Jan Kristiansen

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Jan Kristiansen
Personal information
Date of birth	August 4, 1981 (1981-08-04) (age 26)
Place of birth	Varde, Denmark
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Left back, utility midfielder
Club information
Current club	1. FC Nuremberg
Number	15
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
–2006 2006–present	Esbjerg fB 1. FC Nuremberg	131 (41) 047 0(0)
National team2
2000–2001 2002 2002–2003 2003–present	Denmark U-19 Denmark U-20 Denmark U-21 Denmark	003 0(0) 004 0(0) 017 0(3) 011 0(0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 16, 2008. 2 National team caps and goals correct as of 22 August 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Jan Kristiansen (born 4 August 1981 in Varde) is a Danish professional football player who plays as a midfielder in the German club 1. FC Nuremberg. Kristiansen has played 11 matches for the Denmark national football team.

Kristiansen is a rare type of player and is one of few recognised as a complete utility midfielder. He is able to play as an attacking midfielder, a defensive midfielder, a central midfielder or a wide midfielder on both sides.

[edit] Biography

Kristiansen made his Danish Superliga debut for Esbjerg fB in the 1999–2000 season, which ended in the club being relegated to the Danish 1st Division. After a single season in the 1st Division, Kristiansen returned strongly to the Superliga and he would miss only two of 130 Superliga games over the following four seasons. Since November 2000 he was a member of various Danish national youth teams, and he was selected the 2002 Danish Under-21 Player of the Year. On February 12, 2003, he debuted for the senior Danish national team, coming on as a substitute in a 4-1 win against Egypt, and Kristiansen ended the 2002–03 season as joined Superliga top scorer, him and Søren Frederiksen both scoring 18 goals.

Halfway through the 2005–06 season, Kristiansen moved to Germany to play for 1. FC Nuremberg. He helped Nuremberg win the 2007 DFB-Pokal, scoring the winning goal in extra time, as Nuremberg beat VfB Stuttgart 3-2.

[edit] Honours

• 2002 Danish Under-21 Player of the Year
• DFB-Pokal: 2007

[edit] External links

• Danish national team profile (Danish)
• Career stats at Danmarks Radio (Danish)
• Bundesliga Appearances

Awards
Preceded by Peter Madsen & Kasper Dalgas	Danish Superliga top scorers 2003 with Søren Frederiksen	Succeeded by Steffen Højer, Mwape Miti, Mohamed Zidan & Tommy Bechmann

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