Niels-Christian Holmstrøm
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| Niels-Christian Holmstrøm | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Niels-Christian Holmstrøm | |
| Date of birth | February 23, 1947 (age 60) | |
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1967-1969 1969-1970 1970-1971 1971-1974 1974-1977 |
Kjøbenhavns Boldklub ADO Den Haag HFC Haarlem Kjøbenhavns Boldklub Girondins de Bordeaux |
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| National team | ||
| 1968-1969 1968-1976 |
Denmark U-21 Denmark |
5 (2) 15 (4) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1978-1979 1980-1983 1984-1986 2001 |
Kastrup BK Boldklubben 1903 Kjøbenhavns Boldklub F.C. Copenhagen |
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Niels-Christian Holmstrøm (born February 23, 1947) is a Danish former football player, manager, chief consultant in Team Danmark and sports director of Danish football club F.C. Copenhagen. In his position as striker, he guided Kjøbenhavns Boldklub to two Danish Championships. He played 15 A nationals for the Danish national team and scored four goals.
Currently he is chairman for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub and a "special consultant" for F.C. Copenhagen.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Copenhagen, he started his career at Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB), where he was the top goal-scorer in the Danish championship in 1968 as he guided the club to its 13th championship trophy. Holmstrøm played 6 Danish under-21 national team matches and scored 2 goals, in 1968 and 1969. His last two under-21 national games came after he had already debuted for the Danish senior national team on December 4 1968 against the Republic of Ireland. He went on to play four national team matches, before he moved abroad to play professionally for Dutch clubs ADO Den Haag and HFC Haarlem. As professional players were not allowed in the national team, his national team career went on a hiatus. His professional career was quickly over, as he suffered a career-ending injury and was declared medically unfit to play football.[1]
He refused to end his career, and returned to play for KB. Holmstrøm re-entered the national team in 1973, and he scored 3 goals in a national team match against Indonesia on September 3 1974 (final score 9-0), and was selected as the Danish team captain in the next 3 national team games. In 1974, he repeated his 1968 feat, as he was league top-scorer in KB's 14th Danish championship win. Following that season, he won the 1974 Danish Footballer of the Year award. He moved abroad once more in 1974, to play for FC Girondins de Bordeaux in France until his retirement in 1977. As the Danish rule of amateurism had been abolished in 1971, he continued to play for Denmark, and his last match for the national team came on November 17 1976 against Portugal.
Following his retirement, he managed Danish club Kastrup BK, with such success he earned the "Manager of the Year in Denmark" award in 1979. He also managed Boldklubben 1903 and KB before he ended his maanger career in 1986. He became sports director of F.C. Copenhagen in 1999, where he took the temporary role of manager in 2 games, when manager Roy Hodgson surprisingly left the club in September 2001. He ended his job at F.C. Copenhagen in 2006, after he had helped new sports director Carsten V. Jensen ease into the position.
[edit] Honours
- Danish 1st Division : 1968 and 1974, with KB
- Danish 1st Division top scorer : 1968 (23 goals) and 1974 (24 goals).
- Danish Cup : 1969, with KB
- Danish Footballer of the Year : 1974
- Manager of the Year in Denmark : 1979
[edit] References
- ^ Jens Kristensen, "Krudttønde - nu med mikrofon", Fyens Stiftstidende, June 23, 2006
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| Preceded by Roy Hodgson |
F.C. Copenhagen manager 2001 |
Succeeded by Hans Backe |
