John 'Tune' Kristiansen (born 12 February 1955) is a

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professional

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manager, until recently was working as head coach of Boldklubben Frem. As an active footballer, Tune played in the

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position. He started his career with top-flight club

Køge Boldklub Køge Boldklub is a Danish football club from Køge, Zealand. History In 1954, the club became the first outside Copenhagen to win the Danish Championship. The club declared bankruptcy in February 2009, but continued as an amateur side in the ...

, and participated in Køge's international games against

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. He moved to

BK Frem Boldklubben Frem (also known as Frem, BK Frem or BK Frem Copenhagen) is a Danish sports club based in the Valby- Sydhavnen area of Copenhagen. It is best known for its semi-professional football team. Since its foundation in 1886, Frem has wo ...

in 1980, and scored three goals in 26 games for the club. He then moved to

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. He was deemed surplus at Herfølge in 1986, and played one season at lower-league club Ringsted BK, before he ended his career with Køge following the 1988 season. In all, he scored 32 goals in 176 matches for Køge. Having ended his active career, Tune began a career as a part-time coach. In 1991, he became the new manager of Herfølge BK but he was sacked in 1993 after losing an important game against

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. He later coached his former club BK Frem, guiding the club to promotion for the second-tier

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in 1997. In October 2000, Tune signed his first contract as a fully professional coach, as he was put in charge of the

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youth development program at Køge Boldklub. He was also assistant to Køge manager Henrik Jensen. He was named Køge manager in September 2003, but was surprisingly fired from the position in September 2004 by chairman Clive Stapleton, despite good results. He went on to coach 2nd Division club FC Roskilde in January 2005,Søren Olsen, "Fodbold: Fra Køge til Roskilde", Politiken, October 24, 2004. as well as Qualifications Series club

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. Later he became assistant manager for

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at Køge Boldklub. In July 2010, he was appointed manager of BK Frem. On 2 November 2011 he announced that he would step down as manager on 31 December 2011 for personal reasons.

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