Asbjørn Sennels

Football player infobox2
playername= Asbjørn Sennels
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1979|1|17
cityofbirth = Brabrand
countryofbirth = Denmark
position = Left back
currentclub = Viborg FF
clubnumber = 28
years = 1998-1999
1999-2004
2004-2007
2007-current
clubs = Skovbakken IK
Viborg FF
Brøndby IF
Viborg FF
caps(goals) =
108 (2)
074 (1)
0028 (1)
nationalyears = 2000-2001
2003-2004
nationalteam = Denmark U21
Denmark
nationalcaps(goals) = 010 (0)
002 (0)

Asbjørn Sennels (born January 17, 1979) is a Danish professional football (soccer) player, who plays as a left back for Viborg FF in the Danish Superliga championship. He has played two games for the Denmark national football team.

Biography

Born in Brabrand, Sennels played for local lower-league clubs Brabrand IF and IK Skovbakken. He got his breakthrough with Superliga club Viborg FF in the 1999-00 Superliga season, and was soon called up for the Danish under-21 national team. He played 108 league games for Viborg, and was called up for the Danish national team in August 2003. In February 2004, during the 2003-04 winter transfer window, he was bought by league rivals Brøndby IF.

Brøndby manager Michael Laudrup bought Sennels to replace Aurelijus Skarbalius on the left back position. Sennels made his Brøndby debut in the 2004 UEFA Cup matches with FC Barcelona. He was called up for his second and last national team game in April 2004. His first time playin in the Brøndby was less than perfect, and it did not help him that he was replacing the fan favourite Skarbalius. Sennels found his feet and played all 33 Brøndby matches in the 2004-05 Superliga season, as the club won the championship title, as well as the Danish Cup trophy. Laudrup bought Joseph Elanga to challenge Sennels for the left back position, and he played 19 of 33 matches in the following season.

When Laudrup was replaced by Rene Meulensteen as Brøndby manager, Sennels was sent further down the pecking order by on-loan left back Adam Eckersley. When Meulensteen left Brøndby halfway through the 2006-07 Superliga season, Sennels was told by replacement manager Tom Køhlert that he had no future at the club. In the summer 2007, he moved back to Viborg FF.

Honours

* Danish Superliga: 2004-05
* Danish Cup: 2004-05

External links

* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=4252 Danish national team profile]
*da icon [http://www.brondby.com/player.asp?sid=105&id=33 Brøndby IF profile]
* [http://resol.dr.dk/sportservice_person.aspx?personid=119628 Career stats] by Danmarks Radio