Christian Offenberg (born 30 November 1987) is a Danish

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who plays as a forward for VB 1968. In September 2018, he made his debut for the Denmark national team, as the regular squad withdrew following a players' union dispute.

Club career

Offenberg retired at the end of the 2018–19 season. A week later he announced, that he would not retire fully, but would continue at a club in the lower leagues. The club was Ishøj IF in the

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International career

In September 2018, the

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and players' union 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

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

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players from the Denmark national futsal team. On 4 September 2018, Offenberg 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

. He was the

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of the team and played the entire match, which finished as a 0–3 away loss.

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International

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* * 1987 births Living people Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Men's association football forwards Køge Boldklub players Boldklubben Avarta players Ishøj IF players Danish 2nd Division players Denmark Series players VB 1968 players 21st-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-footy-forward-stub