Bent Christensen (footballer born 1963)

Egsmark Bent Christensen ( born February 2, 1963 in Værløse ) is a Danish football coach and former football player.

Club career

The midfielder played in the youth at Værløse BK and from 1982 to 1989 Lyngby BK in the Danish first division active. In 1983 he became Danish champion with Lyngby; 1984 and 1985 he won the Danish Cup. In 1989 he moved to Switzerland to Young Boys Bern, where he was under contract seven years. In 1996 he returned to Lyngby. A cruciate ligament injury ended his active career in 1997. He thereafter remained as manager in Lyngby.

National

Bent Christensen was in 1981 in Fiirstenwalde in a match against the same age range of the GDR its debut at the U-19 national team. Four inserts in the U-19 followed in 1982 and 1983 five games for the U- 21 team, including qualifying for the European Championship 1984.

On May 18, 1988 coach Richard Møller Nielsen put him first in the senior team. During qualifying for the Olympic Games against Poland he was in the 57th minute, substitute for the other debutants this game, Mark Strudal. 1989 appointed the new coach Sepp Piontek Christensen to a tournament in Malta. On 8 February 1989 he made ​​against the Maltese selection his first game on 90 minutes. Strange thing about this game was that up to 72 minutes two players had the same name on the square - with Chris Christensen and his namesake Turbo Bent Christensen Brøndby IF, who gave Malta against his senior international debut. In another match at the tournament in Malta and Substitutes in the match against Belgium in August 1989 Bent E. Christensen's career was as an A -National player already ended. However, both Bent Christensen stood more in a B international match in 1996 against Scotland together on the court.

Coach

After his playing career, Christensen became assistant to Poul Hansen initially at Lyngby. He was also coach of the second team of Lyngby BK. In 2003, he was half a year head coach Brønshøj BK in the first division (second Danish league ). On 1 January 2004 it overtook Lyngby BK as head coach back, he had held this post for two years. Since January 2006 he has Cotrainer at Lyngby BK, initially by Kasper Hjulmand and in the season 2008/ 09 by Henrik Larsen.