Allan Kierstein Jepsen (born 4 July 1977 in Kolding) is a Danish former professional football player and current U17 manager at FC Midtjylland.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Allan Kierstein Jepsen | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Kolding,[1] Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Midtjylland (U17 manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1997 | AGF | 23 | (1) |
| 1997–1999 | Hamburger SV | 26 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | Heerenveen | 10 | (0) |
| 2000–2005 | AaB | 173 | (3) |
| 2006–2009 | Vålerenga | 72 | (3) |
| 2009–2010 | Randers | 12 | (0) |
| 2010 | Alemannia Aachen | 15 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Horsens | 10 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Denmark | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2014 | AGF U14[2] | ||
| 2014–2016 | AGF U17[3] | ||
| 2016–2017 | AGF (Assistant)[4] | ||
| 2017–2019 | AGF (staff)[5] | ||
| 2019–2020 | AaB (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2021 | NSÍ | ||
| 2022– | Midtjylland (U17) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He played as a left back for a number of clubs, spending most of his career with Aalborg Boldspilklub.[6][7] Jepsen played two games for the Denmark national football team.
Career
editStarting his professional career at AGF, Jepsen was a promising talent for many years, and was capped 24 times for the Danish national U21 team, while playing abroad for prominent teams Heerenveen and Hamburg. The young defender, however, never broke into the starting eleven on the highest level, and before the 2000–01 season he returned to the Danish Superliga outfit AaB, poised to replace club legend Jens Jessen. After almost 200 matches for AaB, Jepsen finally achieved a full cap for the Danish national team on 2 June 2005, coming on for Niclas Jensen at the 71st minute in the 1–0 win over Finland.
On 13 March 2006, Jepsen used a clause in his contract as he signed for the Norwegian club Vålerenga for a €335,000 transfer fee. He revealed that the chance of playing in the UEFA Champions League was one of the chief reasons in choosing his new club.[8] In June 2009, Vålerenga and the Danish club Randers made a transfer agreement for Jepsen. The Dane signed a six-month contract with the Danish side. Jepsen played his last match for Vålerenga on 14 June 2009.[9]
Jepsen played 12 games for Randers, but left the club when his contract ran out in January 2010. He returned to Germany, signing for Alemannia Aachen in the German 2. Bundesliga.[10]
References
edit- ^ "Allan K. Jepsen" (in Danish). Haslund.info. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "AGF tilknytter tidligere topspiller som ungdomstræner" (in Danish). agf.dk. Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ "Tidligere topspiller ny U17-træner" (in Danish). agf.dk. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ "AGF udvider trænerteamet" (in Danish). agf.dk. Archived from the original on 23 May 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "Allan K. Jepsen bliver A+-træner i AGF" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "Allan Jepsen" (in Danish). Danish Football Association. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "Allan K. Jepsen" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ Boier, Christian (21 March 2006). "Champions League lokkede Allan K. Jepsen til Norge" (in Danish). Onside.dk.[dead link]
- ^ "Allan K. Jepsen til Randers" (in Danish). dr.dk. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "2. Bundesliga: Allan Jepsen wechselt nach Aachen" (in German). FOCUS Online. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
External links
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- Allan K. Jepsen national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Allan K. Jepsen official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com (in Danish)