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Christian Bjørnshøj Poulsen (born 28 February 1980) is a Danish former
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. After starting his career with Holbæk, he played for a number of
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an clubs as a
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, winning the
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championship with F.C. Copenhagen, the German
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trophy with FC Schalke 04, and the European
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with
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, later also playing for
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Serie A club Juventus, as well as Premier League side,
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, French side
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, and Dutch side
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. He has been a regular member of the Denmark national football team since his debut in 2001, and has played 92 matches, scoring six goals for his country. He represented Denmark at the
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and 2004 European Championship international tournaments. Poulsen was named 2001 Danish ''under-21 Player of the Year'', and won the 2005 and 2006 Danish ''Player of the Year'' awards; the first to win two years in a row.


Club career


Asnæs and Holbæk

Born in Asnæs, Poulsen started playing in local club Asnæs BK. However, he moved to amateur club Holbæk at the age of 15, where he made his senior debut at 17 years of age, captaining the side on several occasions. He was called up for the Danish under-19 football team in September 1998, and played four games for the team.


Copenhagen

In September 2000, he underwent a trial period for F.C. Copenhagen in the top-flight
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championship, and signed his first professional contract with the club within a week. Poulsen took a commanding role in the attacking midfield of FCK, following the heart problems of former
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midfielder
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in March 2001. Poulsen quickly made his mark on the league, and helped his club win the 2000–01 Superliga championship. He scored the 1–0 goal in the 3–1 win against second-placed Brøndby IF, which secured the league title. Following a good start of the 2001–02 Superliga season, Poulsen was called up for the
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by national manager
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. He got his debut when he started the 1–1 draw with the
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on 10 November 2001. FCK ended runners-up in the 2001–02 Superliga, and Poulsen was named 2002 FCK ''Player of the Year''. He was called up for the Danish squad for the
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, where he was initially used as a substitute. He took part in all three group stage matches, gradually getting more playing time in each game. Following two
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in the group stage, he was suspended when Denmark were eliminated in the knock-out phase by England. Christian Poulsen took with FC Copenhagen in the 2001-02 season as champions of the Champions League qualification and withdrew in there against
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. They continued to play due to the departure of the UEFA Cup and retired from there against
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. Eben That club, which later should reach the final of the competition said, expressed a short time later, the interest in Poulsen. After a change due to the release requirements of the Copenhagen failed, Poulsen decided for a change to arch-rivals
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Schalke 04

After the 2002 World Cup, Poulsen made a
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7M move, the most expensive sale by a Danish club at the time, to
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, where he looked to take over the position as holding midfielder left by veteran
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Jiří Němec. His start in Schalke was made easier by the fact that his teammate in the Danish national team,
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, also played for the club. Through his time at Schalke, Poulsen played a number of matches at right back, but eventually secured himself a spot in the central midfield for both club and country. Poulsen was selected for the Danish squad at the 2004 European Championship. He played three of Denmark's four games, before Denmark was eliminated from the tournament. With Schalke, Poulsen won the 2005
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cup trophy. His displays for Schalke and the Danish national team earned him the 2005 Danish ''Player of the Year'' award. After four seasons with the club, which included well over 100 appearances, his contract expired in June 2006. Long-lasting rumours linked him to several teams, including
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clubs
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and
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.


Sevilla

He eventually signed a contract with defending
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champions
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of
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, the team that knocked Schalke out of the
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tournament. In his debut match for the club, Poulsen helped Sevilla win the European Super Cup trophy, with a 3–0 victory against
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on 25 August. Following his first month at the club, he was named the best new signing in Spain by Spanish sports daily Marca. He became the first player to be named Danish ''Player of the Year'' for two consecutive years, when he also won the 2006 award. He helped Sevilla defend the UEFA Cup title, winning the 2006–07 edition of the tournament and also won the Spanish Cup that year.


Juventus

On 14 July 2008, Juventus officially announced the acquisition of Poulsen from Sevilla FC. The transfer fee was €9.75M, with a four-year contract worth three million euros a year for Poulsen. On 8 February, Poulsen scored his first goal for Juventus against Catania in the 90th minute, earning a win for his team after the game was heading for a 1–1 draw.


Liverpool

On 12 August 2010,
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announced the signing of Poulsen on a three-year contract, for a fee of £4.5m. He was handed the number 28 shirt, previously worn by Damien Plessis. On 19 August 2010, Poulsen made his debut against Turkish team
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in the
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, in a match won by Liverpool 1–0, in which he had a goal disallowed. Poulsen made his league debut for
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in a 1–0 win against
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on 29 August 2010. He did not, however, endear himself to the Liverpool fans who often found his performances on the pitch lacking in skill. On 20 November, he produced probably his best display in the centre of Liverpool's midfield against West Ham at Anfield, a game which the home side won 3–0. Following the sacking of Roy Hodgson, and the appointment of new manager Kenny Dalglish, the winds changed not only for Liverpool but also for Poulsen. Dalglish praised Poulsen's performances in the 1–2 defeat by Blackpool on 16 January 2011, the 3–0 win against Wolverhampton on 22 January 2011 as well as the 1–0 win against Fulham on 26 January 2011. Relatively soon after that, it did become clear that Dalglish preferred the young emerging midfielder Jay Spearing to Poulsen.


Évian

On 30 August 2011, Liverpool agreed an undisclosed fee with
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for Poulsen's transfer to the Ligue 1 side. On 31 August 2011, the French side announced that Poulsen had signed a one-year deal. After his transfer in
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, he became the second player (out of three players) in history after Florin Răducioiu to play in all five of the big leagues (Germany, Spain, Italy, England and France).


Ajax

On 22 August 2012, Poulsen signed a contract with Dutch club
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binding him with the club for two seasons until 30 June 2014, coming over as a free transfer from Évian Thonon Gaillard. Ajax acquired the defensive midfielder as a replacement for recently departed Vurnon Anita. During his first season in Amsterdam, Poulsen was a regular in the starting lineup, helping his side to secure their third consecutive national championship, and Christian's first in twelve years.


Return to Copenhagen

On 30 September 2014, Poulsen signed a one-year contract with the Danish Club F.C. Copenhagen thus reuniting him with his former club, 12 years after he left them. On 14 May 2015, he set up the winning goal for Brandur Olsen in the Danish cup final as Copenhagen went on to beat F.C. Vestsjælland 3-2 after extra-time. He played his last competitive match in his career against Hobro on 7 June 2015.


Style of play

An aggressive, hard-working, and tactically versatile
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, with good technique, Poulsen is known in particular for his tenacious tackling. Although he usually plays in a holding midfield role, he is also capable of being deployed in more advanced midfield positions.


Notable events in career to date


Totti "spitting incident"

In the group stage of the 2004 European Championship, following the 0–0 draw with Italy, Danish television showed Poulsen being spat on by Italian playmaker
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. Totti received a three-match ban and gave a "full public apology", after failing in his claim that he was provoked by Poulsen. Italy were subsequently eliminated from the tournament in the group stage.


Carlo Ancelotti rant

In the 2005–06 Champions League tournament, Poulsen's club Schalke played two games against Italian team
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. Following their first match, a 2–2 draw, Poulsen was described as "a coward" by Milan coach
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, alleging that Poulsen physically kicked Milan's
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ian playmaker Kaká. In the second match Schalke lost 2–3, despite a goal by Poulsen. Following the final whistle, Italian player
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steered towards Poulsen and confronted him. Gattuso made gloating taunts, while Poulsen gave him a sarcastic thumbs up, afterwards declaring he found Gattuso childish and hoped he felt embarrassed for himself.


Rosenberg-Poulsen incident

In the 89th minute of the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Sweden, Sweden's
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struck Poulsen, who in turn punched Rosenberg. After conferring with his assistant referee, referee Fandel sent off Poulsen and awarded Sweden a penalty, which was never taken as a fan ran onto the pitch trying to punch the referee. The Danish player
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grabbed a hold of the fan but the referee abandoned the game. In the aftermath of the game, an angry fan attempted to press charges against Poulsen for punching Rosenberg. A member of the Copenhagen metropolitan police called for a month-long jail sentence, and
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Lene Espersen called for Poulsen's exclusion from the national team. The prosecution service rejected the case on 18 June, and national team coach Morten Olsen re-called Poulsen for the national team. See
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for a list of other incidents in the controversial match between Sweden and Denmark.


Coaching career

In the summer 2016, Poulsen and former Danish international player,
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, was hired as special coaches at B.93. Beside that, Poulsen was also studying a master in business coaching. In September 2018, Poulsen returned to
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in a kind of coach internship, where he was going to follow the coaching staff club's first team for the rest of the year. On 1 July 2019 Poulsen joined Ajax as assistant manager under manager
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. He left the club on 1 July 2021. On 25 September 2021, Poulsen was presented as the new assistant coach of the Danish national team under Kasper Hjulmand.


Honours

Copenhagen *
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: 2000–01 *
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: 2014–15 Schalke 04 *
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: 2005 * UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2004 Sevilla *
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: 2006–07 * Supercopa de España: 2007 *
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: 2006–07 *
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: 2006 Ajax *
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:
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, 2013–14 *
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Individual * Danish Young Player of the Year: 2001 *
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: 2005, 2006


References


External links

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