Allan Kierstein Jepsen (born 4 July 1977 in

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) is a Danish former professional

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player and current U17 manager at

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. He played as a

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for a number of clubs, spending most of his career with

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. Jepsen played two games for the

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Career

Starting 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

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and

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. The young defender, however, never broke into the starting eleven on the highest level, and before the 2000–01 season he returned to the

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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

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at the 71st minute in the 1–0 win over

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. On 13 March 2006, Jepsen used a clause in his contract as he signed for the Norwegian club

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for a

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335,000

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. He revealed that the chance of playing in the

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was one of the chief reasons in choosing his new club. In June 2009, Vålerenga and the Danish club

Randers Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is List of cities and towns in Denmark, Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 64,511 ().Alemannia Aachen Aachener Turn- und Sportverein Alemannia 1900 e. V., short Alemannia Aachen (), is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long-term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three- ...

in the German 2. Bundesliga.

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statistics at danskfodbold.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Jepsen, Allan Kierstein 1977 births Living people Danish men's footballers Aarhus Gymnastikforening players AaB Fodbold players Vålerenga Fotball players Hamburger SV players SC Heerenveen players Randers FC players Alemannia Aachen players AC Horsens players Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Footballers from Kolding Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Danish expatriate men's footballers Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Eredivisie players Eliteserien players Danish Superliga players Men's association football defenders Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Danish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands