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Kasper Hjulmand (born 9 April 1972) is a Danish football manager and a former player. He is the head coach for the Denmark national team.


Playing career

A defender, Hjulmand began his career with
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in 1987 where he played four years, and then signed with Herlev IF in the winter of 1992. He played with Herlev IF two seasons and then moved to B.93 in the winter of 1995. He also played for the
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in 1994, scoring six goals in 18 appearances. After three seasons with B93 at the age of 26 Hjulmand was forced to retire as a football player due to a knee injury.


Coaching career


Early career

Hjulmand became head coach of
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from 1 January 2006 until 7 July 2008 when he became an assistant coach with
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. He was named the successor of
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at FC Nordsjælland taking over from 1 July 2011 until 18 May 2014 when he had his final match as head coach of Nordsjælland; a 2–2 draw against Brøndby. Nordsjælland won their first Danish championship with Hjulmand as head coach.


Mainz 05

On 15 May 2014, Hjulmand was confirmed as
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's successor at 1. FSV Mainz 05 for the following season. His first two matches in charge was in the
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of the
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. In the first leg against
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, Mainz won 1–0, and in the second leg, Mainz lost 3–1 and they got knocked out of the campaign. Then Mainz were knocked out in the first round of the DFB Cup after losing to
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in a shoot–out. In his first eight league matches, Mainz were undefeated and in third place. After this, Mainz had won only one of their 13 matches and dropped down to 14th place. At this point, on 17 February 2015, he was sacked. His final match was a 4–2 loss to
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.


Return to Nordsjælland

On 15 December 2015, it was announced that Hjulmand would return as manager of Nordsjælland as of 1 January 2016. Hjulmand managed to get the team back on track and the club finished 9th in the
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. In the following two seasons he led Nordsjælland to a sixth and third place. In January 2019, Hjulmand was linked with
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, but Nordsjælland wanted a compensation that Anderlecht did not want to pay and instead
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was appointed. Following the failed contract with Anderlecht Hjulmand announced that he would leave Nordsjælland in the summer of 2019 at the end of his contract. On 25 March 2019, Hjulmand left Nordsjælland by mutual consent after having secured a spot in the Championship round of the
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.


Denmark national team

In June 2019, it was announced that Hjulmand would replace
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as manager of the Denmark national football team, when Hareide's contract expired after the
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tournament. Hareide did not lead the team at the Euro 2020, since the tournament was postponed due to the
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. In the Euro 2020, he led Denmark to reach the semi-finals, in which they lost 2–1 after extra-time and a controversial penalty against
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. He later led Denmark to finish second in their group in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A, only one point behind
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. In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Denmark finished last in their group with one draw and two defeats, in which they scored only once in the tournament.


Coaching record


Honours


Managerial

Lyngby * Danish 1st Division: 2006–07 Nordsjælland *
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: 2011–12


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hjulmand, Kasper 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Aalborg Danish footballers Association football defenders Boldklubben af 1893 players Randers FC players Herlev IF players North Florida Ospreys men's soccer players Danish football managers Danish expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Germany Lyngby Boldklub managers FC Nordsjælland managers 1. FSV Mainz 05 managers Denmark national football team managers UEFA Euro 2020 managers Danish Superliga managers Bundesliga managers Danish 1st Division managers 2022 FIFA World Cup managers