Tom Køhlert

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Tom Køhlert
Personal information
Full name Tom Køhlert
Date of birth (1947-04-30) 30 April 1947 (age 74)
Place of birth Glostrup, Denmark[1]
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
Youth career
AB
Glostrup IF32
Brøndbyvester
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1971 Brøndby 62 (1)
Teams managed
1972–1979 Brøndby
1979 Brøndby (assistant)
1979–1985 Brøndby
1986–1990 Roskilde
1999 Brøndby (caretaker)
2002 Brøndby (caretaker)
2007–2008 Brøndby
2011–2016
2016–2018
2018–
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Tom Køhlert (Danish pronunciation: [ˈtsʰʌmˀ ˈkʰøːlˀʌt]; born 30 April 1947) is a Danish football manager and former player who managed Brøndby IF from 1979 to 1985 and several times later as a caretaker. He led the club to its first ever Danish championship in 1985. He has also functioned as a caretaker for the club's first team on two occasions. He currently coaches lower-tier club .

Playing career[]

A Brøndby IF club legend, Køhlert began his career as a player for Akademisk Boldklub (AB) before shortly moving to Glostrup IF 32 and finally to the former Brøndbyvester IF. A year later, Brøndbyvester merged with Brøndbyøster IF and became Brøndby IF, where he made his debut in 1966.[2] He later stated, that he was not an ambitious player, refusing to train three times a week when new Brøndby coach John Sinding took over.[2]

In 1971, after making 62 appearances for Brøndby, Køhlert retired due to persistent knee injuries.[3]

Managerial career[]

Køhlert was appointed as a youth coach in Brøndby by chairman and former teammate, Per Bjerregaard, in 1972. After training different youth teams, he was promoted to first-team head coach in 1979 after having led the team to a fifth-place finish the season before, as former head coach Jørgen Hvidemose had been sacked.[2] He led the club to its first Danish championship in 1985,[4] Køhlert then left the position, as star players such as Michael Laudrup moved away and increasing media attention had changed his role as head coach.[2]

In 1986, Køhlert took the position as head coach for Roskilde in the second division, a team he coached for more than three years.[2] In 1990, he returned as a youth coach for Brøndby.

Køhlert would return to first-team management in 1999, taking over as a caretaker manager after former head coach Ebbe Skovdahl had left for Aberdeen and his replacement, Åge Hareide, would only start on 1 January 2000. After Hareide proved a mismatch as a Brøndby coach, Køhlert once again took over as caretaker in the spring of 2002, leading the club to its ninth championship.[2]

After leaving professional management, he coached the first team of lower-tier clubs ,[5] and .[6]

Honours[]

Brøndby[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Brøndbys guldtræner hjælper de næstbedste". Fyens.dk. Fyens Stiftstidende. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Thoby, Esben (2013). Brøndby IF - 1964-2014 : 50 fortællinger fra 50 profiler (1. udgave ed.). Aarhus: Turbine. pp. 264–271. ISBN 978-87-7141-333-5.
  3. ^ Olsen, Søren (6 October 2019). "Mestertræner i serie 3: Tom Køhlert savner ikke topfodbold, roser Zorniger og Hareide, bliver irriteret over eksperter og kommentatorer i tv og vil ikke sige mere om Brøndby". Politiken.dk. Politiken. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  4. ^ Blem, Hans Chr. (17 April 2002). "Køhlert: Jeg er en god socialdemokrat". EkstraBladet.dk. Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  5. ^ Hansen, Jørgen (15 January 2013). "Tom Køhlert fortsætter i Vallensbæk Fodbold". SN.dk. Sjællandske Nyheder. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  6. ^ Elias, von Staffeldt (24 March 2018). "FC Gribskov går i opløsning". SN.dk. Sjællandske Nyheder. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Carlsberg Grand Prix". BrøndbyStats.dk. Brøndby Stats. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

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