Kenneth Heiner-Møller

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Kenneth Heiner-Møller

| image = Kenneth Heiner-Møller 2019 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Kenneth Heiner-Møller in 2019

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1971|1|17}}

| birth_place = Gentofte, Denmark

| birth_name = Kenneth Heiner Christiansen

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.80 m

| currentclub =

| position = Forward

| youthyears1 = 1977–1991

| youthclubs1 = B 1903

| years1 = 1991–1994

| years2 = 1994–1995

| years3 = 1995

| years4 = 1996–1999

| years5 = 1999–2000

| years6 = 2000–2001

| clubs1 = Ølstykke FC

| clubs2 = Ferencvarosi TC

| clubs3 = Vejle

| clubs4 = B93

| clubs5 = AGF

| clubs6 = B93

| caps1 =

| goals1 =

| caps2 = 20

| goals2 = 2

| caps3 = 3

| goals3 = 0

| caps4 =

| goals4 =

| caps5 = 27

| goals5 = 3

| manageryears1 = 2002

| manageryears2 = 2003–2004

| manageryears3 = 2005

| manageryears4 = 2006–2013

| manageryears5 = 2015–2017

| managerclubs1 = B93 youth team

| managerclubs2 = Lyngby youth team

| managerclubs3 = Brøndby women

| managerclubs4 = Denmark women

| managerclubs5 = Canada women (assistant)

| manageryears6 = 2018–2020

| managerclubs6 = Canada women

}}

Kenneth Heiner-Møller (born Kenneth Heiner Christiansen; 17 January 1971) is a Danish football manager and former player. He is the former manager of the Canadian women's national team. In 1994–1995 he played for Ferencvárosi TC in Hungary, where fans know him as Kenneth Christiansen.

Career

Aged 30, Heiner-Møller broke his leg and had to finish his career as a footballer.

He coached the Danish women's national team from 2006 until 2013, when he stood down to take over as chief executive of Team Danmark.{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0202-0e13abb798df-33353fc2745d-1000--denmark/|title=Denmark|date=1 October 2012|access-date=24 July 2013|work=UEFA}}

At the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, Heiner-Møller and Danish players accused the Chinese hosts of harassment and covert surveillance prior to China's first-round match against Denmark. China's Swedish coach Marika Domanski-Lyfors and her assistant Pia Sundhage were unaware of the incidents and Heiner-Møller absolved them of any blame, although he refused to shake hands after the match.{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/grant_wahl/08/01/denmark/1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805093028/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/grant_wahl/08/01/denmark/1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 August 2008|title=Danish coach accuses Chinese of spying at 2007 Women's World Cup |access-date=24 July 2013|author=Grant Wahl|publisher=Sports Illustrated|date=1 August 2008}}

On 8 January 2018, he was named head coach of the Canada women's national team to replace John Herdman who was appointed Canada men's national team head coach.{{cite web|url=https://canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-announces-new-leadership-of-men-s-national-team-program-under-john-herdman--p161330|title=Canada Soccer announces new leadership of Men’s National Team Program under John Herdman - Canada Soccer|website=canadasoccer.com|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-date=25 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125020602/https://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-announces-new-leadership-of-men-s-national-team-program-under-john-herdman--p161330|url-status=dead}} On June 10 2020, he stepped down from that job to take a position in his native country as head of coach education for the Danish Football Association.{{cite web |last1=Molinaro |first1=John |title=Kenneth Heiner-Møller to step down as Canadian women’s coach |url=https://canpl.ca/article/kenneth-heiner-moller-to-step-down-as-canadian-womens-coach |website=CanPL |access-date=10 June 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Davidson |first1=Neil |title=Canada women’s soccer coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller stepping down |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/article-canada-womens-soccer-coach-kenneth-heiner-moller-stepping-down/ |website=Globe and Mail |access-date=10 June 2020}}{{Cite web |date=2020-06-10 |title=Heiner-Moller to step down as Canada women's soccer coach |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/heiner-moller-step-canada-womens-soccer-coach/ |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=SportsNet}}

Personal life

Born Kenneth Heiner Christiansen, Heiner-Møller married Anja Heiner-Møller,{{cite web|url=https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/generelle/scorer-stort-job-her-er-peter-moellers-reaktion|title=Dansker får stort job: Klub har kun syv spillere|first=Anders|last=Jensen|trans-title=Danes get big job: Club only has seven players|language=Danish|work=Tipsbladet}} taking his wife's maiden name Møller upon their marriage.{{cn|date=June 2022}}