Thomas Augustinussen (born 20 March 1981) is a retired Danish professional footballer. He began his career as a striker, but moved gradually into the holding midfielder position. He made his senior debut with AaB, with whom he played 420 games and won the 2008 and 2014 Danish Superliga championship. He retired in the Summer of 2016 and became assistant coach in AaB. He has been capped twice for the Denmark national football team.
Augustinussen started his career with AaB. Due to his height of 192 cm and good speed, Augustinussen played his first years as a striker. He made his Danish Superliga debut for AaB in April 2000. He was a successful striker in his youth years, but had difficulty finding his goalscoring form as a senior. As he only managed to score 11 goals in his first three-and-a-half years as a senior, Augustinussen was stamped by a media pundit as being "not the fastest moped on the dockside" ("ikke den hurtigste knallert på havnen") in August 2003,[1][2] and did not look like cutting it at the highest sporting level of Danish football.
However, Augustinussen was moved back to the centre midfield by new AaB coach Erik Hamren, where he established himself as a consistent part of the starting line-up.[2] He suffered a knee injury in October 2006, but returned to the AaB side in August 2007, and helped the team win the 2007–08 Superliga championship. He was named team captain from the beginning of the 2008–09 season, and led AaB in the 2008-09 UEFA Champions League tournament. In total, he played 283 games and scored 36 goals for AaB, including 223 games and 29 goals in the Superliga until May 2009.
In April 2009, he signed a three-year contract with Austrian club FC Red Bull Salzburg, effective from July 2009. After one-and-a-half year in Salzburg, Augustinussen was released from Salzburg of his own will.[3]
On 30 January 2011 AaB announced that they had signed Augustinussen on a three-year contract.[4]
Three years later in the 2013-14 Danish Superliga season, Augustinussen and AaB won "The Double". It was the first time ever, that the club won the league and captured the Danish Cup as well. Augustinussen was captain in the historical season.
Coaching careeredit
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On 17 March 2016 it was announced that Augustinussen would retire in the summer of 2016. He would continue in AaB as assistant coach.[5]
International careeredit
Augustinussen started his international career with the Under-19 national selection. He was capped 20 times for the Danish under-21 national team, with five goals the result.
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Thomas Augustinussen born 20 March 1981 is a retired Danish professional footballer He began his career as a striker but moved gradually into the holding midfielder position He made his senior debut with AaB with whom he played 420 games and won the 2008 and 2014 Danish Superliga championship He retired in the Summer of 2016 and became assistant coach in AaB He has been capped twice for the Denmark national football team Thomas AugustinussenPersonal informationDate of birth 1981 03 20 20 March 1981 age 43 Place of birthSvendborg DenmarkHeight1 92 m 6 ft 3 1 2 in Position s Defensive midfielderYouth career1986 1994Aabybro IF1994 2000AaBSenior career YearsTeamApps Gls 2000 2009AaB223 29 2009 2011Red Bull Salzburg21 0 2011 2016AaB117 7 International career1998 1999Denmark U 198 2 2002Denmark U 205 1 2000 2003Denmark U 2120 5 2008 2009Denmark2 0 2006 2008Denmark League XI5 1 Managerial career2016 2019AaB assistant 2020AaB assistant Club domestic league appearances and goals correct as of 9 December 2015 Contents 1 Club career 2 Coaching career 2 1 AaB 3 International career 4 Honours 4 1 Playing career 4 2 Individual 5 References 6 External linksClub career editAugustinussen started his career with AaB Due to his height of 192 cm and good speed Augustinussen played his first years as a striker He made his Danish Superliga debut for AaB in April 2000 He was a successful striker in his youth years but had difficulty finding his goalscoring form as a senior As he only managed to score 11 goals in his first three and a half years as a senior Augustinussen was stamped by a media pundit as being not the fastest moped on the dockside ikke den hurtigste knallert pa havnen in August 2003 1 2 and did not look like cutting it at the highest sporting level of Danish football However Augustinussen was moved back to the centre midfield by new AaB coach Erik Hamren where he established himself as a consistent part of the starting line up 2 He suffered a knee injury in October 2006 but returned to the AaB side in August 2007 and helped the team win the 2007 08 Superliga championship He was named team captain from the beginning of the 2008 09 season and led AaB in the 2008 09 UEFA Champions League tournament In total he played 283 games and scored 36 goals for AaB including 223 games and 29 goals in the Superliga until May 2009 In April 2009 he signed a three year contract with Austrian club FC Red Bull Salzburg effective from July 2009 After one and a half year in Salzburg Augustinussen was released from Salzburg of his own will 3 On 30 January 2011 AaB announced that they had signed Augustinussen on a three year contract 4 Three years later in the 2013 14 Danish Superliga season Augustinussen and AaB won The Double It was the first time ever that the club won the league and captured the Danish Cup as well Augustinussen was captain in the historical season Coaching career editAaB edit On 17 March 2016 it was announced that Augustinussen would retire in the summer of 2016 He would continue in AaB as assistant coach 5 International career editAugustinussen started his international career with the Under 19 national selection He was capped 20 times for the Danish under 21 national team with five goals the result In June 2008 he made his debut for the senior Denmark national football team in a friendly match 1 1 draw with Poland coming on as a substitute to replace Christian Poulsen in the 77th minute He played his second national team game in June 2009 replacing Christian Poulsen in the 71st minute of 1 0 win against Sweden in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament Honours editPlaying career edit AaB Danish Superliga 2 2007 08 2013 14 Danish Cup 1 2013 14 Red Bull Salzburg Austrian Football Bundesliga 1 2009 10 Individual edit Danish Cup Fighter of the year arets pokalfighter 1 2009 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thomas Augustinussen References edit Michael Ravn Augustinussen svarede igen med hattrick Onside dk August 14 2003 a b Bjarne Nielsen Der er knald pa Augu Ekstra Bladet March 19 2005 Augo Salzburg ville beholde mig AaB A S Archived from the original on 8 March 2012 Retrieved 30 January 2011 AaB ikon stopper karrieren til sommer External links editThomas Augustinussen national team profile at the Danish Football Association in Danish Thomas Augustinussen official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold com in Danish AaB profile at the Wayback Machine archived 15 July 2015 Guardian Football Teams at the Wayback Machine archived 2 October 2012 Sporting positions Preceded byDanny Califf AaB captain2008 2009 Succeeded byAndreas Johansson Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thomas Augustinussen amp oldid 1174760657, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
