Mark Agner Boecking Strudal (born 29 April 1968) is a Danish

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coach and former player who played as a striker.

Playing career

Strudal was born in

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. He got his national breakthrough while playing for

Næstved IF Næstved () is a town in the municipality of the same name, located in the southern part of the island of Zealand in Denmark. Næstved has several adult education centers, five elementary schools - and has at least one of each type of the four ...

in the

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championship. He made his debut for the Danish national team in May 1988, and was named 1988 ''Revelation of the Year'' as Næstved finished runners-up in the 1st Division. He moved abroad to play professionally for German team

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in the winter 1988. He played half a season at Dortmund, but had a controversy with manager

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. He moved on to play for

Grasshopper Club Zürich Grasshopper Club Zürich, commonly referred to as simply GC, GCZ, or Grasshoppers, is a multisports club based in Zürich, Switzerland. The oldest and best known department of the club is its football team. With 27 titles, Grasshopper holds the ...

in Switzerland in the summer 1989, and won three trophies in his two years at the club. When the Grasshoppers squad faced 20% wage cuts, Strudal decided to leave the club in July 1991. In September 1991, he returned to Denmark 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 a

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worth more than DKK 4 million. It was later to be known that his contract with Vejle had a clause which secured Vejle approximately DKK 4 million if he ever was to be sold to a club abroad. His stay at Vejle was short, as he suffered injuries and the club was

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. He underwent a series of loan deals to other Danish teams; first to former club

in the fall 1992, then to

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in February 1993, and finally to

BK Frem Boldklubben Frem (also known as Frem, BK Frem or BK Frem Copenhagen) is a Danish sports club based in the Valby- Sydhavnen area of Copenhagen. It is best known for its semi-professional football team. Since its foundation in 1886, Frem has wo ...

in April 1993. When his Vejle contract ran out in the summer 1993, he moved on to league rivals

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

on a free transfer in July 1993. Strudal helped Brøndby win the 1994

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and he was a part of the Denmark national team which won the 1995

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. He stayed two years at Brøndby, before he left the club in July 1995. Despite his credentials, the Vejle clause kept him from moving to a foreign club. He joined Næstved IF for a second time, where he suffered a knee injury which kept him out for five months. He tried to move abroad in the summer 1996, but a four-year contract with Greek club

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was terminated without pay when Strudal was injured in a pre-season game. He underwent recovery, and made a short comeback to football on an amateur basis at Danish a local club in Hagested in August 1997.

Coaching career

Strudal had to end his active career at the end of 1996 due to an injury and then trained as a teacher, where he later taught at the seminary. In September 2000, Strudal was hired as a youth coach at

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. In the summer 2004, Strudal was appointed manager of Danish club FC Zulu. However, in December 2005 it was confirmed, that Strudal in the summer 2006 would join

FC Nordsjælland Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the town's two football club ...

as a U19 manager. Beside that, Strudal was also a part of the first team staff, where he functioned as a forward coach. In December 2009, he went on full-time as a part of the first team staff, and therefore left the U19-manager position. In the summer 2015, Strudal was appointed assistant coach of

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. He left the position in May 2017. In June 2018, Strudal was appointed manager of

club

Lyngby Boldklub 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 ...

. However, less than five months later, Strudal was fired, after 20 games with 23 points. In February 2022, Strudal joined Danish amateur club Jyllinge FC as their manager.

Honours

Grasshoppers * Nationalliga A: 1989–90, 1990–91 *

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: 1989–90 Brøndby *

: 1993–94 Denmark *

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Individual *

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: Revelation of the Year

External links

Mark Strudal
at DBU
Vejle Boldklub profile
* *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strudal, Mark 1968 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark international footballers Denmark under-21 international footballers 1995 King Fahd Cup players FIFA Confederations Cup-winning players Danish Superliga players Bundesliga players Swiss Super League players Borussia Dortmund players Vejle Boldklub players F.C. Copenhagen players Boldklubben Frem players Brøndby IF players Hvidovre IF players Danish football managers Næstved Boldklub players Grasshopper Club Zürich players Xanthi F.C. players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Greece Expatriate footballers in Germany Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Association football forwards People from Glostrup Municipality Holbæk B&I players Brøndby IF non-playing staff Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark