Martin Christensen (born 23 December 1987) is a Danish former professional
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...
. He played 28 games and scored three goals for various Danish national youth teams from 2005 to 2008.
Career
Christensen started his senior career with
Herfølge Boldklub
Herfølge Boldklub is a Danish football club founded in 1921. It is based in Herfølge, a southern suburb of Køge in the eastern part of Zealand. In 2009, the club shared its licence, and merged its professional football with Køge BK to form ...
. He signed for English club
Charlton Athletic from in June 2007 for an initial £250,000, which could potentially rise to £350,000.
He made his first Charlton appearance in a
friendly match against
Welling United. He joined Dutch team
Heracles Almelo
Heracles Almelo is a Dutch professional football club based in Almelo, founded in 1903. The club has won the Dutch national title twice, in 1927 and 1941. Heracles won the Eerste Divisie title during the 2004–05 season, gaining promotion to th ...
on a
loan deal in January 2008. In January 2009, he was loaned out to 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 club ...
until the end of the season. On 20 August 2009, he joined Italian
Prima Divisione
Prima Divisione (''First Division'') was the name of the first level of the Italian Football Championship from 1921 to 1926. The competition was initially founded in opposition to the FIGC by the richest clubs of Northern Italy, which disagreed the ...
club
Rimini Calcio
Rimini Football Club 1912 is an Italian association football club based in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna that plays in the third-tier Serie C.
The original club was founded in 1912.
Their home ground is the 9786-seat Stadio Romeo Neri.
History
The ...
on a permanent deal, without making a single first team appearance for Charlton. He signed a 1+1 contract. In February 2010, Christensen signed a three-year contract with
Haugesund FK in the
Norwegian Premier League.
He had a brief spell at
SønderjyskE
SønderjyskE is a Danish sport corporation. They have a football team (SønderjyskE Fodbold, based in Haderslev), two handball teams (SønderjyskE Håndbold, one male based in Sønderborg, one female based in Aabenraa) and an ice hockey team (S ...
in spring 2011, but moved to
HB Køge in April 2011.
Christensen returned to
HB Køge in the summer 2018. At the end of the season, he retired and continued at Køge as a youth coach.
Martin Polle stiller støvlerne på hylden
bold.dk, 23 May 2019
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1987 births
Living people
Danish men's footballers
Denmark men's under-21 international footballers
Denmark men's youth international footballers
Herfølge Boldklub players
Charlton Athletic F.C. players
Heracles Almelo players
Eredivisie players
Danish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate men's footballers in England
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Lyngby Boldklub players
Rimini FC 1912 players
FK Haugesund players
Sønderjyske Fodbold players
HB Køge players
Åtvidabergs FF players
Helsingborgs IF players
Eliteserien players
Danish Superliga players
Allsvenskan players
Men's association football midfielders
People from Ishøj Municipality
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Footballers from the Capital Region of Denmark
Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Danish expatriate sportspeople in England