Thomas Thomasberg (born 15 October 1974) is a Danish professional

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and former

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, who is the current head coach of

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club

Randers FC Randers FC () is a professional football club based in Randers, East Jutland, Denmark, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 2003, the club builds upon the license of Rand ...

Playing career

As a youth player, Thomasberg played for hometown club Haverslev IF as well as Aars IK, before joining AaB in 1991. He made his debut for the first team only in 1994, after having played for the reserves in the fourth-tier

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for a number of seasons. Thomasberg played for AaB until 1999, after which he moved to

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 Su ...

. He won the

championship as a player with AaB in both the 1994–95 and 1998–99 seasons. In 1990, he also gained four caps for the Denmark under-16 team.

Managerial career

In 2004, Thomasberg announced his retirement and became assistant coach to Erik Rasmussen at FC Midtjylland. He later became Rasmussen's successor as the head coach. He remained in that position for a year before being dismissed on 11 August 2009 and replaced by

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after to a poor start to the season. Later that year, it was confirmed that Thomasberg would take over as head coach of

FC Hjørring Vendsyssel Forenede Fodboldklubber is a professional football club based in Hjørring, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of Danish football. The club plays home matches at Nord Energi Arena, which has a capaci ...

from 1 January 2010. He held that position for half a year, during which he managed to lead the club to promotion the second-tier 1st Division. Thomasberg then became the head coach of

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, who, however, discontinued their collaboration with Thomasberg on 8 April 2013. After being an assistant at

in the period 2013–16, Thomasberg was presented as the new head coach for

Hobro IK Hobro Idræts Klub () is a professional association football club based in the town of Hobro, Denmark, that competes in the 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1913, it is known by the short names 'Ho ...

in the 1st Division on 5 January 2017 on a contract running until the summer of 2018. Thomasberg since took over as head coach of

. He was originally supposed to have stepped into the role on 1 October 2018, but Randers and Hobro reached an agreement that enabled Thomasberg to take over with immediate effect in his new club as of 16 June 2018.

Managerial Statistics

Honours

Player

AaB *

: 1994–95, 1998–99

References

External links

AaB Oldtimers profile
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