Christian Flindt Bjerg (born 19 February 1974) is a Danish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of
Danish 2nd Division
The 2nd Division ( da, Danmarksturneringens 2. division or Herre-DM 2. division) is a semi-professional association football league for men and the third division in Denmark. It is organised by the Divisionsforeningen on behalf of the Danish Footb ...
club
Skive IK
Skive Idræts Klub, commonly known as Skive IK, SIK (especially locally) or simply Skive, is a Danish professional football club based in Skive, Central Denmark Region. Founded in 1901, the club is affiliated with the DBU Jutland associatio ...
.
Early life
Flindt Bjerg was born in 1974 in Innsbruck, Austria, when his father, the
Danish international
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* Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...
Ove Flindt Bjerg, played for
FC Wacker Innsbruck
FC Wacker Innsbruck was an Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol.
History
The ''Fußball-Club Wacker'' ("Valiant") ''Innsbruck'' was established in 1915 by Jakob Hanspeter, Benedikt Hosp, Josef Leitner, Josef Albrecht and ...
.
Playing career
Flindt Bjerg began his senior career in 1991 for AaB. Several club abroad followed. At German club
Karlsruher SC
Karlsruher SC is a German association football club, based in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg that currently plays in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. Domestically, the club was crowned German champion in 1909, and won the DF ...
he played for the
reserve team
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in the Oberliga, and only made one first-team appearance in the
Bundesliga
The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footbal ...
during his three years at the club: on the 25th matchday of the 1994–95 season in a 1–1 draw against
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...
, where he came on as a substitute in the 63rd minute for
Thorsten Fink
Thorsten Fink (born 29 October 1967) is a German football coach and a former footballer, currently works as manager of Riga FC.
Career
Fink began his career with Borussia Dortmund's reserve squad before moving to SG Wattenscheid 09, where he ...
. Other clubs in Flindt Bjerg's career were
Lugano
Lugano (, , ; lmo, label=Ticinese dialect, Ticinese, Lugan ) is a city and municipality in Switzerland, part of the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino. It is the largest city of both Ticino and the Italian-speaking southern Switzerland. Luga ...
,
Tirol Innsbruck
FC Tirol Innsbruck was an Football in Austria, Austrian association football club from Innsbruck, Tyrol (state), Tyrol which existed between 1993 and 2002, when bankruptcy was declared.
History
It was – after the establishment of FC Swaro ...
and the Norwegian clubs
Viking
Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden),
who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and s ...
and
Odd Grenland
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Odd may also refer to:
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. With Odd Grenland, he won the
Norwegian Football Cup
The Norwegian Football Cup ( no, Norgesmesterskapet i fotball for herrer) is the main knockout cup competition in Norwegian football. It is run by the Football Association of Norway and has been contested since 1902, making it the oldest football ...
in
2000
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. Flindt Bjerg scored the winning goal in extra time to make it 2–1 against his former club Viking. In 2005, he returned to Denmark, where he played for Viborg, Jetsmark and
Thisted
Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,461 (1 January 2022)2nd Division West. In April 2015, it was announced that Flindt Bjerg had been appointed coach of the under-19 team of AGF.
After two years in the youth department of the club from
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwes ...
, Flindt Bjerg was hired as the new head coach of recently relegated fourth-tier
Denmark Series
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club
Vejgaard BK
Vejgaard Boldspilklub is an association football club based in Vejgaard, a suburb of Aalborg, Denmark, that competes in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of the Danish football league system. Founded in 1925, it is more simply known as 'Vejgaard ...
from
Aalborg
Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of ...
. During three years at the club, he both led the club back to the 2nd Division and experienced a relegation.
On 31 July 2020, Flindt Bjerg was appointed as the assistant to head coach Martin Thomsen at
Skive IK
Skive Idræts Klub, commonly known as Skive IK, SIK (especially locally) or simply Skive, is a Danish professional football club based in Skive, Central Denmark Region. Founded in 1901, the club is affiliated with the DBU Jutland associatio ...
, while tending to his job as a scout for German club
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e. V. Mönchengladbach, commonly known as Borussia Mönchengladbach (), Mönchengladbach () or Gladbach (; abbreviated as Borussia MG, BMG), is a professional Association football, football club based in ...
. After Thomsen left Skive for a manager job at
Hobro IK
Hobro Idræts Klub () is a professional association football club based in the town of Hobro, Denmark, that competes in the 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system.
Founded in 1913, it is known by the short names 'Hob ...
, Flindt Bjerg was appointed head coach of Skive on 21 June 2021. On 10 June 2022 it was confirmed, that Flindt Bjerg's contract had been terminated by mutual consent.
Honours
Player
Odd Grenland
*
Norwegian Football Cup
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:
2000
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Manager
Vejgaard
*
Denmark Series
The Denmark Series ( da, Danmarksserien) is the fifth tier in the Danish football league system. Teams are divided into four groups of ten. The top team in each group is promoted to the Danish 3rd Division. The bottom three teams in each group are ...