:Frank Pingel

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Frank Pingel

| image = Frank Pingel Porträt.jpg

| caption = Pingel at a 1860 Munich match in October 1991.

| fullname = Frank Pingel Mortensen{{BDFutbol}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|5|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Vejlby, Denmark

| height = 1.83 m

| position = Forward

| currentclub =

| years1 = 1982–1983

| clubs1 = IFH

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| years2 = 1983

| clubs2 = Skovbakken

| caps2 =

| goals2 =

| years3 = 1984–1988

| clubs3 = AGF

| caps3 = 30

| goals3 = 11

| years4 = 1988–1989

| clubs4 = Newcastle United

| caps4 = 14

| goals4 = 1

| years5 = 1989–1991

| clubs5 = Brøndby

| caps5 = 61

| goals5 = 15

| years6 = 1991–1992

| clubs6 = 1860 Munich

| caps6 = 20

| goals6 = 6

| years7 = 1992–1993

| clubs7 = Brøndby

| caps7 = 15

| goals7 = 7

| years8 = 1993–1994

| clubs8 = Bursaspor

| caps8 = 27

| goals8 = 12

| years9 = 1994–1995

| clubs9 = Fenerbahçe

| caps9 = 3

| goals9 = 1

| years10 = 1995

| clubs10 = Lille

| caps10 = 5

| goals10 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1991–1994

| nationalteam1 = Denmark

| nationalcaps1 = 11

| nationalgoals1 = 5

| manageryears1 = 2000

| managerclubs1 = FC Aarhus

| manageryears2 = 2000–2001

| managerclubs2 = Hørning IF

| manageryears3 = 2006–2008

| managerclubs3 = AGF (masseur)

}}

Frank Pingel Mortensen (born 9 May 1964) is a Danish former professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.

Club career

Pingel most notably represented Danish teams AGF and Brøndby, as well as foreign clubs Newcastle United, 1860 Munich, Bursaspor, Fenerbahçe and Lille. While playing for Brøndby IF between 1989 and 1991, as well as the 1992–93 season, he managed to score a total of 30 goals in 93 games, with 22 of these being scored in the Danish league.{{cite web|title=Brøndby IF – Årbog 2008 |url=http://www.brondbyif.net/data/bif/filedb/10137.pdf |publisher=Brøndby IF |accessdate=4 September 2010 |language=Danish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723032810/http://www.brondbyif.net/data/bif/filedb/10137.pdf |archivedate=23 July 2011 |df=dmy }}

International career

Pingel made 11 appearances and scored five goals for the Denmark national team.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Managerial career

In 2000, Pingel briefly coached FC Aarhus just for a few months, being fired after a skirmish with Norwegian player Stig Haaland.{{cite web |title=Frank Pingel i slagsmål med spiller |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/frank-pingel-i-slagsmaal-med-spiller/ |website=bold.dk |date=10 October 2000 |accessdate=12 March 2020}} Afterwards he coached Danish eighth division club Hørning IF,{{cite web |title=Frank Pingel på ny træner |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/frank-pingel-paa-ny-traener/ |website=bold.dk |date=17 November 2000 |accessdate=12 March 2020}} before returning to his former club AGF as a team masseur.{{cite web |last1=Smed |first1=Karsten |title=Frank Pingel massør i AGF |url=https://www.tv2ostjylland.dk/ostjylland/frank-pingel-massor-i-agf |website=tv2ostjylland.dk |publisher=TV2 Østjylland |date=25 January 2006 |accessdate=12 March 2020}} Pingel was sacked from his position on 17 March 2008 after being involved in a quarrel at AGF's training camp in Cyprus.{{cite web |last1=Helmin |first1=Jesper |title=Frank Pingel færdig hos AGF |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/Frank-Pingel-faerdig-hos-AGF/ |website=bold.dk |date=17 March 2008 |accessdate=12 March 2020}}

Honours

=Player=

Brøndby

Danish Football Championship¹: 1990, 1991

¹: Level 1: 1. Division (1945–1990), Superligaen (1991–present)

References

External links

{{DBU player|2358}}
[https://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2001&spillerid=9103 Frank Pingel] official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com {{in lang|da}}
{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723032727/http://www.brondbyif.net/data/bif/filedb/7329.pdf |date=dmy |title=Historiske resultater for alle spillere i Brøndby IF {{in lang|da}} }}
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Category:1964 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Aarhus

Category:Danish men's footballers

Category:Denmark men's international footballers

Category:Fuglebakken KFUM Århus players

Category:Aarhus Gymnastikforening players

Category:Newcastle United F.C. players

Category:Brøndby IF players

Category:TSV 1860 Munich players

Category:Bursaspor footballers

Category:Fenerbahçe S.K. footballers