Michael Schjønberg
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Michael Schjønberg Christensen | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1967 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Esbjerg, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) |
Centre-back, full-back defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1990 | Esbjerg fB | 89 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 1990–1994 | Hannover 96 | 123 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1996 | OB | 64 | (14) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–2001 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 117 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 393 | (53) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995–2000 | Denmark | 44 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2004 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (youth) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2005 | Herfølge BK | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Hannover 96 (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Hannover 96 (caretaker) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | Hannover 96 II | ||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (Director of Sport) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2011 | FC Vestsjælland (Director of Sport) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | FC Vestsjælland | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Vålerenga (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2015 | Nest-Sotra | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | FC Svendborg | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Aarup BK | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Vendsyssel FF | ||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | 07 Vestur | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023– | AGF (women) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Michael Schjønberg Christensen (Danish pronunciation: [ˈmi.kʰæːl ˈsjønˌpɛɐ̯]; born 19 January 1967) is a Danish football manager, club official, and former player. He is currently in charge of the women's team of AGF.
During his active career, he played more than 100 games for both German clubs Hannover 96 and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, winning the 1991–92 DFB-Pokal with Hannover and the 1997–98 Bundesliga championship with Kaiserslautern. He also represented Danish clubs Esbjerg fB and OB. He played 44 games and scored three goals for the Denmark national team, and was a participant at the international 1995 King Fahd Cup, Euro 1996, 1998 FIFA World Cup, and Euro 2000 tournaments.
After suffering a career-ending injury in 2001, he became a football coach in 2003. He first became manager of Danish club Herfølge BK in 2004, alongside Allan Nielsen. He has held a number of coaching and club official positions in his former German clubs, and was caretaker manager of Hannover 96 in 2006.