Michael Madsen (born 24 January 1974) is a

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retired

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who most prominently played professionally for

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club

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and

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. He was most recently the manager of

Brønshøj Boldklub Brønshøj BK, full name Brønshøj Boldklub, is a Danish football club located in the outskirts of Copenhagen. The club was founded 15 May. 1919. History in brief Early years: Brønshøj BK's first decades was spent in local leagues in the C ...

Biography

Madsen started his career at

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in the secondary

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league, where he won the 1994 ''Danish 1st Division Revelation of the Year'' award. He was introduced to the top-flight

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championship, when he was brought to newly

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club

Akademisk Boldklub Akademisk Boldklub Gladsaxe (or AB) is a Danish professional football club from Gladsaxe north of Copenhagen, currently playing at the 3rd highest level of Danish domestic football in the Danish 2nd Division group 1. The club was established on F ...

(AB) in June 1996. Under manager Christian Andersen, AB finished fifth in the 1997–98 Superliga season, with Madsen on the left flank, combining well with teammate Peter Knudsen in central midfield. In June 1998, Madsen and Peter Knudsen were both brought to

club

in a combined

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worth DKK 15 million. When they were forced to compete for the same spot in the Bari starting line-up, Peter Knudsen quickly returned to AB, while Madsen stayed three years at Bari. He started out well for the club, but was eventually benched by manager

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. Bari was

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after the 2001 season, and as his Bari contract ran out in June 2001, Madsen left the club. He moved to

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club

on a free transfer. In the opening weeks of the

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championship season, Madsen suffered a back injury, and struggled the remaining season to re-enter the starting line-up under manager

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without success. Following three league games for Wolfsburg, Madsen moved back to Denmark to play for Superliga club

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under his former AB manager Christian Andersen in September 2002. Following one season at Farum, Madsen did not get his contract prolonged, and decided to take a job in the sales department of SAV Danmark in July 2003.

Later career

After a month away from football, he started playing for amateur club HIK in the

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in August 2003. He helped the club win promotion for the 1st Division, which saw the club turn professional, before he moved to league rivals

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 ...

in November 2005. Due to an injured knee, he was forced to end his career in February 2007. Shortly after the news of his career stop, it was announced that he was to be associated with the newly founded Birkerød Sports College as a football coach, beginning in the summer of 2007. However, he chose to be new head coach at HIK. He only kept this job for a few months, because in June 2007 he was announced new sporting director at

BK Fremad Amager Boldklubben Fremad Amager (meaning in English: The Ball Club Forward Amager ; abbreviated Fremad A) is a Danish professional football club based in the district of Amager Vest, Copenhagen. As of the 2020–21 season, the club's senior men's team ...

. When his new club fired

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in May 2008 he became caretaker manager. After the season, he became manager of FC Amager. He had the job at Amager until March 2009, when the club went bankrupt. In June 2009 he was named the new manager of

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. On 6 October 2011, he announced that he would not renew his contract with Vanløse, when it ended on 31 December 2011. In January 2012 he became assistant manager of

. He succeeded Erik Rasmussen as manager of

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on 1 January 2013. In January 2018 he became new manager of

. He left in May 2019 to become manager of AB's local rivals

. Following a poor start to the 2020-21-season he left Brønshøj in October 2020. In January 2021, Madsen was hired as assistant coach at

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. On 2 August 2022, he was appointed manager of the club.Skovshoved mister chef: Tidl. SL-spillere overtager
bold.dk, 2 August 2022

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Madsen, Michael 1974 births SSC Bari players Akademisk Boldklub players Bundesliga players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish men's footballers Danish Superliga players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in Italy FC Nordsjælland players Living people Lyngby Boldklub players Serie A players VfL Wolfsburg players Footballers from Frederiksberg Men's association football defenders Boldklubben Avarta players Danish football managers Fremad Amager managers Akademisk Boldklub managers Brønshøj BK managers Hellerup IK managers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany