Christian Flindt Bjerg
{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1974)}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Christian Flindt Bjerg
| height = 1.79 m
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|2|19}}
| birth_place = Innsbruck, Austria
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| position = Midfielder
| years1 = 1992–1993
| clubs1 = AaB
| caps1 = 1
| goals1 = 0
| years2 = 1992–1995
| clubs2 = Karlsruher SC
| caps2 = 1
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 1995–1996
| clubs3 = Lugano
| caps3 = 15
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 1996–1997
| clubs4 = Tirol Innsbruck
| caps4 = 18
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 1997–1998
| clubs5 = Viking
| caps5 = 34
| goals5 = 11
| years6 = 1999–2005
| clubs6 = Odd Grenland
| caps6 = 154
| goals6 = 28
| years7 = 2005–2007
| clubs7 = Viborg
| caps7 = 22
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2007–2008
| clubs8 = Jetsmark
| caps8 = 15
| goals8 = 2
| years9 = 2008–2011
| clubs9 = Thisted
| caps9 = 35
| goals9 = 11
| manageryears1 = 2011–2014
| managerclubs1 = Thisted (youth)
| manageryears2 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs2 = Thisted
| manageryears3 = 2015–2017
| managerclubs3 = AGF (U19)
| manageryears4 = 2017–2020
| managerclubs4 = Vejgaard
| manageryears5 = 2020–2021
| managerclubs5 = Skive (assistant)
| manageryears6 = 2021–2022
| managerclubs6 = Skive
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
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Christian Flindt Bjerg (born 19 February 1974) is a Danish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Danish 2nd Division club Skive IK.{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/christian-flindt-bjerg/ | title = Christian Flindt-Bjerg | publisher = worldfootball.net | accessdate = 14 July 2013}}
Early life
Flindt Bjerg was born in 1974 in Innsbruck, Austria, when his father, the Danish international Ove Flindt Bjerg, played for FC Wacker Innsbruck.{{cite web | url = http://www.heldenmagazin.com/alte-hefte/auf-ihr-helden-nr-6/rudi-deine-treue-wurde-nicht-belohnt/ | title = Ein Nachmittag mit Rudi Wimmer und Ove Flindt-Bjerg | language = German | publisher = heldenmagazin.com | accessdate = 14 July 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150102001651/http://www.heldenmagazin.com/alte-hefte/auf-ihr-helden-nr-6/rudi-deine-treue-wurde-nicht-belohnt/ | archive-date = 2 January 2015 | url-status = dead }}
Playing career
Flindt Bjerg began his senior career in 1991 for AaB. Several club abroad followed. At German club Karlsruher SC he played for the reserve team in the Oberliga, and only made one first-team appearance in the Bundesliga during his three years at the club: on the 25th matchday of the 1994–95 season in a 1–1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt, where he came on as a substitute in the 63rd minute for Thorsten Fink. Other clubs in Flindt Bjerg's career were Lugano, Tirol Innsbruck and the Norwegian clubs Viking and Odd Grenland. With Odd Grenland, he won the Norwegian Football Cup in 2000. Flindt Bjerg scored the winning goal in extra time to make it 2–1 against his former club Viking. In 2005, he returned to Denmark, where he played for Viborg, Jetsmark and Thisted.
Managerial career
After finishing his playing career in Thisted in 2011, Flindt Bjerg coached the local under-19 team there. In 2014, he was appointed head coach of the senior team competing in the third-tier 2nd Division West.{{cite web | url = http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Flindt-Bjerg-ny-cheftraener-i-Thisted | title = Flindt-Bjerg ny cheftræner i Thisted | language = Danish | publisher = bold.dk | accessdate = 7 January 2014}} In April 2015, it was announced that Flindt Bjerg had been appointed coach of the under-19 team of AGF.{{cite web | url = http://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/flindt-bjerg-ny-u19-traener-i-agf/ | title = Flindt Bjerg ny U19-træner i AGF | language = Danish | publisher = bold.dk | accessdate = 23 April 2015}}
After two years in the youth department of the club from Aarhus, Flindt Bjerg was hired as the new head coach of recently relegated fourth-tier Denmark Series club Vejgaard BK from Aalborg.{{cite web | url = http://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/vejgaard-henter-cheftraener-i-agf/ | title = Vejgaard henter cheftræner i AGF | language = Danish | publisher = bold.dk | accessdate = 11 June 2017}} During three years at the club, he both led the club back to the 2nd Division and experienced a relegation.
On 31 July 2020, Flindt Bjerg was appointed as the assistant to head coach Martin Thomsen at Skive IK, while tending to his job as a scout for German club Borussia Mönchengladbach.{{cite news |last1=Nøhr |first1=Mikkel |title=Christian Flindt Bjerg bliver assistent i Skive |trans-title=Christian Flindt Bjerg becomes assistant in Skive |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/christian-flindt-bjerg-bliver-assistent-i-skive/ |access-date=7 December 2020 |work=bold.dk |date=31 July 2020 |language=Danish |quote=Skive meddeler, at Christian Flindt Bjerg bliver assistenttræner for Martin Thomsen fra næste sæson.}}{{cite news |last1=Olsson |first1=Søren |title=Flindt Bjerg efter skifte: Skive har imponeret hele Fodbolddanmark |url=https://nordjyske.dk/nyheder/sport/flindt-bjerg-efter-skifte-skive-har-imponeret-hele-fodbolddanmark/9cce3c70-e772-4a4b-afb8-0092667caa14 |access-date=9 December 2020 |work=Nordjyske |date=31 July 2020 |language=Danish |quote=- De henvendte sig i weekenden, og så er det egentlig gået rimeligt hurtigt med at få det hele på plads, og samtidig passer det også med, at jeg kan beholde mit job som scout for Borussia MönchenGladbach, og det er jeg virkelig glad for.}} After Thomsen left Skive for a manager job at Hobro IK, Flindt Bjerg was appointed head coach of Skive on 21 June 2021.[https://sik-elite.dk/nyheder/pressemeddelelse-7 Pressemeddelelse], sik-elite.dk, 21 June 2021 On 10 June 2022 it was confirmed, that Flindt Bjerg's contract had been terminated by mutual consent.[https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/skive-ik-og-cheftraeneren-gaar-hver-til-sit/ Skive IK og cheftræneren går hver til sit], bold.dk, 10 June 2022
Honours
=Player=
Odd Grenland
- Norwegian Football Cup: 2000{{cite news |last1=Holmberg |first1=Erik |title=Styrets beretning 2000 |url=https://odd.protektit.no/sesongvedlegg/848776_Odds%20BK_2000.pdf |access-date=9 December 2020 |work=Odds BK |date=26 January 2001 |page=7 |language=Norwegian |quote=Odds Ballklub klarte det igjen. Hele 69 år skulle det gå før klubben på ny kunne titulere seg Norgesmester i fotball... Viking var slåt 2-1 etter ekstraomganger}}
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References
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Category:Danish men's footballers
Category:Danish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:FC Tirol Innsbruck players
Category:Karlsruher SC players
Category:Karlsruher SC II players
Category:Jammerbugt FC players
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Austria
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
Category:Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Category:Danish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Category:Danish expatriate sportspeople in Austria
Category:Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:Borussia Mönchengladbach non-playing staff