Danish football director, commentator, and former player
Jesper Thygesen
Personal information
Date of birth
(1969-09-20) 20 September 1969 (age 54)
Place of birth
Denmark
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)
Midfielder
Youth career
Randers Freja
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1991–1994
Ikast FS
45
(5)
1994–1998
Silkeborg IF
113
(23)
1998–1999
Brøndby IF
26
(3)
2000–2003
Silkeborg IF
92
(11)
2003–2005
Randers FC
51
(18)
International career
1985–1986
Denmark u17
17
(2)
1986–1988
Denmark u19
20
(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Jesper Thygesen (born 20 September 1969) is a Danish football director, commentator, and former player. From 1991 to 2005, Thygesen played 296 games and scored 45 goals in the Danish Superliga. He played in the midfielder position, and represented Ikast FS, Silkeborg IF, Brøndby IF, and Randers FC, winning the 1998 Superliga and 1998 Danish Cup with Brøndby.[1] He played 27 national youth team games, and represented the Denmark League XI national football team on seven occasions in 1997 and 1998.
He started his youth career with Randers Freja, before getting his breakthrough with Ikast FS. He returned to the Randers club, now known as Randers FC, in 2003, and ended his career with the team in 2005. He was a playing assistant manager in his final year in Randers FC. He was appointed as Director of the new Randers Football College in 2005,[2] working there until the summer 2009.[3] He served temporarily as attacking coach for Randers FC in the spring 2009.[4]
Jesper Thygesen is currently a sports commentator for the Danish TV-station TV3 Sport.
^"www.haslund.info - Pokalturneringen 1997/1998 - Finale". Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
^"Randers FC - Jesper Thygesen i spidsen for fodboldcollege". www.randersfc.dk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012.
^"Thygesen angrebstræner hos Randers FC".
^"Randers FC - Jesper Thygesen angrebstræner sæsonen ud". www.randersfc.dk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012.
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