Hjalte Bo Nørregaard (born 8 April 1981) is a Danish professional

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and former player. He was most recently the caretaker manager of Danish Superliga club

FC Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on ...

. As a player, he played as a

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and spent most of his career with FC Copenhagen. Nørregaard is son of former Danish footballer Klaus Nørregaard. In November 2018, he was appointed manager for the under-19 team of FC Copenhagen. In October 2020, he was appointed caretaker manager of the club.

Biography

Nørregaard started his career in

Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Kjøbenhavns Boldklub or KB is a Danish sports club based in Copenhagen. The club was founded 26 April 1876 on the grassy fields in outer Copenhagen which later became Fælledparken. Tennis has been played since 1883. The club hosted, in 1921, on ...

(KB) and was in 1999 promoted to the first team, F.C. Copenhagen (FCK). He played for FCK until 2005 most famous for his 91st-minute goal against the archrivals

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

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in the so-called "championship final" in 2003. Since then, fans of F.C. Copenhagen have dubbed Brøndby Stadium, "Hjalte Park." The same year he was awarded as "cup fighter" after the win in the

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. He got a total of 120 matches, 17 goals and three Danish championships in 2001, 2003 and 2004, before moving to Dutch club

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. The stay at Heerenveen was no success, as coach

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thought he was a supporting striker. After only one year in Heerenveen, he moved back to FCK for competing in their

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campaign. Nørregaard was called up for the January 2007 league national team, which played three unofficial national team games in the United States,

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and

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in January 2007, by national team manager

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. He played in all three games of the tour, including a 3–1 loss to the

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and a 1–0 loss to

. In September 2008, after some strong league performances he was called up for the Denmark national team, for the second time, for the matches against

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and

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to help Denmark in their

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campaign. However, in the match against Hungary, he wasn't even picked for substitution. On 4 January 2011, Nørregaard signed a deal with the Danish football club AGF. The contract is for three and a half years. In August 2014, Nørregaard moved to

Vendsyssel FF Vendsyssel Forenede Fodboldklubber is a professional football club based in Hjørring, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football. The club plays home matches at Nord Energi Arena, which has a capaci ...

on a free transfer. On 10 October 2020, Nørregaard was appointed interim manager of FC Copenhagen after the

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was sacked.

Honours

FC Copenhagen *

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: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10; runner-up: 2004–05 *

: 2003–04, 2008–09; runner up: 2006–07 *

Royal League The Royal League was an annual Scandinavian football tournament held three times between teams from the three Scandinavian monarchies (Denmark, Sweden, and Norway), starting after the end of the regular domestic seasons of Norway and Sweden. Denm ...

: 2004–05; runner-up: 2006–07 Individual * FC København player of the year: 2005, 2009 * FC København Hall of fame: 2006 * Danish Cup Fighter:

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

References

External links

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Official Danish Superliga stats
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Norregaard, Hjalte 1981 births Living people Danish men's footballers Footballers from Copenhagen Association football midfielders Denmark international footballers Denmark youth international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers F.C. Copenhagen players SC Heerenveen players Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Vendsyssel FF players Danish Superliga players Eredivisie players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Danish football managers Danish Superliga managers F.C. Copenhagen managers