Keld Bordinggard (born 23 November 1962) is a Danish former
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
player. He was the head coach of the
Danish national under-21 team from July 2006 until the U21 European Championship in June 2011. As a player, he most notably played professionally for Danish clubs
Odense Boldklub
Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...
and
Silkeborg IF
Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...
, both with whom he won the
Danish football champions
The Danish football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in Denmark. The title has been contested since 1913, in a varying form of competitions. Since 1991, the winners have been found through the Danish Superliga championsh ...
hip. Keld Bordinggaard played four games for the
Danish national team from 1983 to 1990. He is now the founder and CEO of consulting compan
BORDINGGAARDFOOTBALL
Biography
Bordinggaard started his active career with Odense Boldklub in 1981. He was named 1983s "Danish Talent of the Year", and made his Danish national team debut in August 1983. Having won "
the Double" of both
Danish Cup
The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955.
The winner will quali ...
and Danish football championship titles in 1983, Bordinggaard moved abroad to play
indoor soccer for
Wichita Wings
The Wichita Wings were a professional indoor soccer franchise based in Wichita, Kansas. The Wings were admitted to the Major Indoor Soccer League as an expansion team on August 21, 1979. in
the United States
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. He returned shortly to Odense Boldklub, and played for the club until 1987.
In 1988, Bordinggaard moved abroad once more, to play for
Panionios F.C.
Panionios G.S.S. Football Club (Greek: ΠΑΕ Πανιώνιος Γ.Σ.Σ.), the ''Pan- Ionian Gymnastics Club of Smyrna'' (Πανιώνιος Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος Σμύρνης, ''Panionios Gymnastikos Syllogos Smyrnis'') ...
in Greece. He returned to Denmark in 1989, to play for
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 1991, he returned to Odense Boldklub again, but left the club in order to join
Silkeborg IF
Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...
in 1992. Bordinggaard spent five years in Silkeborg IF, helping the club win the 1994 Danish football championship. Having initially ended his career in 1997, he returned as a player/assistant coach for Vejle BK in the 1999–2000 season.
In 2001, Bordinggaard was appointed manager of Vejle BK during the club qualified for the highest Danish league. He spent one year with the club, until he was brought in as assistant coach for the Danish national team under manager
Morten Olsen
Morten Per Olsen (born 14 August 1949) is a Danish football manager and former player. He was the head coach of the Denmark national team for 15 years from 2000 until 2015, guiding Denmark to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2004 European Championshi ...
in July 2002. He helped Denmark qualify for the
2004 European Championship tournament. In June 2006, he was appointed as manager of both the Danish under-20 and under-21 national teams.
In the summer of 2012, he was named new manager of Silkeborg IF in the
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 ...
. On 11 November 2012 he was sacked following a series of poor results that led to the club being placed at the bottom of the league.
He was the assistant manager of
Bundesliga
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side
1. FSV Mainz 05 from 2014-2015. After laying his career as a coach to rest, Bordinggaard educated himself further and began the Master for International Players with UEFA in 2015. Combined with having the UEFA Pro Licens, he is the first in the world to acquire both titles.
In 2015, Bordinggaard founded the consulting compan
BORDINGGAARDFOOTBALLthrough which he assists clubs and FAs in strategic management centering around the core of their business: football.
Honours
Club
Odense Boldklub
*
Danish football champions
The Danish football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in Denmark. The title has been contested since 1913, in a varying form of competitions. Since 1991, the winners have been found through the Danish Superliga championsh ...
hip: 1982
*
Danish Cup
The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955.
The winner will quali ...
: 1983
Silkeborg
*
Danish football champions
The Danish football champions are the winners of the highest league of football in Denmark. The title has been contested since 1913, in a varying form of competitions. Since 1991, the winners have been found through the Danish Superliga championsh ...
hip: 1994
Individual
*1983 Danish Talent of the Year
References
Danish national team fact sheetDanish national team player profileDanish national team manager profileVejle BK profile
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1962 births
Living people
People from Holstebro
Association football midfielders
Danish men's footballers
Danish expatriate men's footballers
Danish football managers
Denmark international footballers
Denmark under-21 international footballers
Odense Boldklub players
Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–1992) players
Wichita Wings (MISL) players
Panionios F.C. players
Vejle Boldklub players
Silkeborg IF players
Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Vejle Boldklub managers
Denmark national football team managers
Sportspeople from the Central Denmark Region