Kristoffer Andersen (born 9 December 1985) is a retired Belgian

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who played as a

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, and who is currently caretaker coach in charge of

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side

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for the second time. Andersen has both Danish and Belgian citizenship.

Early life

Andersen is the son of

Henrik Andersen Henrik Andersen (born 7 May 1965) is a Danish former football player, who played eight years at Belgian club RSC Anderlecht as a defender, with whom he won the 1983 UEFA Cup. He played for the Danish national team in 30 matches, and scored t ...

and a Belgian mother. He was born in 1985 in the

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suburb of

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, as Henrik Andersen at the time was playing at

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. As Henrik Andersen 1990 moved to

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., better known as simply 1. FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English language, English, is a German professional association football, football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 ...

, the family moved to

, which lies near the border to Germany. After Henrik Andersen finished his career in 1998, the family remained in Eupen.

Playing career

At the end of the 2018–19 season, Andersen retired after 15 years playing in Belgium and Germany for clubs in the top two divisions of both countries.Drittligaspieler unterschreibt bei Fortuna Köln
reviersport.de, 26 June 2019

Coaching career

After a brief time in charge of

Alemannia Aachen Aachener Turn- und Sportverein Alemannia 1900 e. V., short Alemannia Aachen (), is a German football club from the western city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia. A long-term fixture of the country's second division, Alemannia enjoyed a three- ...

in 2021, for whom he had previously played, Andersen had two spells in temporary charge across the border at Eupen.

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