach for Silkeborg KFUM competing in the Series 1, the sixth highest level of Danish football.^[2][3]

Managerial career

On 22 November 2018, Højslev St. IF, competing in the sixth highest division, announced that Poulsen had been appointed as their new head coach.^[4] He was sacked in January 2020.^{[5][better source needed]}

In July 2020 it was confirmed, that Poulsen had signed as a playing assistant coach with Danish amateur club Bording IF, under his former Silkeborg KFUM-manager, Lars Dahl.^[6] In March 2022, Poulsen was appointed manager of Jutland Series club Lemming IF.^[7]

References

1. Lund Krogsøe, Peter. "Christopher Poulsen stopper i SIF". Silkeborg IF (in Danish). Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
2. Blond, Mikael (3 May 2016). "Christopher P. stopper i Viborg". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 August 2023.
3. Blond, Mikael (11 July 2016). "Christopher P. spillende assistent i Serie 1". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 24 May 2020.
4. Jensen, Kenneth (22 November 2018). "Tidligere Superliga-spillere bliver serietrænere". Tipsbladet (in Danish). Retrieved 24 May 2020.
5. "Vigtig information". Facebook (in Danish). Højslev St. IF. 30 January 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
6. "Christopher Poulsen til Bording IF som spillende assistenttræner". Bording IF (in Danish). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
7. Jensen, Anders (8 March 2022). "Scoop: JS-klub lander Christopher Poulsen". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 August 2023.

External links

• Christopher Poulsen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
• Christopher Poulsen official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com (in Danish)
• at DR (in Danish) (archived)
• at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 October 2010)