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 ...
.
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 t ...
. In 2005, he signed his first professional contract with
FC Midtjylland
FC Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the western part of Jutland. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Supe ...
and made his first team debut with the club in 2006. He made his
Danish Superliga
The Danish Superliga ( da, Superligaen, ) is the current Danish football championship tournament, and administered by the Danish Football Association. It is the highest football league in Denmark and is currently contested by 12 teams each ye ...
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
Skive Idræts Klub, commonly known as Skive IK, SIK (especially locally) or simply Skive, is a Danish professional Football team, football club based in Skive, Denmark, Skive, Central Denmark Region. Founded in 1901, the club is affiliated with ...
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
Aalborg.
On 11 January 2012 it was announced that Sivebæk would be joining
Seattle Sounders FC in
Major League Soccer. He made his Sounders debut on 17 March 2012 in a 3-1 win in the season opener against
Toronto FC
Toronto Football Club (commonly known as Toronto FC or TFC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home matches at BM ...
.
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.
Christian Sivebæk indstiller karrieren
bold.dk, 7 October 2020
International
Sivebæk has represented Denmark at various youth levels from the Under-18 to the Under-21 side. He represented the Denmark national under-21 football team on five occasions making his debut in 2009.
References
Vejle lejer Christian Sivebæk i Viborg
bold.dk, 13 January 2016
External links
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National team profile
Official Danish league stats
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1988 births
Living people
Danish footballers
Danish expatriate footballers
Denmark youth international footballers
Denmark 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
Association football midfielders
Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Expatriate footballers in Iceland
People from Vejle Municipality
Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark