Keld Bordinggaard

Infobox Football biography
playername= Keld Bordinggard
fullname = Keld Tande Bordinggard
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1962|11|22
cityofbirth = Holstebro
countryofbirth = Denmark
currentclub = Denmark under-21
position = Manager
("former midfielder")
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1981-1987
1985-1986
1988
1989-1990
1991
1992-1997
1999-2000
clubs = Odense BK
Wichita Wings
Panionios FC
Vejle BK
Odense BK
Silkeborg IF
Vejle Boldklub
caps(goals) =
nationalyears = 1982-1983
1983-1990
nationalteam = Denmark u-21
Denmark
nationalcaps(goals) = 5 (1)
4 (0)
manageryears = 2001-2002
2002-2006
2006-present
managerclubs = Vejle BK
Denmark ("assistant")
Denmark u-21

Keld Tande Bordinggard (born November 22 1962) is a Danish former football (soccer) player and current football manager. He has been the head coach of the Danish national under-21 team since July 2006, where he is under contract until June 2009. As a player, he most notably played professionally for Danish clubs Odense Boldklub and Silkeborg IF, both with whom he won the Danish football championship. Keld Bordinggaard played four games for the Danish national team from 1983 to 1990.

Biography

Bordinggaard started his active career with Odense BK in 1981. He was named 1983 "Danish Talent of the Year", and made his Danish national team debut in August 1983. Having won "the Double" of both Danish Cup and Danish football championship titles in 1983, Bordinggaard moved abroad to play for indoor soccer team Wichita Wings in the United States. He returned shortly to Odense BK, and played for the club until 1987.

In 1988, Bordinggaard moved abroad once more, to play for Panionios FC in Greece. He returned to Denmark in 1989, to play for Vejle Boldklub. In 1991 he returned to Odense BK again, but left the club in order to join Silkeborg IF in 1992. Bordinggaard spent five years at Silkeborg IF, helping the club win the 1995 Danish football championship. Having initially ended his career in 1997, he returned as a player/assistant coach for Vejle BK in the 1999-2000 season.

In 2001, Bordinggaard was appointed manager of Vejle BK. He spent one year with the club, until he was brought in as assistant coach for the Danish national team under manager Morten Olsen in July 2002. He helped Denmark qualify for the 2004 European Championship tournament. In June 2006, he was appointed manager of both the Danish under-20 and under-21 national teams.

Honours

*1983 Danish Talent of the Year
*Danish Cup: 1983 (Odense BK)
*Danish football championship: 1983 (Odense BK) and 1995 (Silkeborg IF)

External links

* [http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=4634 Danish national team fact sheet]
* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/playerInfo.aspx?playerid=3921 Danish national team player profile]
* [http://www.dbu.dk/lbase/coachInfo.aspx?coachid=4142 Danish national team manager profile]
* [http://vejle-boldklub.dk/statistik-spillernavn.asp?Spillere=Keld%20Bordinggaard Vejle BK profile]