Thomas Christiansen Tarín (born 11 March 1973) is a

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and former player who played as a striker. He is the current

of the Panama national team. Left-footed, he played for a number of clubs in Danish,

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and

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over a 15-year professional career, being crowned the top goalscorer of the

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whilst with

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. Born in Denmark, he represented the Spain national team. In 2013, Christiansen started working as a manager. He led

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at two

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s, finishing as runners-up in

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Playing career

Early years

Born in

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in Denmark to a

mother, Christiansen was raised in

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. He started playing football aged nine in

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, then spent one year at Brøndby before moving on to

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. Christiansen trained with the youth team of

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, but when his mother forbade him to join the club, he moved to

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. In May 1991, he scored six goals in a youth team match against KB, and went back to Spain to train with defending

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champions

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Barcelona

Christiansen signed a four-year contract with Barcelona in July 1991, when

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was team manager, with a dream of playing alongside their Danish

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. He started competing as a senior with the reserves, where he soon was joined by compatriot

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; during this period, he was frequently called up to train with the main squad, but received almost no playing time due to stiff competition. When he joined Barcelona, Christiansen agreed to a clause in his contract that stated he would be a Spanish citizen, and thereby not count towards the foreigner quota in the league. After becoming naturalised, he was called up for the under-21 team in December 1992, and scored a goal to help defeat

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2–1. Still playing for Barcelona's B team, Christiansen was called up for the Spain senior squad by manager

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, in January 1993, making his debut against

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on the 27th and impressing in a game which featured few regulars for the European nation. He prolonged his link with the

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until 1997, and made his official debut for the club when he played the last seven minutes of the

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– first leg – away to

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. He appeared in his first competitive match in a

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tie against

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, and was once more selected to the national team, appearing as a substitute in a

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qualification match against

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and scoring with a flick of the heel in an eventual 5–0 home win. Without having played any league games for Barcelona, Christiansen was put on loan at fellow top-division club

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, in February 1993. He was mostly injured during that stint, but managed four league goals, subsequently returning to the

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where he suffered another injury during pre-season; other loans followed, first at

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then at

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in the 1994–95 season, starting well enough at the latter to earn another call-up by Spain, only to pull out due to injury.

Mixed success

Spanish league regulations stated that following three years of loan contracts, Barcelona had to compensate Christiansen financially, if they declined any proposed

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. He was first sold to English club

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in October 1995, but wanted to stay in Spain, being instead transferred to

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the next January for DKK 4.6 million. Following a good start, he failed to score any goals in his second year even though he appeared in 31 matches, and was sold to

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in November 1997, helping them promote but managing to find the net only once the following campaign, which ended in relegation. A proposed deal with a Mexican team never materialised, and Christiansen was without a club in 1999. He went on to play for

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in the Spanish lower leagues, finishing that season at

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in Greece before returning to Denmark in August 2000, signing with defending Danish champions

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, and showing good form when he scored two goals in a win over eventual runners-up Brøndby.

Breakthrough in Germany

In January 2001, Christiansen moved to Germany to play for

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in the

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, being relegated to the second division (as with Herfølge) but contributing 17 goals the following season to be the

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's team top scorer as they won promotion; he added 21 in next year's top flight, being crowned joint league top scorer with

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. Following that achievement, Christiansen was signed by

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in June 2003 to replace

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. He scored nine times in his

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, but failed to reproduce his previous form mainly due to several injuries, including a knee operation and two

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ailments; in the summer of 2006, the club chose not to prolong his contract and he left, retiring shortly after at the age of 33.

Coaching career

Early spells and AEK

Christiansen started his managerial career in the

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, as part of Luis Milla's coaching staff at Al Jazira, arriving in February 2013 and leaving in October as the latter was fired. In late April 2014 he was appointed head coach of

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in the

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, after having been approached for the job by former Barcelona B teammate Xavier Roca, who acted as

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; in his first two seasons, he led them to consecutive best-ever runner-up league finishes. Also during the 2015–16 campaign, Christiansen coached his team to the third qualifying round of the

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, losing 4–0 on aggregate to

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APOEL

On 21 May 2016, after two successful seasons, Christiansen moved to reigning Cypriot champions APOEL, signing a one-year contract effective as of 1 June. On 2 August, they knocked out Rosenborg 4–1 on aggregate in the

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of the

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, being ousted the following round by

and eventually reaching the last-16 stage in the Europa League for the first time in their history. Christiansen won his first managerial title in 2017 after conquering the Cypriot League, losing only two games during the season and having the best defensive record with 27

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. He also reached the final of the domestic cup, lost 1–0 to

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; on 25 May a meeting between club and coach was held, and subsequently both decided to part ways.

Leeds United

On 15 June 2017, Christiansen was announced as the new head coach of

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club

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, after being appointed by new owner Andrea Radrizzani to replace

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, with the club announcing that they wanted "to appoint someone who can help us create a winning culture at the club and unite everyone connected with Leeds United, from the players to the supporters". Four days later, it was revealed that he would be joined by assistant

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, fitness coach Iván Torres and goalkeeper coach Marcos Abad. Christiansen was dismissed on 4 February 2018, after a poor run of results and with the team tenth in the table.

Union SG

On 1 July 2019, Christiansen was appointed at

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. He was released in May 2020.

Panama

Christiansen was named new manager of the Panama national team on 23 July 2020, replacing

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who was released amid a restructuring of the

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. His first games were friendlies away to neighbours

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on 10 and 13 October, both won by a single Abdiel Ayarza goal. At the

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, Christiansen's team were eliminated from the group stage after failing to beat

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and

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. The

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qualification campaign was ended by a 5–1 defeat to the

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in the penultimate fixture. Christiansen's Panama came fourth at the

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finals in

. Later in June and July at the Gold Cup, they won on penalties against hosts the United States in the semi-finals in

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, but lost the

to Mexico by a single goal.

Career statistics

International goal

:''Score and result list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after Christiansen goal.''

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Barcelona *

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Spain U21 *

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third place:

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Individual *

top scorer: 2002–03 (shared with

)

Manager

APOEL *

: 2016–17 *

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runner-up: 2016–17 Panama *

runner-up:

runner-up: 2024–25

Notes

References

External links

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