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

External links

• Christian Andersen at National-Football-Teams.com
• Christian Andersen at EU-Football.info
• Christian Andersen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)