Christian Lamhauge Holst (born 25 December 1981) is a retired

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/ Faroese football player and is currently working as specific coach at

BK Frem Boldklubben Frem (also known as Frem, BK Frem or BK Frem Copenhagen) is a Danish sports club based in the Valby-Sydhavnen area of Copenhagen. It is best known for its semi-professional football team. Since its foundation in 1886, Frem has w ...

. He played for the

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Club career

A striker, Holst started his career at Danish lower division teams

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and Svendborg before moving to

Lyngby Boldklub Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The clu ...

in 2003. In 2004, he was named Profile of the Year in the

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by the Danish Football Players Association (Spillerforeningen). He joined

Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...

on a free transfer in summer 2008.

International career

Holst made his debut for the

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in 2003, being born to a Danish father and a Faroese mother., only to be selected again in 2007 to play in European Championship qualifying matches against the likes of

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and

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. He has collected 50 caps, scoring 6 goals.

Coaching career

Hvidovre IF

In August 2016, Holst was hired as forward coach at

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BK Frem

On 20 April 2017 it was confirmed, that Holst was the new 'specific coach' at

.Christian Holst får trænerrolle i Frem
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International goals

:''Scores and results list Faroe Islands' goal tally first.''

References

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Lyngby Boldklub
# "Noter: Sport" (28 August 2003) Politiken, S2P10 #
Spillerforeningen
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– RSSSF
Fremad A. siger farvel til angriber og assistent
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External links

Superliga Profile
1981 births Living people Danish footballers Faroese footballers Faroe Islands international footballers Lyngby Boldklub players Silkeborg IF players Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players SfB-Oure FA players People from Svendborg Association football forwards Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-footy-forward-stub