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.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 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]
| 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 | 33.33 |
| Esbjerg fB | |
14 March 2011 | 1 June 2013 | 84 | 46 | 18 | 20 | 140 | 84 | +56 | 54.76 |
| Denmark U-21 | |
1 June 2013 | 12 July 2015 | 23 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 51 | 25 | +26 | 56.52 |
| FC Midtjylland | |
12 July 2015 | 10 October 2018 | 165 | 93 | 32 | 40 | 321 | 195 | +126 | 56.36 |
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10 October 2018 | 20 August 2020 | 82 | 39 | 19 | 24 | 146 | 102 | +44 | 47.56 |
| Genk | |
24 September 2020 | 2 November 2020 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 60.00 |
| Copenhagen | |
2 November 2020 | Present | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 60.00 |
| Total | 372 | 201 | 81 | 90 | 689 | 426 | +263 | 54.03 | |||
Honours
As player
- Danish 1st Division: 1989, with OB
- Danish Cup: 1991, 1993, with OB
As manager
- Danish 1st Division: 2012, with EfB
- Danish Cup: 2013, with EfB
- Danish Superliga: 2018, with FC Midtjylland
References
- Jess Thorup at FootballDatabase.eu
External links
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