Chris Christoffersen (born 13 August 1979) is a retired Danish professional

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player. He played the majority of his career with

Bakken Bears Bakken Bears is a Danish professional basketball club based in Aarhus. The club plays in the Basketligaen, the top tier basketball league in Denmark. Founded in 1953, the club has won the Basketligaen 20 times and holds the record for the most c ...

of the Danish

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. He is a ten-time Danish League champion, having been a stalwart with Bakken in 14 seasons. He has also had stints in Italy, the

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, Finland, Sweden and Australia.

Career

In the mid-1990s, Christoffersen moved to the United States to attend

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. At that time, he had only one year of organized basketball under his belt. He then played four years of college basketball for the

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between 1998 and 2002. In 93 career games for Oregon, he averaged 4.8 points and 3.1 rebounds per game. His professional career began in Italy with

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during the 2002–03 season. He returned to the United States in 2003 where he played in the

during the 2003–04 season for the

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and

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. In 2004, Christoffersen returned to his home country of Denmark and joined the

for the 2004–05 season. In 2005–06, he split the season with Bakken and Finnish club

Lappeenrannan NMKY Lappeenrannan NMKY (also known as LrNMKY for short or as Team Lappeenranta in European competitions) is a basketball club based in a city of Lappeenranta, Finland. It was formed in 1951 as a Young Men's Christian Association (NMKY in Finnish) an ...

. For the 2006–07 season, Christoffersen played in Sweden for

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. In 2007, he returned to the Bakken Bears, where he played ever since, winning multiple League and Cup titles. Following the 2008–09 Danish League season, Christoffersen ventured to Australia for an off-season stint with the

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of the

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. Christoffersen announced that he would retire after the 2018–19 season on 30 May 2019. Christoffersen finished his career as the all-time leader in games played and points for the Bears.

References

External links

Eurobasket.com profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Christoffersen, Chris 1979 births Living people Bakken Bears players Centers (basketball) Danish expatriate basketball people in the United States Danish expatriate sportspeople in Australia Danish expatriate sportspeople in Finland Danish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Danish men's basketball players Fayetteville Patriots players Oregon Ducks men's basketball players Roanoke Dazzle players Södertälje Kings players Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro players