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Kasper Hjulmand
Hjulmand managing Nordsjælland in 2013
Personal information
Full name Kasper Hjulmand[1]
Date of birth (1972-04-09) 9 April 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Gandrup, Denmark
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Defender
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 North Florida Ospreys 18 (6)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1991 Randers Freja
1992–1994 Herlev IF
1995–1998 B.93
Managerial career
1998–2003 Lyngby (U-18)
2003–2005 Lyngby (ITU)
2006–2008 Lyngby
2011–2014 Nordsjælland
2014–2015 Mainz 05
2016–2019 Nordsjælland
2020–2024 Denmark
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

As a manager he led Nordsjælland to their first ever Danish Superliga title in 2012. After a brief stint at Mainz 05, he returned to Nordsjælland in 2016 before being appointed coach of Denmark in 2020, following which he guided the national team to the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2020. He has also qualified Denmark for 2022 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024.

Background

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He was born 9 April 1972, in Gandrup, a small town with 1,500 inhabitants about 15 kilometres east of the city of Aalborg, and grew up in the town of Auning, a town with about 3,000 inhabitants on the peninsula of Djursland. His parents were teachers. As a 19-year-old, he started at Vejle Sports Academy, where he had the subjects volleyball, psychology and philosophy. After his time at the sports academy, he studied Sports science at the University of Copenhagen, and has a B.Sc degree in Sports science with a specialisation in coaching. For a short period he also studied Sports Management at the University of North Florida (UNF) in the US.

Playing career

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A defender,[2] 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.[3] He also played for the North Florida Ospreys in 1994, scoring six goals in 18 appearances.[4][5] After three seasons with B93 at the age of 26 Hjulmand was forced to retire as a football player due to a knee injury.[6]

Coaching career

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Early career

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Hjulmand became head coach of Lyngby from 1 January 2006[7] until 7 July 2008 when he became an assistant coach with Nordsjælland.[8] He was named the successor of Morten Wieghorst at Nordsjælland taking over from 1 July 2011[9] until 18 May 2014[10] when he had his final match as head coach of Nordsjælland; a 2–2 draw against Brøndby.[11] Nordsjælland won their first ever Danish championship with Hjulmand as head coach, despite having one of the lowest budgets in the league. He also guided them to the UEFA Champions League group stages.[12]

Mainz 05

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On 15 May 2014, Hjulmand was confirmed as Thomas Tuchel's successor at Mainz 05 for the following season.[10] 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,[13] and in the second leg, Mainz lost 3–1 and they got knocked out of the campaign.[14] Then, Mainz were knocked out in the first round of the DFB-Pokal after losing to Chemnitzer FC in a shoot–out.[15] In his first eight league matches, Mainz were undefeated and in third place.[16] After this, Mainz won only one of their 13 matches and dropped down to 14th place.[16] At this point, on 17 February 2015, he was sacked.[17] His final match was a 4–2 loss to Borussia Dortmund.[18]

Return to Nordsjælland

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On 15 December 2015, it was announced that Hjulmand would return as manager of Nordsjælland as of 1 January 2016.[19] Hjulmand managed to get the team back on track and the club finished ninth in the 2015–16 Danish Superliga. In the following two seasons, he led Nordsjælland to a sixth and third place. In January 2019, Hjulmand was linked with Anderlecht, but Nordsjælland wanted a compensation that Anderlecht did not want to pay, and instead Fred Rutten was appointed.[20] Following the failed contract with Anderlecht, Hjulmand announced that he would leave Nordsjælland in the summer of 2019 at the end of his contract.[21]

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.[22]

Denmark national team

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In June 2019, it was announced that Hjulmand would replace Åge Hareide as manager of the Denmark national football team, when Hareide's contract expired after the UEFA Euro 2020 tournament.[23] Hareide did not lead the team at the Euro 2020, since the tournament was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[24] In the Euro 2020, Hjulmand led Denmark to the semi-finals, in which they lost 2–1 after extra-time and a controversial penalty against England.[25] He later led Denmark to finish second in their group in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A, only one point behind Croatia.[26] In the 2022 FIFA World Cup, Denmark finished last in their group with one draw and two defeats, in which they scored only once in the tournament.[27] In the UEFA Euro 2024, Denmark finish second in their group and faced Germany in the round of 16, but lost 2-0.[28] On 19 July 2024, Hjulmand resigned as Danish national coach.[29]

Coaching record

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As of match played 29 June 2024
Team From To Record
M W D L Win% Ref.
Lyngby 1 January 2006[7] 7 July 2008[8] 50 14 12 24 028.00
Nordsjælland 1 July 2011[9] 18 May 2014[10][11] 122 58 25 39 047.54 [30][31]
Mainz 05 18 May 2014[10][11] 17 February 2015[17] 24 5 11 8 020.83 [32]
Nordsjælland 1 January 2016[9] 25 March 2019 113 43 31 39 038.05 [33]
Denmark 1 August 2020 19 July 2024 54 32 8 14 059.26 [34]
Total 363 152 87 124 041.87 —

Honours

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Managerial

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Lyngby

Nordsjælland

References

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  1. ^ "Squad List: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022: Denmark (DEN)" (PDF). FIFA. 18 December 2022. p. 9. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  2. ^ Kasper Hjulmand at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Kasper Hjulmands Stats". dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Statistics Summary for 1994". static.unfospreys.com.
  5. ^ AP, Times-Union and. "UNF grad Kasper Hjulmand named Denmark's soccer coach". The Florida Times-Union.
  6. ^ "Tuchels Nachfolger ist da: Hjulmand "passt genau"". kicker.
  7. ^ a b "Lyngby BK » Manager history". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Kasper Hjulmand træner i FCN" (in Danish). politiken.dk. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  9. ^ a b c "FC Nordsjælland » Manager history". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  10. ^ a b c d "Hjulmand übernimmt Tuchels Job". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). 16 May 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  11. ^ a b c "FC Nordsjaelland". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  12. ^ "Nordsjælland claim first Danish title" (in German). UEFA. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  13. ^ "Dank Okazaki: Mainz in der Pole-Position" (in German). kicker. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  14. ^ "Mainz 05 verpasst Playoffs zur Europa League" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  15. ^ "10:9! Fink setzt dem Wahnsinn die Krone auf" (in German). kicker. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  16. ^ a b "Wie erwartet: Aus für FSV-Coach Hjulmand" (in German). kicker. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  17. ^ a b "Siebter (!) Kreuzbandriss zwang Schmidt in die Knie" (in German). Die Welt. 17 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  18. ^ "1. FSV Mainz 05". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  19. ^ FC Nordsjælland får nye ejere og skifter cheftræner, Nordsjælland, 15 December 2015
  20. ^ Anderlecht-træners særlige kontrakt: Åbner dør på klem for Hjulmand, Tipsbladet, 7 January 2019
  21. ^ Kasper Hjulmand stopper i FCN til sommer, Tipsbladet, 7 January 2019
  22. ^ Hjulmand stopper øjeblikkeligt i FCN, bold.dk, 25 March 2019
  23. ^ Kasper Hjulmand bliver ny træner for herrelandsholdet i fodbold, Danmarks Radio, 12 June 2019
  24. ^ Hjulmand er startet som landstræner før tid, bold.dk, 18 May 2020
  25. ^ "England 2-1 Denmark: Kasper Hjulmand bitter over Raheem Sterling penalty call in Euro 2020 semi-final". Sky Sports. 8 July 2021.
  26. ^ Will Magee (25 September 2022). "Denmark 2-0 France: Danes ease to win over France, finish second in Nations League group". Eurosport.
  27. ^ "Dark horses Denmark exit World Cup as attack fails to fire". Reuters. 30 November 2022.
  28. ^ "Danmark er færdig ved EM efter nederlag til Tyskland". Jyllands-Posten. 29 June 2024.
  29. ^ "Kasper Hjulmand stopper som landstræner". Danish FA. 19 July 2024.
  30. ^ "FC Nordsjælland » Fixtures & Results 2012/2013". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  31. ^ "FC Nordsjælland » Fixtures & Results 2013/2014". Worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 October 2014.
  32. ^ "1. FSV Mainz 05". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
  33. ^ "SuperStats » Kasper Hjulmand, All-time". superstats.dk. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  34. ^ "Kasper Hjlumand". dbu.dk (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
  35. ^ Kasper Hjulmand at Soccerway. Retrieved 27 October 2024.
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