Christian Sivebæk (born 19 February 1988) is a retired Danish professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. He is son of the former Denmark international, John Sivebæk.

Career

Club

Sivebæk began his youth career with

Vejle Boldklub Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six ...

. In 2005, he signed his first professional contract with

FC Midtjylland Football Club Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which they ...

and made his first team debut with the club in 2006. He made his

Danish Superliga The Danish Superliga (, ) is a professional association football league in Denmark and the highest level of the Danish football league system. The league is currently contested by 12 teams each year, with 2 teams relegated. It is the current ...

debut on 6 August 2006, replacing Claus Madsen in a 2-5 victory at the grounds of his former club Vejle. During the 2007 season he was sent on loan to Skive IK to gain more experience. The following season, he returned to Midtjylland and began to display some of his great potential. On 23 March 2008 he scored his first goal for Midtjylland, in 3-2 defeat at

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. On 11 January 2012 it was announced that Sivebæk would be joining

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. He made his Sounders debut on 17 March 2012 in a 3-1 win in the season opener against

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. On 20 June 2012 the Sounders waived Sivebæk after only making three appearances for the club. On 7 October 2020, 32-year old Sivebæk announced his retirement from football.

International career

Sivebæk has represented Denmark at various youth levels from the Under-18 to the Under-21 side. He represented the

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on five occasions making his debut in 2009.

Coaching career

In October 2020, Sivebæk was hired as a school teacher at a sports boarding school that had a collaboration with

Viborg FF Viborg Fodsports Forening (), also known as Viborg FF or VFF for short, is a Danish professional association football, football club based in the Central Denmark Region, Central Jutland city of Viborg, Denmark, Viborg. They compete in the Danish ...

, where he was primarily responsible for talent development and development of the school's football program. The following year he also joined

, where he became responsible for youth recruitment from U/13 to U/19. He was also responsible for scouting strategy and scouting tasks. On January 5, 2025 Sivebæk was hired as U17 coach at

.Rokering og nyansættelse på VB Akademiet
vejle-boldklub.dk, 5 January 2025

References

Vejle lejer Christian Sivebæk i Viborg
bold.dk, 13 January 2016

External links

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Christian Sivebæk
official

statistics at danskfodbold.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sivebaek, Christian 1988 births Living people Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers FC Midtjylland players Skive IK players Seattle Sounders FC players Vejle Boldklub Kolding players Viborg FF players Christian Sivebaek Danish 1st Division players Danish Superliga players Major League Soccer players Men's association football midfielders Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Danish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland Sportspeople from Vejle Municipality Footballers from the Region of Southern Denmark 21st-century Danish sportsmen