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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Rene Skovgaard Carlsen[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 30 September 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| IF Midtdjurs | |||
| IK Skovbakken | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| –2003 | Vorup FB | ||
| 2003–2006 | Randers | 65 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Valur | 32 | (1) |
| 2009–2010 | Fredericia | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ Randers Freja changed its name to Randers FC in 2003.
References edit
- ^ Rene Carlsen at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Rene Carlsen, statistik fra superligaen, all-time". SuperStats (in Danish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "VORUP FB // Jyllandsserien Herrer, Pulje 1 // 2003". DBU (in Danish). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Randers FC – Oprykning 2004". Randers Amtsavis (in Danish). 15 April 2013. Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Randers FC 0–1 Herfølge BK". danskfodbold.com – DBU's Officielle Statistikere. Archived from the original on 22 January 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Spillerstatistik – Rene Carlsen". danskfodbold.com – DBU's Officielle Statistikere (in Danish). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ Panum, Jacob (12 June 2005). "Randers rykker ud af Superligaen". DR (in Danish). Archived from the original on 24 November 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ a b c d e "Kandidat venstre back: Rene Carlsen". Randers Amtsavis (in Danish). 5 April 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Randers-spiller rejser til Island". TV 2 (in Danish). 25 September 2006. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ Kolby, Maiken (25 September 2006). "Randers-spiller til Island". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Valur Reykjavík – Cork City 0:2 (UI-Cup 2007/2008, 1. Round)". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "BATE Borisov – Valur Reykjavík 2:0 (Champions League Qual. 2008/2009, 1. Round)". WorldFootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ Helmin, Jesper (22 January 2009). "Carlsen og Hansen imponerer i Fredericia". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Fredericia-spiller bliver Serie-træner". bold.dk (in Danish). 27 January 2010.
External links edit
- Rene Carlsen at SuperStats
- Rene Carlsen at WorldFootball.net