{{short description|Danish footballer (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Martin Halle | height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|10|16|df=y}} | birth_place = Denmark | position = Defender | youthyears1 = 1985–1994 | youthyears2 = 1994–1999 | youthclubs1 = Brabrand IF | youthclubs2 = Aarhus GF | years1 = 1999–2000 | years2 = 2000–2004 | years3 = 2003 | years4 = 2004–2007 | years5 = 2008–2010 | clubs1 = Aarhus GF | clubs2 = FC Århus | clubs3 = FC Midtjylland (''loan'') | clubs4 = AC Horsens | clubs5 = SønderjyskE | caps1 = | caps2 = | caps3 = 1 | caps4 = | caps5 = 30 | goals1 = | goals2 = | goals3 = 0 | goals4 = | goals5 = 0 }}
'''Martin Halle''' (born 16 October 1981) is a Danish retired football player in the defender position. He played for a number of Danish clubs, including FC Midtjylland, AC Horsens, and SønderjyskE in the Danish Superliga championship.
==Biography== Halle started his career with Danish 1st Division clubs Aarhus GF and FC Århus. During his time at FC Århus, he joined top-flight Danish Superliga team FC Midtjylland on loan in February 2003,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bold.dk/nyt/index.php?vis=31606 |title=FCM bytter sig til FC Aarhus-spiller |website=Bold.dk |language=da |access-date=16 June 2010 |archive-date=6 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406112726/http://www.bold.dk/nyt/index.php?vis=31606 |url-status=live }}</ref> and played one Superliga game for the club in May 2003.
In the summer of 2004, Halle joined 1st Division rivals AC Horsens under manager Kent Nielsen.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bold.dk/nyt/index.php?vis=42170 |title=Optakt: Ølstykke-spiller får lyn-gensyn |website=Bold.dk |language=da |access-date=16 June 2010 |archive-date=6 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406112734/http://www.bold.dk/nyt/index.php?vis=42170 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was a part of the first team starting line-up for almost his entire time at the club, playing as a left back defender. In his first season with the Horsens, he helped the club win promotion for the Superliga. He never scored a Superliga goal for Horsens, but his defensive qualities gained him his place in the team. He played full-time in the first 12 games of the Danish Superliga 2005-06, but suffered an injury,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/dansk/optakt-sas-ligaen |title=Optakt: SAS Ligaen |work=Tipsbladet |language=da |access-date=16 June 2010 |archive-date=20 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320212942/http://tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/dansk/optakt-sas-ligaen |url-status=live }}</ref> and did not re-establish his place in the team until April 2006. He underwent surgery in the off-season,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/dansk/horsens-spiller-opereret-og-misser-sas-liga-starten |title=Horsens-spiller opereret og misser SAS Liga-starten |work=Tipsbladet |language=da |access-date=16 June 2010 |archive-date=31 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831060700/http://tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/dansk/horsens-spiller-opereret-og-misser-sas-liga-starten |url-status=live }}</ref> and did not enter the starting line-up until the eighth round of the Danish Superliga 2006-07, but only missed two games for the rest of the season. With Halle's contract expiring in the summer 2008,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/dansk/halle-soeger-nye-graesgange |title=Halle søger nye græsgange |work=Tipsbladet |language=da |access-date=16 June 2010 |archive-date=31 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831055011/http://tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/dansk/halle-soeger-nye-graesgange |url-status=live }}</ref> Horsens brought in left back Joseph Elanga in January 2008, and Halle left the club to join 1st Division side SønderjyskE.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/dansk/horsens-saelger-overskudsback |title=Horsens sælger overskudsback |work=Tipsbladet |language=da |access-date=16 June 2010 |archive-date=31 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831055049/http://tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/dansk/horsens-saelger-overskudsback |url-status=live }}</ref>
In his first season at SønderjyskE, Halle helped the club win promotion for the Superliga. He suffered from several injuries during his first time at Horsens,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Halle-Seneste-aar-var-optakt-til-SAS-Ligaen |title=Halle: Seneste år var optakt til SAS Ligaen |website=Bold.dk |language=da |date=15 July 2008 |access-date=16 June 2010 |archive-date=6 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406112741/http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Halle-Seneste-aar-var-optakt-til-SAS-Ligaen |url-status=live }}</ref> and took part in 16 of 33 games during the Danish Superliga 2008-09, including only one full-time game. He got an extended run in the first team in the first months of the Danish Superliga 2009-10, but was eventually replaced by Andrei Sidorenkov. He ended his career in May 2010, due to persisting injury problems.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tv2sport.dk/node/56496 |title=28-årig SønderjyskE-forsvarer siger stop |work=TV 2 SPORT |language=da |access-date=16 June 2010 |archive-date=24 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724052817/http://tv2sport.dk/node/56496 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928061558/http://www.achorsens.dk/Default.aspx?ID=128 |date=dmy |title=AC Horsens profile }} *{{drdkstat|456039|archive=20070309063926}} *[http://www.danskfodbold.com/spiller.php?ligaid=2001&spillerid=10745 Danish Superliga player statistics] at danskfodbold.com {{in lang|da}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Halle, Martin}} Category:1981 births Category:Living people Category:Danish men's footballers Category:Aarhus Gymnastikforening players Category:FC Midtjylland players Category:AC Horsens players Category:Danish Superliga players Category:Sønderjyske Fodbold players Category:Brabrand IF players Category:Men's association football defenders Category:21st-century Danish sportsmen