Johannes Hoff Thorup (born 19 February 1989) is a Danish professional

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who was most recently the head coach of

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club

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Career

Thorup played youth football at

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and AB, but never played as a senior. Instеаd, he took up youth coaching at AB in 2012. In 2015, he became youth coach at Nordsjælland and was promoted to assistant to Flemming Pedersen in 2021 On 7 January 2023, he was made manager of the club, succeeding Pedersen. On 30 May 2024, following the dismissal of previous manager David Wagner, Thorup was made the head coach of

club

on a three-year contract. On 22 April 2025, Thorup was sacked following a poor run of form, wherein Norwich suffered six defeats from eight matches, with the club failing to make the season's play-offs.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

Nordsjælland: *

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runner-up:

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References

External links

Johannes Hoff Thorup at SupeStats.dk
* 1989 births Living people Footballers from Frederiksberg Danish football managers Association football coaches FC Nordsjælland non-playing staff FC Nordsjælland managers Norwich City F.C. managers Danish Superliga managers English Football League managers Danish expatriate football managers Danish expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate football managers in England {{Denmark-footy-bio-stub