Ove Christensen

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ove Christensen
Occupation	Association Football Manager
Date Of Birth	Mar 26, 1950(1950-03-26)
Age	74
Birthplace	Brønderslev
Country	Denmark
Birth City	North Jutland
Horoscope	Pisces

Ove Christensen Biography

Ove Christensen is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Manager who was born on March 26, 1950 in Brønderslev, North Jutland, Denmark. Ove Christensen (born on 26 March 1950) is a Danish Association football manager. He was until recently director of Vendsyssel FF in the Danish 1st Division. He was the head coach of several of Danish Superliga clubs and was the winner of the Danish women’s title with Fortuna Hjorring.

He only stayed for only six months with AGF and the team finished in ninth position after the first two weeks of the Danish Superliga 2000-01 season. At the end of the season, Christensen handed in his resignation, and criticized his AGF management for their lack of support and absence. Two weeks later his appointment as the head coach of the opposition Superliga team AB hoping to avoid the possibility of relegation. The team was guided by him to 10th place with nine points clear from the relegation zone. The team also made it to in the Danish Cup final, but losing 1-4 to Silkeborg IF. In the two subsequent seasons Christensen was the team’s leader, leading AB to the fifth and ninth places, respectively. He was unable to agree on an extension of his contract with AB in the summer of 2003 and then left the club just six months prior to date.

On October 7, 2009 he was appointed the successor of Superliga club Randers FC’s fired Head Coach John ‘Faxe’ Jensen on a contract for the remainder of the Danish Superliga 2009-10 season. Randers had only two points after 11 games, and the goal of his appointment was to turn the team around and avoid relegation. Randers got six points in the last seven games before the winter break halfway through the season, leaving them 13 points deep in the relegation zone, with all experts forecasting nothing but relegation at the end of the upcoming spring season. In the winter break, Randers parted ways with seven players, bringing in four key signings in Anders Egholm, Yura Movsisyan, Søren Jensen, and Morten Karlsen. With a historic comeback of 16 successive games without losing, Christensen guided Randers two points clear of relegation and kept the club in the top flight. On May 17, 2010, he signed a one-year extension of his contract.

He was hired by Superliga relegation battlers Vejle Boldklub in April 2007. On May 9, 2007 he reclaimed the record of most matches as coach in the Superliga from Viggo Jensen, when Vejle won 3–0 against Esbjerg fB in his 307th match. He could not keep Vejle from relegation, but guided the club to a bounce-back for the Superliga in 2008. At the winter break of the Danish Superliga 2008-09 season, Vejle was placed one point into the relegation zone. With a series of transfer moves, the Vejle squad found renewed optimism before the second half of the season. As Vejle got three points in the first three games of the spring season, Vejle officials sacked Christensen on 17 March 2009. The sacking was criticized as premature, and Vejle got nine points in the remaining 13 games and was relegated.

Then, in the month of July 1999, he was selected to the Danish Football Association as manager of the Denmark national football team under 18 and was appointed as Viborg had agreed to release him of his agreement. In the real world, he was Flemming Serritslev’s assistant coach for the Denmark national team for under-21 football and was the team’s leader several times. The position was vacated after one year, when he was offered the position of coaching Superliga AGF. AGF.

Ove Christensen Net Worth

Ove Christensen is one of the richest Association Football Manager from Denmark. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ove Christensen 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Christensen began his coaching career at lower-league teams, starting by working with Bronderslev In 1982, he joined IF. He was the manager of Vra IF, before moving to the top women’s league Elitedivisionen squad Fortuna Hjorring in 1985, remaining there for three years. He played for four years in the male team Norresundby Boldklub, guiding the club to the second tier of the Danish 1st Division beginning in the year 1991 and bringing in players like the later Danish champions Henrik Rasmussen and Jan Pedersen. They became part of Fortuna Hjorring for a second period in 1994, and led the team through winning the Double In 1995 taking home both Elitedivisionen as well as the Danish Women’s Cup.

As of 1995 Christensen got a job with Viborg FF , a Men’s Danish 1st Division, and helped the club reach the top of the ladder in the Danish Superliga. He led the team to finish eighth in the Danish Superliga 1995-96 season. The following season, the club finished being 11th and dropped to 1st Division. He was allowed to keep his post in the club, and quickly guided the team to promotion to the Superliga next season. For the Danish Superliga 1998-99 season, He once again secured an eighth-place finish.

He was appointed manager of his old club Viborg FF a few days later. He managed Viborg to two seventh-place finishes in his first two seasons with the team. As Viborg lost 2–3 to Silkeborg IF on March 12, 2006, Christensen set a record of 285 matches as coach in the Superliga, breaking the former record set by Peter Rudbæk. As the positive surprise of the Danish Superliga 2005-06 season, Viborg finished in fourth place, with the highest goal tally of the league. The club was off to a bad start of the Danish Superliga 2006-07. In July 2006, Christensen declared he wanted to leave the club after the season, and criticized the Viborg management for confused season preparations, and was in turn fired by the club.

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Facts & Trivia

Ove Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Manager. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Denmark. Ove Christensen celebrates birthday on March 26 of every year.