Christian Bannis (born 4 January 1992) is a Danish

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who plays as a

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for

Tarup-Paarup IF Tarup-Paarup Idrætsforening, commonly known as Tarup-Paarup IF or TPI, is an association football club based in Odense, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1962 after the ...

. In September 2018, he made his debut for the Denmark national team, as the regular squad withdrew following a players' union dispute.

International career

In September 2018, the

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and

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were scheduled to sign a new national team agreement for the players of the Denmark national team prior to a friendly against

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and their opening

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match against

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. However, a contract dispute arose regarding the commercial rights of the players, resulting in a failure to sign a new agreement. Despite an offer from the squad to extend the previous deal to allow for further negotiations, the DBU instead named an entirely uncapped squad under the temporary management of coach

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to avoid punishment from

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for cancelling the matches. The squad consisted of a mixture of players from the

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and the

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(the third and fourth tier of Danish football respectively), along with

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players from the

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. On 4 September 2018, Bannis was one of 24 players to be named in the replacement squad. The following day, he made his international debut in the friendly match against

, starting the match before coming off at half-time for Anders Hunsballe. The match finished as a 0–3 away loss.

Career statistics

International

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bannis, Christian 1992 births Men's association football defenders Living people Danish men's footballers BK Marienlyst players SfB-Oure FA players Tarup-Paarup IF players Denmark men's international footballers Middelfart Boldklub players 21st-century Danish sportsmen