Christopher Poulsen (born 11 September 1981) is a retired Danish professional

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player who plays as defender and current manager of Lemming IF. He previously played for Superliga clubs

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and FC Midtjylland.

Player career

Poulsen played one game for the

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in November 2002. He was called up for the

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by national team manager Morten Olsen in January 2007, and took part in two unofficial national team games during the team's tour of the

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, and

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. He made his senior

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debut in an August 2008

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against

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, coming on as a substitute. He started his second national team game in September 2008, and played the entire game as Denmark drew

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0-0 in the

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tournament. On April 16, 2013

announced that they had terminated Christopher Poulsen's contract one year early due to "disagreements over nonsporting issues" In June 2013, he rejoined his former club

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. In July 2016, Poulsen retired from professional football, instead opting to continue as a player-assistant coach for

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competing in the Series 1, the sixth highest level of Danish football.

Managerial career

On 22 November 2018, Højslev St. IF, competing in the sixth highest division, announced that Poulsen had been appointed as their new head coach. He was sacked in January 2020. In July 2020 it was confirmed, that Poulsen had signed as a playing assistant coach with Danish amateur club Bording IF, under his former

-manager, Lars Dahl. In March 2022, Poulsen was appointed manager of Jutland Series club Lemming IF.Scoop: JS-klub lander Christopher Poulsen
bold.dk, 8 March 2022

References

Christopher P. stopper i Viborg
bold.dk, 3 May 2016

External links

Danish national team profileCareer statistics
by Danmarks Radio
Danish Superliga statisticsHaslund profile
1981 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Vendsyssel FF players Silkeborg IF players Young Boys FD players Viborg FF players FC Midtjylland players Danish Superliga players Men's association football midfielders Danish football managers People from Hjørring Sportspeople from the North Jutland Region {{Denmark-footy-midfielder-stub