Christopher Poulsen


Christopher Poulsen is a Danish former professional footballer player who played as defender. He previously played for Superliga clubs Silkeborg IF and FC Midtjylland.

Player career

Poulsen played one game for the Denmark national under-21 football team in November 2002. He was called up for the Denmark League XI national football team by national team manager Morten Olsen in January 2007, and took part in two unofficial national team games during the team's tour of the United States, El Salvador, and Honduras. He made his senior Denmark national football team debut in an August 2008 friendly match against Spain, coming on as a substitute. He started his second national team game in September 2008, and played the entire game as Denmark drew Hungary 0-0 in the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification tournament.
On April 16, 2013 Silkeborg IF announced that they had terminated Christopher Poulsen's contract one year early due to "disagreements over nonsporting issues" In June 2013, he rejoined his former club Viborg FF.
In July 2016, Poulsen retired from professional football, instead opting to continue as a player-assistant coach for Silkeborg KFUM competing in the Series 1, the sixth highest level of Danish football.

Managerial career

On 22 November 2018, :da:Højslev Station IF|Højslev St. IF, competing in the sixth highest division, announced that Poulsen had been appointed as their new head coach. He was sacked in January 2020.