For the Danish Olympic diver, see Thomas Christiansen (diver).
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Christiansen and the second or maternal family name is Tarín.
Thomas Christiansen
Christiansen with Panama in 2024
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Christiansen Tarín[1]
Date of birth
(1973-03-11) 11 March 1973 (age 51)[1]
Place of birth
Hadsund, Denmark
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)
Striker
Team information
Current team
Panama (manager)
Youth career
1982–1988
Avedøre
1988
Brøndby
1989–1991
Hvidovre
1991
B.93
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1991–1996
Barcelona B
60
(28)
1993–1996
Barcelona
0
(0)
1993
→ Sporting Gijón (loan)
10
(4)
1993–1994
→ Osasuna (loan)
14
(1)
1994–1995
→ Racing Santander (loan)
15
(1)
1996–1997
Oviedo
50
(5)
1997–1999
Villarreal
41
(6)
1999
Terrassa
17
(5)
2000
Panionios
12
(3)
2000
Herfølge
4
(2)
2001–2003
VfL Bochum
76
(38)
2003–2006
Hannover 96
55
(12)
Total
354
(105)
International career
1992–1995
Spain U21
11
(3)
1993
Spain
2
(1)
Managerial career
2013
Al Jazira (assistant)
2014–2016
AEK Larnaca
2016–2017
APOEL
2017–2018
Leeds United
2019–2020
Union SG
2020–
Panama
Medal record
Men's football
Representing Spain
UEFA European Under-21 Championship
1994 France
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Thomas Christiansen Tarín[2] (born 11 March 1973) is a football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of the Panama national team.
Left-footed, he played for a number of clubs in Danish, Spanish and German football over a 15-year professional career, being crowned the top goalscorer of the 2002–03 Bundesliga whilst with Bochum. Born in Denmark, he represented the Spain national team.
In 2013, Christiansen started working as a manager. He led Panama at two CONCACAF Gold Cups, finishing as runners-up in 2023.
ThomasChristiansen Tarín (born 11 March 1973) is a football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of the Panama...
Christiansen (Danish pronunciation: [kʰʁeˈstjænˀsn̩]) is a Danish and Norwegian patronymic surname, literally meaning son of Christian. The spelling variant...
Mexico to win the tournament for the first time. Called up by manager ThomasChristiansen to the senior squad in August 2023, Lenis marked his full international...
Leeds suffered a lack of form prior to the dismissal of head coach ThomasChristiansen in February 2018. Phillips and O'Kane found themselves in and out...
(2014–2018) Gary Stempel (2018–2019) Américo Gallego (2019–2020) ThomasChristiansen (2020–present) The following players were called up for the 2026...
2017, Radrizzani appointed his first head coach when APOEL manager ThomasChristiansen was announced as the new head coach of Leeds United to replace Monk...
marked the beginning of a Spanish era at AEK Larnaca. Under the coach ThomasChristiansen, there were six regular starters from Spain in the lineup during...
Isobel Mary Christiansen (born 20 September 1991) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder or forward. She is known for her time with...
ambición es llegar al Mundial 2026″". La Tercera. 14 February 2022. "ThomasChristiansen, nuevo seleccionador de Panamá". Mundo Deportivo. 23 July 2020. "UIC...
before the start of the Gold Cup. With Danish-born Spaniard coach ThomasChristiansen at the helm, Panama reached their third Gold Cup final to become...
his unfortunate slip led to him being dropped by the then manager ThomasChristiansen. After October he was used very sparsely. On 22 January 2018, Klich...
captain amongst his teammates. He kept hold of the captaincy during ThomasChristiansen and Paul Heckingbottom's time as manager in the 2017–18 campaign...
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