{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Esben Hansen | fullname = Esben Mathias Rejnholdt Hansen | height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|8|10}} | birth_place = Nykøbing Falster, Denmark | currentclub = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = B 1921 | years1 = {{0|0000}}–2002 | clubs1 = Nykøbing FA | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2002–2007 | clubs2 = OB | caps2 = 169 | goals2 = 7 | years3 = 2007 | clubs3 = 1. FC Kaiserslautern | caps3 = 8 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2008–2010 | clubs4 = OB | caps4 = 22 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2009–2010 | clubs5 = → Randers FC (loan) | caps5 = 4 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2010–2011 | clubs6 = Lyngby | caps6 = 18 | goals6 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2003 | nationalteam1 = Denmark U-21 | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2007 | nationalteam2 = Denmark | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalgoals2 = 0 }}
'''Esben Hansen''' (born 10 August 1981) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe19772/esben-hansen/ | title = Esben Hansen | publisher = worldfootball.net | access-date = 21 November 2021}}</ref> He made his international debut for the Denmark national team in a game against Liechtenstein on 13 September 2007, when he was named in the starting 11.
==Honours== '''OB''' *Danish Cup: 2006–07<ref>{{cite news |url=https://bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/Startopstillinger-i-pokalfinalen |title=Startopstillinger i pokalfinalen |publisher=bold.dk |access-date=18 August 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{DBU player|4417}} * [https://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2001&spillerid=10181 Esben Hansen] official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com {{in lang|da}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115083500/http://lyngby-boldklub.dk/Spillerprofiler/A-truppen/Esben_Hansen/ |date=dmy |title=Esben Hansen at Lyngby {{in lang|da}} }} * {{Fussballdaten}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Esben}} Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Nykøbing Falster Category:Danish men's footballers Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Denmark men's international footballers Category:Denmark men's under-21 international footballers Category:Nykøbing FC players Category:Odense Boldklub players Category:Randers FC players Category:1. FC Kaiserslautern players Category:Danish Superliga players Category:2. Bundesliga players Category:Danish expatriate men's footballers Category:Danish expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Germany Category:21st-century Danish sportsmen
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