{{short description|Danish footballer and coach (born 1974)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Kim Daugaard |image = Jensen, Henrik Trainer BIF 11-12 EN-WP.JPG |caption = ''Daugaard (right) as Assistant Coach at Bröndby IF in 2011'' |full_name = Kim Daugaard Hansen |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|3|29|df=yes}} |birth_place = Herfølge, Denmark |height = 1.80 m |position = Midfielder |currentclub = |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Herfølge Boldklub |youthyears2 = |youthclubs2 = Brøndby |years1 = 1993–2008 |clubs1 = Brøndby |caps1 = 336 |goals1 = 34 |years2 = 2012–2013 |clubs2 = Frederiksværk FK |caps2 = 1 |goals2 = 0 |totalcaps = 337 |totalgoals = 34 |nationalyears1 = 1992–1993 |nationalteam1 = Denmark U19 |nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |nationalyears2 = 1994–1996 |nationalteam2 = Denmark U21 |nationalcaps2 = 17 |nationalgoals2 = 1 |manageryears1 = 2009–2011 |managerclubs1 = Brøndby (assistant) |manageryears2 = 2012–2013 |managerclubs2 = Frederiksværk FK (player-assistant) |manageryears3 = 2014–2016 |managerclubs3 = HB Køge U19 (assistant) |manageryears4 = 2014– |managerclubs4 = HB Køge (assistant) |manageryears5 = 2023–2025 |managerclubs5 = HB Køge |manageryears6 = 2025– |managerclubs6 = Hvidovre IF (assistant) }}

'''Kim Daugaard Hansen''' ({{IPA|da|ˈtɑwˌkɒˀ}}; born 29 March 1974) is a Danish football coach and former professional player, who currently works as assistant coach Hvidovre IF.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kjeldsen |first=Oscar Valdorff |date=2025-07-26 |title='Det eneste negative er, at de har spillet i Brøndby' |url=https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/1-division/det-eneste-negative-er-at-de-har-spillet-i-bif/ |access-date=2025-09-15 |website=Tipsbladet.dk |language=da-DK}}</ref>

He played as a midfielder for Brøndby IF for his entire career.<ref name="df">[http://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?spillerid=10133&ligaid=2001 Kim Daugaard Hansen] at DanskFodbold.com</ref> He played more than 450 games for the club, and won five Danish Superliga championships and five Danish Cup titles, and was named 1998 Brøndby IF ''Player of the Year''. Daugaard played 17 games and scored one goal for the Danish under-21 national team from 1994 to 1996.

==Playing career== Daugaard played at youth level for Herfølge BK before moving to Brøndby IF,<ref name="brøndby">{{in lang|da}} [http://www.brondby.com/player.asp?sid=11&id=33 Brøndby IF profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128145838/http://www.brondby.com/player.asp?sid=11&id=33 |date=28 November 2006 }}</ref> for whom he represented the Danish under-19 national team.<ref name="dbuofficial"/> He signed his first professional contract with Brøndby IF in January 1993, alongside under-19 national teammates Allan Ravn and Ole Puggaard. He made his senior debut for Brøndby on 3 July 1993,<ref name="brøndby"/> and made his Danish Superliga debut in April 1994.<ref name="df"/> Daugaard was a part of the Brøndby team which won the 1994 Danish Cup. He was called up for the Danish under-21 national team in May 1994, and he went on to play 17 matches and score a single goal until July 1996.<ref name="dbuofficial">[http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/4769&allmatch=1#match Kim Daugaard – Alle hold (Alle kampe)] at Danish Football Association</ref>

He established himself in the Brøndby starting line-up during the 1995–96 Superliga season, under manager Ebbe Skovdahl. Daugaard only missed eight of 99 league games as Brøndby won three Danish Superliga championships in a row,<ref name="df"/> from 1996 to 1998, as well as the 1998 Danish Cup, and he won the 1998 Brøndby IF ''Player of the Year'' award.<ref name="playeroftheyear">[http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=33492 Årets Spiller] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709091818/http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=33492 |date=9 July 2010 }} at Brøndby IF</ref> He was called up for the Danish national league team, comprising the best players of the Danish Superliga, on a number of occasions, and played seven unofficial national league team games, scoring one goal, from January 1997 to February 2000.<ref>[http://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/PlayerInfo/4769&teamtypeid=2165&off=0#match Kim Daugaard – Ligalandshold (Alle uofficielle kampe)] at Danish Football Association</ref>

When Åge Hareide was appointed new Brøndby manager in January 2000, and for the 2000–01 Superliga season, Daugaard received stiff competition from Swedish players Krister Nordin and Magnus Svensson. Daugaard eventually reclaimed his starting position in the 2003–04 Superliga season, under new coach Michael Laudrup. He played 31 of 33 games in the 2004–05 Superliga season,<ref name="df"/> as Brøndby won the 2005 Superliga championship. With a goal in the 2005 Danish Cup final, he helped Brøndby win the Double that year. Daugaard helped Brøndby win the 2008 Danish Cup, before ending his career in the winter 2008.<ref name="brøndby"/> Daugaard played a total 466 games for Brøndby in all competitions,<ref>[http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=32438 1. holdsspillere i Brøndby IF] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204220509/http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=32438 |date=4 December 2009 }} at Brøndby IF</ref> including 336 games and 34 goals in the Superliga.<ref name="df"/>

==Coaching career== Between January 2009 og 1 September 2011, Daugaard worked as assistant coach for Brøndby IF.<ref>[http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=49288&id=145 Kim Daugaard assistenttræner pr. 1/1-09] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120715182635/http://brondby.com/article.asp?aid=49288&id=145 |date=15 July 2012 }} at Brøndby IF</ref> In July 2012, he became part of the coaching staff at Frederiksværk FK and officially became a playing assistant coach later that year.<ref>[http://dinby.dk/frederiksvaerk-ugeblad/jeg-vil-rykke-noget - Jeg vil rykke noget], Ugeblad Frederiksværk og Halsnæs Posten</ref>

==Honours== * Danish Superliga: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2004–05 * Danish Cup: 1993–94, 1997–98, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2007–08 * Brøndby IF ''Player of the Year'': 1998

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{DBU player|4769}} *{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128145838/http://www.brondby.com/player.asp?sid=11&id=33 |date=dmy |title=Brøndby IF profile {{in lang|da}} }}

{{Brøndby IF Player of the Year}}

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