Christian Andreasen (born 18 May 1988) is a
Danish
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football
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player who now works as a lawyer. He has represented
Randers FC
Randers FC () is a professional football club based in Randers, East Jutland, Denmark, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 2003, the club builds upon the license of Rand ...
in the
Danish Superliga
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, and has played for
Finnish
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club
TPS Turku in the
Veikkausliiga
Veikkausliiga (; sv, Tipsligan) is the premier division of Finnish football, the highest tier of the Finnish football league structure, comprising the top 12 clubs of the country. Its main sponsor is the Finnish national betting agency Veikkau ...
championship,
Thisted FC
Thisted Fodbold Club () is an association football club based in the town of Thisted, North Jutland, Denmark, that competes in the Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1989, it is shortly known as ...
in the
Viasat Sport Divisionen and
Flekkerøy IL
Flekkerøy Idrettslag, also called Fløy is a Norwegian sports club from Flekkerøy in Kristiansand. It has sections for association football and team handball, in addition to cross-country skiing and racket sport.
Football
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in the Norwegian 2nd Division.
Career
Born in
Aalborg
Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ...
, Andreasen started his career as a youth player with
AaB but soon moved on to
Randers FC
Randers FC () is a professional football club based in Randers, East Jutland, Denmark, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 2003, the club builds upon the license of Rand ...
where he would have a better chance of making the 1st team. He signed his first professional contract with Randers in summer 2007. Andreasen made his debut for the Randers FC senior squad on 30 March 2008 in a game against
AC Horsens. His first goal for the club was a game winner against
FC Nordsjælland
Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the town's two football club ...
on 12 May 2008. After the game Randers manager
Colin Todd
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stated that Andreasen had a bright future in front of him, due to his goal scoring ability. On 29 April 2009 Randers announced that they had decided to loan out Andreasen to
TPS Turku in the finish
Veikkausliiga
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until the end of the 2008-09 season. Andreasen enjoyed a successful loan spell at TPS, scoring 5 goals in 8 games for the club, as TPS finished 3rd in the
2009 Veikkausliiga
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The championship was won by HJK Helsinki, who came out on top of a three ...
.
On 16 July 2009 Andreasen signed a two-year contract with
Danish 1st Division
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side
Thisted FC
Thisted Fodbold Club () is an association football club based in the town of Thisted, North Jutland, Denmark, that competes in the Danish 2nd Division, the third tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1989, it is shortly known as ...
. Andreasen immediately became a regular starter for Thisted. He scored his first hat-trick in a professional game in a 4-4 draw against
Kolding FC
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. He scored 7 goals in 15 games in the fall of 2009 but was then unfortunate to suffer an injury to his
tendon
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. The injury saw Andreasen ruled out for nearly a year and he would not play until his comeback on 10 October 2010.
In January 2011 Andreasen had a setback, and had surgery for his tendon problem. He made a new comeback in May 2011.
On 1 June 2011 Andreasen went back to
Randers FC
Randers FC () is a professional football club based in Randers, East Jutland, Denmark, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 2003, the club builds upon the license of Rand ...
, and played for the reserve team. This was a part his recovery after the surgery.
In March 2012 Andreasen signed with the Norwegian team
Flekkerøy IL
Flekkerøy Idrettslag, also called Fløy is a Norwegian sports club from Flekkerøy in Kristiansand. It has sections for association football and team handball, in addition to cross-country skiing and racket sport.
Football
The men's football te ...
, after 27 goals in 39 games Andreasen went back to Denmark and signed the
Danish 2nd Division
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side
Skive IK
Skive Idræts Klub, commonly known as Skive IK, SIK (especially locally) or simply Skive, is a Danish professional football club based in Skive, Central Denmark Region. Founded in 1901, the club is affiliated with the DBU Jutland association ...
in August 2013.
References
External links
Danish Superliga statisticsChristian Andersen Interview with BoldChristian Andreasen Interview with Tipsbladet
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1988 births
Living people
Footballers from Aalborg
Danish men's footballers
Danish expatriate men's footballers
Danish Superliga players
Veikkausliiga players
Randers FC players
AaB Fodbold players
Thisted FC players
Turun Palloseura footballers
Skive IK players
Expatriate men's footballers in Finland
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Men's association football forwards
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Finland