Jess Thorup

Jess Thorup (born 21 February 1970) is a Danish former professional football forward and the current head coach of Danish Superliga club FC Copenhagen.

Jess Thorup
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-02-21) 21 February 1970
Place of birth Copenhagen, Denmark
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 FC Copenhagen (head coach)
Youth career
–1989 OB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1996 OB 134 (29)
1996–1998 KFC Uerdingen 05 39 (3)
1998 FC Wacker Tirol 13 (3)
1998–2005 Esbjerg fB 203 (58)
2005 HamKam 12 (1)
2006 Esbjerg fB 1 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2013 Esbjerg fB
2013–2015 Denmark U-20
2013–2015 Denmark U-21
2015–2018 FC Midtjylland
2018–2020 Gent
2020 Genk
2020– Copenhagen
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

As a player he played for the two Danish Superliga sides OB and Esbjerg fB. He also played for German club KFC Uerdingen 05, the Austrian club FC Wacker Tirol and the Norwegian club HamKam.

He was head coach of Esbjerg fB starting with the resignation of Ove Pedersen on 14 March 2011.

On 21 February 2013 it was announced that starting 1 June 2013 he would be the manager of the Denmark under-21 national football team, and thereby leaving Esbjerg fB.

Managerial statistics
As of match played 7 February 2021[1]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Esbjerg fB (caretaker) 17 November 2008 1 January 2009 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 033.33
Esbjerg fB 14 March 2011 1 June 2013 84 46 18 20 140 84 +56 054.76
Denmark U-21 1 June 2013 12 July 2015 23 13 6 4 51 25 +26 056.52
FC Midtjylland 12 July 2015 10 October 2018 165 93 32 40 321 195 +126 056.36
Gent 10 October 2018 20 August 2020 82 39 19 24 146 102 +44 047.56
Genk 24 September 2020 2 November 2020 5 3 2 0 11 5 +6 060.00
Copenhagen 2 November 2020 Present 10 6 2 2 16 12 +4 060.00
Total 372 201 81 90 689 426 +263 054.03

Honours

As player

As manager

References
  1. Jess Thorup at FootballDatabase.eu
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