Rene Carlsen
FullnameRene Skovgaard Carlsen[1]
Birth date30 September 1979 (age 46)
Birth placeDenmark
Height1.76 m[2]
PositionLeft-back
Youthclubs 1IF Midtdjurs
Youthclubs 2IK Skovbakken
Years 1–2003
Clubs 1Vorup FB
Years 22003–2006
Clubs 2Randers
Caps 265
Goals 20
Years 32007–2009
Clubs 3Valur
Caps 332
Goals 31
Years 42009–2010
Clubs 4Fredericia
Caps 42
Goals 40

Rene Skovgaard Carlsen (born 30 September 1979) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. During his career, he played professionally for Randers FC and Valur.

Career

Carlsen made his breakthrough as part of Vorup FB who were competing in the lower tier Jutland Series,[3] before moving to newly formed Randers FC in 2003.[a] He won promotion to the Danish Superliga with Randers during the 2003–04 season,[4] and made his professional debut in the top tier on 1 August 2004 starting in a 1–0 home loss to Herfølge Boldklub, before coming off in the 76th minute for Kim Østergaard Nielsen.[5] He made a total of 23 league appearances that season,[6] which saw Randers suffer relegation to the 1st Division after finishing bottom of the league.[7]

After relegation, Carlsen was often injured and moved down the depth chart as Peter Christiansen was preferred at left-back by head coach Lars Olsen.[8] On 25 September 2006, it was announced that Carlsen would move to Icelandic club Valur as his contract expired on 1 January 2007.[9][10] He made his European debut for Valur as they lost 2–0 to Cork City on 23 June 2007 in the UEFA Intertoto Cup first round.[11] The following season he also made his first UEFA Champions League appearance in a 2–0 first-round away loss to BATE Borisov on 25 July 2008.[12]

Carlsen returned to Denmark in January 2009, signing with Danish 1st Division club Fredericia after a successful trial.[13] He retired in 2010, where he began coaching ninth tier club TMG from Mårslet.[14]

Style of play

Carlsen was described by former Randers FC's teammate Christian Kemph as "aggressive" and "not afraid of going forward".[8] Despite lacking top-level speed, he compensated with good positioning and a fine skillset which made him a strong crosser of the ball.[8]

After football

After his retirement from football, Carlsen coached at lower level and played amateur football while residing in Aarhus.[8] He finished his training as a carpenter in the summer of 2013.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Randers Freja changed its name to Randers FC in 2003.

References

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  2. ^ "Rene Carlsen, statistik fra superligaen, all-time" (in Danish). SuperStats. Archived 10 July 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ "VORUP FB // Jyllandsserien Herrer, Pulje 1 // 2003" (in Danish). DBU. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Randers FC – Oprykning 2004" (in Danish). Randers Amtsavis. 15 April 2013. Archived 24 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Randers FC 0–1 Herfølge BK". danskfodbold.com – DBU's Officielle Statistikere. Archived 22 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Spillerstatistik – Rene Carlsen" (in Danish). danskfodbold.com – DBU's Officielle Statistikere. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  7. ^ Panum, Jacob (12 June 2005). "Randers rykker ud af Superligaen" (in da-DK). DR. Archived 24 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Kandidat venstre back: Rene Carlsen" (in Danish). Randers Amtsavis. 5 April 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Randers-spiller rejser til Island" (in da-DK). TV 2. 25 September 2006. Archived 27 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  10. ^ Kolby, Maiken (25 September 2006). "Randers-spiller til Island" (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Valur Reykjavík – Cork City 0:2 (UI-Cup 2007/2008, 1. Round)". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  12. ^ "BATE Borisov – Valur Reykjavík 2:0 (Champions League Qual. 2008/2009, 1. Round)". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  13. ^ Helmin, Jesper (22 January 2009). "Carlsen og Hansen imponerer i Fredericia" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Fredericia-spiller bliver Serie-træner" (in Danish). bold.dk. 27 January 2010.