Thomas Guldborg Christensen (born 20 January 1984) is a Danish former professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

Until the age of 20, Guldborg Christensen played for the local team

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, where he in 2001 made his senior debut in the

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. During this tenure he won several caps for the Danish younger national teams. Three years later, in 2004, he signed a contract with

Viborg FF Viborg Fodsports Forening ("Viborg Footsport Association"), or Viborg F.F. and VFF for short, is a Danish professional football club based in Viborg. The club was founded in 1896 and waited more than a century before winning its only national ...

. On 1 July 2006, Guldborg Christensen joined

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on a two-year contract. But only a half year later, in January 2007, he went on loan to

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, where he later signed permanently. The club rebranded itself as

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in 2009 where he continuously played as a regular. He was appointed as the new team

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in 2010. In 2012, Guldborg Christensen moved abroad for the first time in his career, signing for

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in the Swedish

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. He linked up with his former teammate

Mikael Rynell Mikael Rynell (born 25 February 1982) is a former Swedish professional footballer who last played for FC Gute FC Gute, previously named ''Visby IF Gute'', is a Swedish football club located in Visby on the island of Gotland. They currently pla ...

at the Stockholm-based outfit. He soon established himself as a regular starter at the

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position, whilst being a part of a successful promotion campaign to Allsvenskan in 2014. Guldborg Christensen signed a new one year-contract with the club in November said year. Guldborg Christensen left the club by mutual consent in May 2015, failing to make a single appearance for "Bajen" in

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. He immediately signed a short time-deal with the Icelandic club Valur, competing in the Úrvalsdeild. Guldborg Christensen returned to his native country in August 2015, signing a two year-contract with

Lyngby BK Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...

in the Danish second tier. On 7 December 2017, he announced his retirement to instead work for the

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as a coordinator for the youth national teams.Lyngby-stopper stiller støvlerne på hylden
�� bold.dk, 7 December 2017

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* 1984 births Living people People from Gladsaxe Municipality Sportspeople from the Capital Region of Denmark Danish men's footballers Association football defenders Denmark youth international footballers Danish Superliga players Danish 1st Division players Allsvenskan players Superettan players Viborg FF players Vejle Boldklub players Herfølge Boldklub players HB Køge players Hammarby Fotboll players Valur (men's football) players Lyngby Boldklub players Danish expatriate men's footballers Danish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate footballers in Sweden {{Denmark-footy-defender-stub