Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rene Skovgaard Carlsen [1] | ||
Date of birth | 30 September 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Denmark | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Youth career | |||
IF Midtdjurs | |||
IK Skovbakken | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–2003 | Vorup FB | ||
2003–2006 | Randers | 65 | (0) |
2007–2009 | Valur | 32 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Fredericia | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rene Skovgaard Carlsen (born 30 September 1979) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. During his career, he played professionally for Randers FC and Valur.
Carlsen made his breakthrough as part of Vorup FB who were competing in the lower tier Jutland Series, [3] before moving to newly formed Randers FC in 2003. [a] He won promotion to the Danish Superliga with Randers during the 2003–04 season, [4] and made his professional debut in the top tier on 1 August 2004 starting in a 1–0 home loss to Herfølge Boldklub, before coming off in the 76th minute for Kim Østergaard Nielsen. [5] He made a total of 23 league appearances that season, [6] which saw Randers suffer relegation to the 1st Division after finishing bottom of the league. [7]
After relegation, Carlsen was often injured and moved down the depth chart as Peter Christiansen was preferred at left-back by head coach Lars Olsen. [8] On 25 September 2006, it was announced that Carlsen would move to Icelandic club Valur as his contract expired on 1 January 2007. [9] [10] He made his European debut for Valur as they lost 2–0 to Cork City on 23 June 2007 in the UEFA Intertoto Cup first round. [11] The following season he also made his first UEFA Champions League appearance in a 2–0 first-round away loss to BATE Borisov on 25 July 2008. [12]
Carlsen returned to Denmark in January 2009, signing with Danish 1st Division club Fredericia after a successful trial. [13] He retired in 2010, where he began coaching ninth tier club TMG from Mårslet. [14]
Carlsen was described by former Randers FC's teammate Christian Kemph as "aggressive" and "not afraid of going forward". [8] Despite lacking top-level speed, he compensated with good positioning and a fine skillset which made him a strong crosser of the ball. [8]
After his retirement from football, Carlsen coached at lower level and played amateur football while residing in Aarhus. [8] He finished his training as a carpenter in the summer of 2013. [8]
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Rene Skovgaard Carlsen [1] | ||
Date of birth | 30 September 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Denmark | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Left-back | ||
Youth career | |||
IF Midtdjurs | |||
IK Skovbakken | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
–2003 | Vorup FB | ||
2003–2006 | Randers | 65 | (0) |
2007–2009 | Valur | 32 | (1) |
2009–2010 | Fredericia | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Rene Skovgaard Carlsen (born 30 September 1979) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. During his career, he played professionally for Randers FC and Valur.
Carlsen made his breakthrough as part of Vorup FB who were competing in the lower tier Jutland Series, [3] before moving to newly formed Randers FC in 2003. [a] He won promotion to the Danish Superliga with Randers during the 2003–04 season, [4] and made his professional debut in the top tier on 1 August 2004 starting in a 1–0 home loss to Herfølge Boldklub, before coming off in the 76th minute for Kim Østergaard Nielsen. [5] He made a total of 23 league appearances that season, [6] which saw Randers suffer relegation to the 1st Division after finishing bottom of the league. [7]
After relegation, Carlsen was often injured and moved down the depth chart as Peter Christiansen was preferred at left-back by head coach Lars Olsen. [8] On 25 September 2006, it was announced that Carlsen would move to Icelandic club Valur as his contract expired on 1 January 2007. [9] [10] He made his European debut for Valur as they lost 2–0 to Cork City on 23 June 2007 in the UEFA Intertoto Cup first round. [11] The following season he also made his first UEFA Champions League appearance in a 2–0 first-round away loss to BATE Borisov on 25 July 2008. [12]
Carlsen returned to Denmark in January 2009, signing with Danish 1st Division club Fredericia after a successful trial. [13] He retired in 2010, where he began coaching ninth tier club TMG from Mårslet. [14]
Carlsen was described by former Randers FC's teammate Christian Kemph as "aggressive" and "not afraid of going forward". [8] Despite lacking top-level speed, he compensated with good positioning and a fine skillset which made him a strong crosser of the ball. [8]
After his retirement from football, Carlsen coached at lower level and played amateur football while residing in Aarhus. [8] He finished his training as a carpenter in the summer of 2013. [8]