Bent Christensen Arensøe

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Bent Christensen

2004: Bent Christensen as head coach for Værløse Boldklub
Personal information
Full name Bent Christensen Arensøe
Date of birth January 4, 1967
Place of birth    Copenhagen, Denmark
Nickname Turbo
Playing position Coach (former striker)
Club information
Current club Brøndby IF
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1985
1985-1987
1987
1987-1991
1991-1993
1993-1994
1994-1997
1997-1998
1998-2000
2000		 Brønshøj BK
Servette FC
Vejle BK (loan)
Brøndby IF
Schalke 04
Olympiacos
SD Compostela
Genclerbirligi
Brøndby IF
Brønshøj BK		 18 (11)

29 (17)
100 (62)
49 (8)
26 (9)
110 (35)
13 (3)
50 (20)   
National team
1989-1994 Denmark 26 (8)
Teams managed
2003-2005
2005-		 Værløse BK
Brøndby IF (youth)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Bent Christensen Arensøe, formerly known as Bent René Christensen, (born January 4, 1967) is a Danish former professional football (soccer) player, nicknamed "Turbo" for his tenacity in the attacking striker position. He played in a string of clubs, most notably Danish club Brøndby IF, where he scored a combined 106 goals in 208 games and won five Danish championships. He played 26 games and scored 8 goals for the Denmark national football team, and was a part of the Danish 1992 European Championship winning side.

He has been a youth coach of Brøndby IF since October 2005.

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[edit] Biography

Christensen started his career with Brønshøj BK in 1985, under manager Ebbe Skovdahl. He moved abroad in the same year, 17 years old, to play for Swiss club Servette FC. With Servette, he won the 1985 Swiss Super League. He wanted away from the club, and was initially loaned out to Danish club Vejle BK in 1987.[1] He moved permantly to Brøndby IF, under Brøndby manager Ebbe Skovdahl, later that year. He was a part of the Brøndby team that won the 1988 and 1989 Danish championships, and he made his debut for the Danish national team in the February 1989 friendly match against Malta.

In his time for Brøndby, he was Danish league top goalscorer three times, in the 1988 season, 1990 season and 1991 season tournaments. He was part of the Brøndby team who, under manager Morten Olsen, reached the semi-finals of the European 1991 UEFA Cup tournament, and he was sold to German team Schalke 04 later that year. The transfer deal was a race for Christensen's signature between Schalke and Eintracht Frankfurt, and was worth DEM 5 million, which made Turbo the most expensive Danish footballer at the time, with a monthly wage of DKK 400,000.[1] He did not find playing success at Schalke, where he scored 8 goals in 49 games, and he earned the nickname "Trabi-Bent".[2]

He was selected to represent the Danish national team at the 1992 European Championship in Sweden. Turbo played Denmark's first two games in the tournament, but was injured and travelled home while the rest of the squad went on to win the tournament. Christensen didn't take part in the Danish public celebrations of the trophy, and did not really feel a part of the winning team.[3]

He moved to Greek club Olympiacos for the 1993 season, where he found playing success. In July 1994, he moved on to SD Compostela in Spain. While at Compostela, Christensen played his last national team match in November 1994, against Spain, and ended his national team career after 26 matches and 8 goals. He remained three seasons at Compostela with good success, before moving to Genclerbirligi in Turkey in 1997. Christensen returned to Brøndby in March 1998, under manager Ebbe Skovdahl, and was a part of Brøndby's 1998 Danish Superliga and 1998 Danish Cup wins.[3] He also took part in Brøndby's campaign in the European 1998-99 UEFA Champions League tournament. After the 1999-00 season, he ended his professional career, and played his last games with childhood club Brønshøj BK in 2000.

In January 2003, he started as head coach of Værløse Boldklub,[2] which he led to the Danish 2nd Division. In October 2005 he was hired as head coach of the Brøndby IF youth team.[4]

[edit] Honours

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Jakob Kvist, "Fodbold er hvid slavehandel", Ekstra Bladet, October 19, 1993
  2. ^ a b Anders Kamper and Kurt Stendal, "»Turbo« bliver træner", Berlingske Tidende, September 11, 2002
  3. ^ a b Ebbe Rossander, "En turbo kommer til byen", Information, June 23, 2003
  4. ^ Turbo vender hjem, Brondby.com, October 26, 2005

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Flag of Denmark Denmark squad - 1992 UEFA European Football Champions Flag of Denmark

1 Schmeichel | 2 Sivebæk | 3 K. Nielsen | 4 Olsen | 5 Andersen | 6 Christofte | 7 Jensen | 8 Mølby | 9 Povlsen | 10 Elstrup | 11 Laudrup | 12 Piechnik | 13 Larsen | 14 Frank | 15 Christensen | 16 Krogh | 17 Christiansen | 18 Vilfort | 19 P. Nielsen | 20 Bruun | Coach: Møller Nielsen
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