Kim Christensen (born 8 May 1980) is a Danish football coach and former professional player. He manages Frederiksværk FK. Christensen scored a single goal in nine games for the Denmark under-21 national football team from 2000 to 2001.

Career

Early career

Born in

Frederiksværk Frederiksværk is a town with a population of 12,718 (1 January 2022) in Halsnæs Municipality on Zealand in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark. History A French cannon founder, Peyrembert, received permission to build a cannon factory here. Having g ...

, Christensen started his career with Danish club

Lyngby BK Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The clu ...

. In December 2001, he moved abroad to play for German club

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in a DKK 500,000

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. Christensen had a hard time forcing his way into the starting line-up and left the club to join Dutch club

FC Twente Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese ...

in the summer 2003. At Twente, he was given playing time once more. In July 2005, when his Twente contract ran out, Christensen moved back to Denmark on a free transfer to play for Brøndby IF. In the summer of 2006, following a single year at Brøndby, he moved to league rivals OB. In August 2007 he transferred to English club Barnsley. On 23 June 2008, he once more returned to Denmark, signing a two-year contract with

FC Midtjylland FC Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the western part of Jutland. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Supe ...

Barnsley

Christensen received international clearance and was able to make his debut against

Colchester United Colchester United Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Colchester, Essex, England. The team competes in , the fourth tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1937, the club spent its earl ...

. He was named as a substitute and was brought on in the 73rd minute. His shot was handled in the box and Brian Howard dispatched the penalty. He continued to come on as a substitute and scored his first goal in an away game at

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, an injury time equaliser earning his side a point.

Frederiksværk Fodbold Klub

After Kim ended his career on the pitch, he decided to join his local childhood club FFK as a coach. He has had much success in Serie 2, the ninth tier of league football in Denmark.

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