Kim Poulsen (born 22 March 1959) is a Danish football manager and former amateur player was most recently manager of the
Tanzania national football team
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Managerial career
Early career
Poulsen only played amateur football as an active player.Trænerteam at naestvedboldklub.dk. As a football manager, he gained national recognition when he won
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with Danish club
Aarhus Fremad
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five times in only nine years, from 1987 to 1995, and reached the
Danish Superliga
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with the club. Between 1996 and 1997, Poulsen managed AC Horsens before moving back to Aarhus Fremad in 1998. He managed AC Horsens again in 1999, before being appointed manager of
Viborg FF
Viborg Fodsports Forening ("Viborg Footsport Association"), or Viborg F.F. and VFF for short, is a Danish professional football club based in Viborg. The club was founded in 1896 and waited more than a century before winning its only national ...
the same year. Under Poulsen, Viborg FF turned fully professional and won the
1999–2000 Danish Cup
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, as well as the 2000 Danish Super Cup. In October 2001, Poulsen was sacked from his position in Viborg. He would then go on to manage
Randers Freja
Randers Sportsklub Freja (often abbreviated Randers Freja) is a Danish sport club with teams in athletics, handball, table tennis and football.
History
Randers Freja was founded in 1898, and was accepted into the JBU in 1907.
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Singapore and return to Denmark
In December 2002, Poulsen moved to Singapore. Here he managed the under-18 team of the
Singapore national football team
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Singapore Armed Forces FC
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. Afterwards, Poulsen moved back to Denmark and joined
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 January 2006 on a three-year contract. He was sacked by the club in April 2007, and joined
Næstved BK
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Næstved has several adult education centers, five elementary schools - and has at least one of each type of the four ...
in July 2007.
In June 2010, Poulsen was named new manager of
FC Hjørring
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. He left the club in April 2011 after being named as new coach of the Tanzania national under-21 team. In May 2012, Poulsen was promoted to become manager of the Tanzania national team, replacing fellow Dane Jan Børge Poulsen.
Silkeborg
On 8 December 2014, Poulsen was hired as a new head coach in
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 ...
and signed a two-year contract. With the club struggling in the Superliga, he stated that he was no witch doctor but was optimistic in his mission to save Silkeborg from relegation. Despite his efforts, the clubsuffered relegation following the 2014–15 season. On 30 September 2015, Poulsen was dismissed by Silkeborg with the side placed 8th in the Danish second tier table. Poulsen was succeeded by Peter Sørensen.
Tanzania and Sønderborg
On 1 March 2016, Poulsen was hired as head of national football development for the Tanzania national team, which he described as a "dream job".
After two years in Tanzania, Poulsen returned to Denmark and his hometown of
Sønderborg
(; german: Sonderburg ) is a Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark. It is the main town and the administrative seat of Sønderborg Municipality (Kommune). The town has a population of 27,766 (1 January 2022),FC Sønderborg on a three-year contract.
In Februaty 2021 Poulsen resigned from his position at Sønderborg in order to take up the job as manager of the Tanzania national team once again.
Honours
Viborg FF
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Danish Cup
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The winner will quali ...
2000
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