Anders Christian Thomsen (born 29 July 1995) is a retired Danish

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who played as a

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and current assistant coach of OKS.

Youth career

Thomsen started playing football at Fjordager IF, before moving to

FC Fyn FC Fyn was a Danish football club from Odense on Funen. The club was founded in 2006 and its first appearance was in the 2006–07 season. FC Fyn played their home matches at Odense Atletikstadion, which is the current home ground of B 1909 and ...

where he already at the age of 16, was playing on the under-19 team. Thomsen played several games for the youth national teams of Denmark at a young age, and was in April 2010 (at the age of 15) tested by

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together with two other youth players from FC Fyn. Thomsen joined OB at the age of 16 from FC Fyn, and started playing with the under-19 squad.

Club career

OB

At the age of 19, Thomsen got promoted to

Odense Boldklub Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...

's first team squad in March 2014 and also signed a full time contract senior contract with OB. Thomsen got his debut for OB on 18 May 2014. Thomsen started on the bench, but replaced

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in the 92nd minute in a 2—3 defeat against

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in the

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. Thomsen signed a new one-year contract with OB on 6 June 2015.

Later career

On 22 June 2016, it was announced, that Thomsen had signed a contract with

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team, Middelfart G&BK. Thomsen joined

BK Marienlyst Boldklubben Marienlyst, commonly known as BK Marienlyst, Marienlyst, or BM, is an association football club based in Odense, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fourth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1922, it ...

in the start of 2017. He signed a contract with the club on 20 December 2016. He played his first league match for the club on 18 March 2017 against

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. Thomsen signed for B.93 in the Danish 2nd Division on 21 June 2018, but was released after five league games on 13 September 2018. The reason behind the release was, that Thomsen wanted to focus on his career as a banker.

Retirement

After a short spell with

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in the beginning of 2019, Thomsen had an accident that put an end to his career. During a concert in the summer of 2019, Thomsen sat on the shoulders of a friend, then fell and hit his head on the ground. The fall resulted in a severe

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, which left him unable to play football due to severe after-effects and pain, why he decided to retire at the age of 24. On 14 January 2022, 26-year old Thomsen was appointed assistant coach of Odense Kammeraternes Sportsklub, commonly known as OKS.Anders Thomsen bliver assistenttræner på DS holdet
oks.dk, 14 January 2022

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomsen, Anders 1995 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Danish men's footballers Danish Superliga players Danish 2nd Division players Odense Boldklub players Boldklubben af 1893 players BK Marienlyst players Skovshoved IF players Denmark men's youth international footballers Place of birth missing (living people) Middelfart Boldklub players