Kasper Hjulmand

Kasper Hjulmand (born 9 April 1972) is a Danish football manager and a former player. He is currently the head coach for the Danish national team.

Kasper Hjulmand
Personal information
Date of birth (1972-04-09) 9 April 1972
Place of birth Aalborg, Denmark
Club information
Current team
 Denmark (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1991 Randers Freja
1992–1994 Herlev IF
1995–1998 B.93
Teams managed
1998–2003 Lyngby (U-18)
2003–2005 Lyngby (ITU)
2006–2008 Lyngby
2008–2011 Nordsjælland (Assistant coach)
2011–2014 Nordsjælland
2014–2015 Mainz 05
2016–2019 Nordsjælland
2020– Denmark
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Hjulmand began his career with Randers Freja in 1987 where he played four years, and then signed with Herlev IF in the winter of 1992. He played with Herlev IF two seasons and then moved to B.93 in the winter of 1995.[1] After three seasons with B93 at the age of 26 Hjulmand was forced to retire as a football player due to a knee injury.[2]

Coaching career

Early career

Hjulmand became head coach of Lyngby from 1 January 2006[3] until 7 July 2008 when he became an assistant coach with FC Nordsjælland.[4] He was named the successor of Morten Wieghorst at FC Nordsjælland taking over from 1 July 2011[5] until 18 May 2014[6] when he had his final match as head coach of Nordsjælland; a 2–2 draw against Brøndby.[7] Nordsjælland won their first Danish championship with Hjulmand as head coach.[8]

FSV Mainz 05

On 15 May 2014, Hjulmand was confirmed as Thomas Tuchel's successor at 1. FSV Mainz 05 for the following season.[6] His first two matches in charge was in the Third qualifying round of the Europa League. In the first leg against Asteras Tripoli, Mainz won 1–0,[9] and in the second leg, Mainz lost 3–1 and they got knocked out of the campaign.[10] Then Mainz were knocked out in the first round of the DFB Cup after losing to Chemnitzer FC in a shoot–out.[11] In his first eight league matches, Mainz were undefeated and in third place.[12] After this, Mainz had won only one of their 13 matches and dropped down to 14th place.[12] At this point, on 17 February 2015, he was sacked.[13] His final match was a 4–2 loss to Borussia Dortmund.[14]

Return to Nordsjælland

On 15 December 2015, it was announced that Hjulmand would return as manager of Nordsjælland as of 1 January 2016.[15] Hjulmand managed to get the team back on track and the club finished 9th in the 2015–16 Danish Superliga. In the following two seasons he led Nordsjælland to a 6th and 3rd place. In January 2019 Hjulmand was linked with RSC Anderlecht, but Nordsjælland wanted a compensation that Anderlecht did not want to pay and instead Fred Rutten was appointed.[16] Following the failed contract with Anderlecht Hjulmand announced that he would leave Nordsjælland in the summer of 2019 at the end of his contract.[17]

On 25 March 2019 Hjulmand left Nordsjælland by mutual consent after having secured a spot in the Championship round of the 2018–19 Danish Superliga.[18]

Denmark national team

In June 2019, it was announced that Hjulmand would replace Åge Hareide as manager of the Danish national football team, when Hareide's contract expired after the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[19] Hareide did not lead the team at the Euro 2020, since the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[20]

Coaching record
As of 18 November 2020
Team From To Record
M W D L Win% Ref.
Lyngby 1 January 2006[3] 7 July 2008[4] 50 14 12 24 028.00
Nordsjælland 1 July 2011[5] 18 May 2014[6][7] 122 58 25 39 047.54 [21][22]
Mainz 05 18 May 2014[6][7] 17 February 2015[13] 24 5 11 8 020.83 [23]
Nordsjælland 1 January 2016[5] 25 March 2019 113 43 31 39 038.05 [24]
Denmark 1 July 2020 8 5 1 2 062.50
Total 317 125 80 112 039.43 —

Honours

Managerial

Lyngby

Nordsjælland

References
  1. Kasper Hjulmands Stats
  2. Tuchels Nachfolger ist da
  3. "Lyngby BK » Manager history". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  4. "Kasper Hjulmand træner i FCN" (in Danish). politiken.dk. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  5. "FC Nordsjælland » Manager history". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  6. "Hjulmand übernimmt Tuchels Job". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 16 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  7. "FC Nordsjaelland". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  8. "Nordsjælland claim first Danish title" (in German). UEFA. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  9. "Dank Okazaki: Mainz in der Pole-Position" (in German). kicker. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  10. "Mainz 05 verpasst Playoffs zur Europa League" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  11. "10:9! Fink setzt dem Wahnsinn die Krone auf" (in German). kicker. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  12. "Wie erwartet: Aus für FSV-Coach Hjulmand" (in German). kicker. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  13. "Siebter (!) Kreuzbandriss zwang Schmidt in die Knie" (in German). Die Welt. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  14. "1. FSV Mainz 05". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  15. FC Nordsjælland får nye ejere og skifter cheftræner, FC Nordsjælland, 15 December 2015
  16. Anderlecht-træners særlige kontrakt: Åbner dør på klem for Hjulmand, Tipsbladet, 7 January 2019
  17. Kasper Hjulmand stopper i FCN til sommer, Tipsbladet, 7 January 2019
  18. Hjulmand stopper øjeblikkeligt i FCN, bold.dk, 25 March 2019
  19. Kasper Hjulmand bliver ny træner for herrelandsholdet i fodbold, Danmarks Radio, 12 June 2019
  20. Hjulmand er startet som landstræner før tid, bold.dk, 18 May 2020
  21. "FC Nordsjælland » Fixtures & Results 2012/2013". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  22. "FC Nordsjælland » Fixtures & Results 2013/2014". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  23. "1. FSV Mainz 05". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  24. "SuperStats » Kasper Hjulmand, All-time". superstats.dk. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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