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.

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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

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

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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
BORDINGGAARDFOOTBALL
through which he assists clubs and FAs in strategic management centering around the core of their business: football.

Honours

Club

Odense Boldklub *

hip: 1982 *

: 1983 Silkeborg *

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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bordinggaard, Keld 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