David Ousted Hansen (born 1 February 1985) is a Danish retired professional

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who played as a

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. He played with

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and

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, before moving to the

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in 2013 where he went on to represent

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, D.C. United and Chicago Fire. At the end of his career, Ousted returned to Europe playing with Hammarby IF in the Swedish

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Career

Denmark

Ousted started his career with Brøndby IF, but did not play any senior games for the club. He then played for a number of

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teams, before making his breakthrough with Superliga club

. Ousted was brought to

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in the summer of 2010 for an undisclosed fee in a swap deal with Australian goalkeeper Nathan Coe. In the 2010–2011 UEFA Europa League, Ousted made six appearances for Randers. Ousted led Randers to a third-place finish in the 2012–13 Danish Superliga season which saw the club qualify for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League. In total, Ousted played 103 matches for Randers and kept 35 clean sheets.

Major League Soccer

Ousted signed with

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as a free agent on 20 June 2013. With Vancouver he won the Save of the Week award for Week 3 and Week 16 of the 2014 Major League Soccer season as well as led the league in clean sheets that year. In 2015 Ousted was officially named to the MLS All Star Team and started the second half of a 2–1 victory against English side Tottenham Hotspur. In July 2016, he was included in the roster for the 2016 MLS All-Star Game. He indicated that he planned to leave the club on 1 January 2018, when his contract expired. On 8 January 2018, Ousted signed with MLS side D.C. United, with his former side Vancouver receiving a second-round draft pick in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft. On 27 January 2019, Ousted was claimed off waivers by the Chicago Fire.

Hammarby IF

On 20 February 2020, Ousted transferred to the Swedish club Hammarby IF in

. He signed a one-year contract, with an option for a further. On 30 May 2021, Ousted won the 2020–21 Svenska Cupen, the main domestic cup, with Hammarby through a 5–4 win on penalties (0–0 after full-time) against

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in the final, where he saved

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's attempt. On 4 December 2021, he came in as a substitute in a 5–3 home win against Kalmar FF, marking his last appearance for Hammarby. Ousted decided to retire from professional football at the end of the year.

Midtjylland

Despite announcing his retirement at the end of 2021, it was confirmed on 26 January 2022 that Ousted had signed a deal until the end of the season with

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club

FC Midtjylland Football Club Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Superliga, which they ...

. On 22 May 2022, Midtjylland announced that Ousted was one out of seven players, whose contracts had come to an end and therefore would leave the club. The decision was later changed when the club announced on 24 June that Ousted had signed a new deal for the rest of the year. However, on 31 August 2022, Ousted once again announced his retirement from football.DAVID OUSTED TAGER AFSKED MED FC MIDTJYLLAND
fcm.dk, 31 August 2022

Honours

Vancouver Whitecaps * Voyageurs Cup:

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Hammarby IF * Svenska Cupen: 2020–21 Midtjylland *

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: 2021–22

References

External links

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statistics at danskfodbold.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ousted, David 1985 births Living people Footballers from Roskilde Danish men's footballers Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish Superliga players Brøndby IF players Akademisk Boldklub players Sønderjyske Fodbold players Randers FC players Vancouver Whitecaps FC players D.C. United players Chicago Fire FC players Hammarby Fotboll players Men's association football goalkeepers Denmark men's youth international footballers Major League Soccer players Allsvenskan players Danish expatriate sportspeople in Canada Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Major League Soccer All-Stars 21st-century Danish sportsmen