Benny Gall

Benny Gall (born 14 March 1971) is a Danish former footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and the current head coach of fourth tier Denmark Series club IF Skjold Birkerød.

Benny Gall
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-03-14) March 14, 1971
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Skjold Birkerød (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990 Fremad Amager ? (?)
1991–1992 Copenhagen ? (?)
1992–1994 Brønshøj 30 (0)
1994–1995 Dordrecht'90 48 (0)
1996 De Graafschap 0 (0)
1996–1998 Shrewsbury Town 34 (0)
1999–2001 Esbjerg fB 91 (0)
2001–2007 Copenhagen 8 (0)
National team
1990 Denmark U-21 1 (0)
Teams managed
2003–2007 KB
2008–2009 B.93
2010–2013 Elite 3000 Helsingør
2014–2015 AB (assistant)
2015–2018 Avarta
2018–2019 Skjold Birkerød (assistant)
2019– Skjold Birkerød
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He has previously been the manager of B93's 2nd Division East team and Elite 3000 Helsingør, BK Avarta.[1] Before his job at B.93, he was the manager of F.C. Copenhagen's reserve team, Kjøbenhavns Boldklub.[2] He also worked as an assistant coach at Akademisk Boldklub (AB).[3]

Gall, had a sporadically successful playing career in Denmark and a spell, with Shrewsbury Town in England when they were in Division Three. Galls first club was BK Fremad Amager near his home town of Copenhagen. Spells at Brønshøj BK Dordrecht 90 and De Graafschap followed, before he moved across to England to join up with Jake Kings Shrewsbury Town. While not an overly successful period in the club's history, Gall managed almost 40 appearances as he battled for the 1st team jersey with Paul Edwards. By 2001, Gall had returned to his native Denmark finishing his career with F.C. Copenhagen in a player coach capacity.

Honours

References
  1. "Benny Gall ny cheftræner i Avarta" (in Danish). bold.dk. 4 May 2015.
  2. "Benny Gall fortsætter som træner" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 2007-05-29.
  3. "AB sparker Benny Gall" (in Danish). bold.dk. 28 April 2015.


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