Frank Pingel
Frank Pingel ( born May 9, 1964 in Aarhus ) is a Danish former football player at the position of center forward.
Life
Pingel began his career as a professional football player in 1983 when IK Stovbacken and moved in early 1984 to Aarhus GF, in which he focused on the following five years until the end of 1988 under contract and with whom he in the 1986 season, the Danish Championship and in the next two seasons (1987 and 1988), twice won the Danish Cup competition.
In January 1989, Pingel moved abroad for the first time and spent a half- season at Newcastle United, where he scored a goal in the English First Division. Having suffered at the end of the 1988/89 season down the Magpies Pingel returned to his homeland and played in the next two years for Brondby IF, with whom he In 1991, two more league titles won in the 1990 season as well as the shortened season and for the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1990/91 could qualify where Brondby with 0:0 and 1:2 lost to AS Roma. It is the biggest success of the club at the international level to date.
In September 1991, Pingel was obliged by TSV 1860 Munich, who played nine- year absence in the Bavarian league again in the second division. Gameday On the ninth of the season 1991/92 had Pingel the much-cited " cost -to-measure " when he made his debut in the Lions jersey and on September 15, 1991 already in the tenth game -minute header for a 1-0 lead against FC Homburg met who could be defeated 3-0. His other goals for 1860 Pingel scored on 12 October 1991 between temporal 3:1 ( 66 minutes ) in a 3-2 away win against VfB Leipzig, on 8 December 1991 to make it 2-0 ( 76 ) 3-0 home win against Rot-Weiß Erfurt, on March 14, 1992 2-0 Full Time ( 41 ) at FSV Mainz 05, on March 22, 1992 2-0 Full Time ( 81 ) against Hall and on 25 April 1992 1-1 draw ( 62 ) turn against Mainz 05 Nevertheless, excelled in this game already from his separation from 1860. After Pingel was already refer to VfB Leipzig (0:2) of the field in his previous bet on 4 April 1992 he also saw in the game against Mainz in the 76th minute due to a lack of discipline the red card, resulting in a Überwerfung with his coach Karsten Wettberg led. Since 1860 also descended on the end of the season, Pingel returned to Brondby.
Between 1993 and 1995, Pingel was two years in Turkey, where he stood in 1993/94 at Bursaspor and 1994/95 Fenerbahce under contract. After a brief stop at Lille in late 1995 Pingel ended his career with his "home club " Aarhus Fremad.
Achievements
- Danish champion: 1986, 1990, 1991
- Danish Cup Winner: 1987, 1988