Jonas Kamper (born 3 May 1983) is a retired Danish

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who played as a right winger and current assistant coach of

AC Horsens Alliance Club Horsens (), commonly referred to as AC Horsens () or simply Horsens, is a Danish professional football club based in Horsens, Central Denmark Region. Founded in 1994, as a superstructure on Horsens fS (founded 1915), Stensballe ...

. He started his career with

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a Danish professional Football club (association football), football club based in Brøndbyvester. Brøndby IF denotes the professional football section of Brøndbyernes ...

, winning the 2005

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. He holds the record of Denmark national youth team matches, with a combined 93 matches and 15 goals at various youth levels. He played a single match for the

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. He was a speedy player and was known for his skills to shoot at goal from distance. During his career he had offers from Ajax, Portsmouth, Schalke 04, Espanyol, Hannover and Sion that did not amount to anything.

Club career

Brøndby IF

Born in

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, Kamper made his senior debut for

in the

2002–03 Danish Superliga The 2002–03 Danish Superliga season was the 13th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on July 27, 2002, to final match on June 22, 2003. The Danish c ...

season which ended with a runners-up silver medal. He was also a part of the Brøndby team which won the 2003

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. The following two years, Kamper missed only three league matches, as he scored 11 goals in 63 league matches, and Kamper was a constant part of the Brøndby team during the

2004–05 Danish Superliga The 2004–05 Danish Superliga season was the 15th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from 24 July 2004 to 19 June 2005. The Danish champions qualified for 2005–06 UEF ...

championship winning season. He completed the Double with the team, as Brøndby also won the 2005 Danish Cup. With the arrival of new signings Danish international player Thomas Rasmussen and Swedish international player

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, Kamper faced stiff competition for a place in the starting line-up in the

2005–06 Danish Superliga The 2005–06 Danish Superliga season was the 16th season of the Danish Superliga league championship, governed by the Danish Football Association. It took place from the first match on July 19, 2005 to the final match on May 14, 2006. FC Københ ...

season. He played only 19 of 33 games that season.

Arminia Bielefeld

In the summer of 2006, Kamper moved abroad to play for Arminia Bielefeld in the German

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championship. In September 2006, Kamper scored his first Bielefeld goal on a

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, to win the match against defending Bundesliga champions

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2–1. He scored six goals in 29 games during his first Bundesliga season. In March 2009, Kamper suffered an injury, and spent two months in recovery. He returned to the team for the last two games of the season, but could not prevent Bielefeld from being

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to the German 2. Bundesliga. Under new Bielefeld coach Thomas Gerstner, Kamper found himself far from the starting line-up. He played only six games during the 2009–10 season, as Bielefeld finished in sixth place, and he was released from the club at the end of his contract.

Randers FC

On 3 July 2010, Kamper signed a three-year contract with

Randers FC Randers FC () is a professional association football, football club based in Randers, East Jutland metropolitan area, East Jutland, that plays in the Danish Superliga, the top flight of the Danish football league system. Founded on 1 January 200 ...

Viborg

On 11 June 2015, Kamper signed a one-year contract with

Viborg FF Viborg Fodsports Forening (), also known as Viborg FF or VFF for short, is a Danish professional association football, football club based in the Central Denmark Region, Central Jutland city of Viborg, Denmark, Viborg. They compete in the Danish ...

. On 1 April 2016, he extended his contract to June 2018.

International career

He represented the Denmark under-21 national team in the

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tournament in May 2006, where he earned his record 39th

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for the under-21 national team. He was called up for the

in November 2006 following good displays for Bielefeld, and made his debut against the

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, although he played no games for the national team afterwards.

Coaching and later career

After retiring in the summer 2018, Kamper began working as a insurer in an insurance company. A year later, in April 2019, he was hired as a sponsor salesman at his former club

, where he also helped the youth teams out in training sessions once in a while. He resigned from the position on 27 July 2021, because he wanted to start a coaching career. Later on the same day, 27 July 2021, Kamper was announced as

Kolding IF Kolding Idræts Forening is an association football club based in Kolding, Denmark. The team competes in the Danish 1st Division, the second tier of the Danish football league system, after getting promotion at the end of the 2022–23 season. ...

's new U-19 head coach. On June 5, 2024,

confirmed that the club had hired Kamper as assistant coach under newly appointed head coach Martin Retov, who Kamper played with for several years when the two played at

.AC HORSENS STYRKER STABEN MED ANSÆTTELSEN AF JONAS KAMPER
achorsens.dk, 5 June 2024

Honours

: 2004–05 *

: 2002–03 and 2004–05

References

External links

*
Jonas Kamper
official

statistics at danskfodbold.com * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kamper, Jonas 1983 births Living people People from Guldborgsund Municipality Men's association football wingers Danish men's footballers Brøndby IF players Arminia Bielefeld players Randers FC players Viborg FF players Denmark men's international footballers Denmark men's youth international footballers Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Danish Superliga players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Danish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Footballers from Region Zealand Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany 21st-century Danish sportsmen