Asbjørn Sennels

Asbjørn Sennels (born 17 January 1979) is a former Danish professional football (soccer) player, who played as a left back. He has played two games for the Denmark national football team.

Asbjørn Sennels
Asbjørn Sennels in March 2012.
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-01-17) 17 January 1979
Place of birth Brabrand, Denmark
Position(s) Left back
Club information
Current team
 Tjele Vest Sport (player-manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 Skovbakken IK
1999–2004 Viborg FF 108 (2)
2004–2007 Brøndby IF 74 (1)
2007–2010 Viborg FF 59 (2)
2010–2012 Tjele Vest Sport
2012 Viborg FF 11 (0)
National team
2000–2001 Denmark U21 10 (0)
2003–2004 Denmark 2 (0)
Teams managed
2017–2018 Viborg FF II (player-assistant)
2018–2020 Tjele Vest Sport (player-assistant)
2020– Tjele Vest Sport (player-manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Born in Brabrand, Sennels played for local lower-league clubs Brabrand IF and IK Skovbakken. He got his breakthrough with Superliga club Viborg FF in the 1999-00 Superliga season, and was soon called up for the Danish under-21 national team. He played 108 league games for Viborg, and was called up for the Danish national team in August 2003. In February 2004, during the 2003–04 winter transfer window, he was bought by league rivals Brøndby IF.

Brøndby manager Michael Laudrup bought Sennels to replace Aurelijus Skarbalius on the left back position. Sennels made his Brøndby debut in the 2004 UEFA Cup matches with FC Barcelona. He was called up for his second and last national team game in April 2004. His first time playin in the Brøndby was less than perfect, and it did not help him that he was replacing the fan favourite Skarbalius. Sennels found his feet and played all 33 Brøndby matches in the 2004–05 Superliga season, as the club won the championship title, as well as the Danish Cup trophy. Laudrup bought Joseph Elanga to challenge Sennels for the left back position, and he played 19 of 33 matches in the following season.

When Laudrup was replaced by Rene Meulensteen as Brøndby manager, Sennels was sent further down the pecking order by on-loan left back Adam Eckersley. When Meulensteen left Brøndby halfway through the 2006–07 Superliga season, Sennels was told by replacement manager Tom Køhlert that he had no future at the club. In the summer 2007, he moved back to Viborg FF.

Later career

Sennels retired from professional football in the summer 2012, as his job as a high school teacher did not harmonize with his football career. However, he still played for Viborg FF's reserve team in the Denmark Series and as of the summer 2017, he functioned as a player-assistant coach for the team.[1]

In the summer 2018, Sennels returned to Danish seventh division club Tjele Vest Sport as a player-assistant coach.[2] In January 2020, he was promoted to player-head coach.[3]

Honours

References
  1. Rutineret VFF'er bliver spillende assistent for danmarksserieholdet, viborg-folkeblad.dk, 11 July 2017
  2. Tjele Vest Sport lokker kendt navn til som spillende træner, viborg-folkeblad.dk, 4 July 2018
  3. Har spillet på landsholdet og mødt Barcelona - nu skal han være træner i serie 2, viborg-folkeblad.dk, 11 January 2020
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