Christian Nielsen (football manager)

Christian Nielsen (born 9 January 1974) is a Danish professional football manager. He was most recently the manager of Danish Superliga club Lyngby.

Christian Nielsen
Personal information
Date of birth (1974-01-09) 9 January 1974
Place of birth Denmark
Club information
Current team
 Lyngby (head coach)
Teams managed
Years Team
1994–2012 Lyngby (youth)
2010–2012 Denmark U21 (assistant)
2013–2015 Nordsjælland (youth)
2018 Lyngby (assistant)
2018–2020 Lyngby

Managerial career

Nielsen worked in the youth department of Lyngby Boldklub,[1] before moving to the youth of FC Nordsjælland on 1 January 2013.[2] In January 2018, Nielsen returned to the youth academy Lyngby,[3] before he became the caretaker manager for the first team in the same club in November 2018,[4] after they had fired Mark Strudal.[5] At that time, Lyngby was a second-tier 1st Division side, and after leading the club to promotion to the Superliga, Nielsen was appointed as the permanent new head coach.[6][7]

References
  1. Houlind, Søren (10 May 2011). "Lyngby venter på Juventus". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. Anker-Møller, Kristian (30 October 2012). "FCN hapser talenttræner i Lyngby". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  3. Blond, Mikael (6 January 2018). "Lyngby henter A+træner hjem". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  4. Nøhr, Mikkel (5 December 2018). "Ny Lyngby-træner vil angribe sig i top seks". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  5. Græsdal Maajen, Anton (28 November 2018). "Lyngby fyrer Mark Strudal". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  6. Normann, Jacob (10 May 2019). "Christian Nielsen bliver permanent cheftræner for Lyngby". lyngby-boldklub.dk (in Danish). Lyngby Boldklub. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  7. "Lyngby giver cheftræner permanent ansættelse". Berlingske (in Danish). /ritzau/. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
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