Christian Poulsen

Christian Bager Poulsen (born February 28, 1980) is a Denmark professional football (soccer) player who currently plays for Sevilla FC. He has been a regular member of the Denmark national football team since his debut in 2001, and has played more than 40 matches, scoring two goals. He represented Denmark at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2004 UEFA European Football Championship tournaments. He was named 2005 and 2006 Danish Football Player of the Year.

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Christian Poulsen career stats

Season Club Games Goals Yellow Cards Red Cards
2006/07 Spain Sevilla FC  25  1  9  0  
2005/06 Germany FC Schalke 04  26  2  15  2  
2004/05 Germany FC Schalke 04  26  0  9  1  
2003/04 Germany FC Schalke 04  24  0  4  0  
2002/03 Germany FC Schalke 04  24  1  6  1  
2001/02 Denmark FC København  29  9  5  0  
2000/01 Denmark FC København  13  2  0  0  

Christian Poulsen biography


Christian Bager Poulsen (born February 28, 1980) is a Denmark professional football (soccer) player who currently plays for Sevilla FC. He has been a regular member of the Denmark national football team since his debut in 2001, and has played more than 40 matches, scoring two goals. He represented Denmark at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2004 UEFA European Football Championship tournaments. He was named 2005 and 2006 Danish Football Player of the Year.

Biography

Born in Asnæs, Christian Poulsen started playing youth football in the local club. He moved to amateur club Holbæk B&I, where he made his senior debut at 17 years of age, captaining the side on several occasions. He was called up for the Danish under-19 football team in September 1998, and played four games for the team.

National breakthrough

In September 2000, he tried out for F.C. Copenhagen (FCK) in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship, to Germany club FC Schalke 04, where he looked to take over the position as holding midfielder left by veteran Czech Republic national football team Jiří Němec. His start in Schalke was made easier by the fact that his team mate in the Danish national team, Ebbe Sand, also played for the club. Through his time at Schalke, Poulsen played a number of matches at right back, but eventually secured himself a spot in the central midfield for both club and country. Poulsen was selected for the Danish squad at the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship. He played three of Denmark's four games, before Denmark was eliminated from the tournament. His displays for Schalke and the Danish national team earned him the 2005 Danish Player of the Year award.

In June 2006, Christian Poulsen's contract with Schalke ran out. Long-lasting rumours linked him to several teams, including Italian clubs Internazionale F.C] and A.C. Milan, despite earlier Italian criticism of Poulsen's playing style. He eventually signed a contract with defending UEFA Cup champions Sevilla FC from Spain, the team that knocked Schalke out of the UEFA cup in the 2005-06 season. In his debut match for the club, Poulsen helped Sevilla win the European Super Cup trophy, with a 3-0 victory against FC Barcelona on August 25. Following his first month at the club, he was named the best new signing in Spain by Spanish sports daily Marca (newspaper). He became the first player to be named Danish Player of the Year for two consecutive years, when he also won the 2006 award.

He helped Sevilla defend the UEFA Cup title, winning the UEFA Cup 2006-07 of the tournament.

Discipline

Poulsen played a controversial role in the 2004 European Championship. Following the 0-0 draw with Italy national football team, Danish television showed Poulsen being spat on by Italian Francesco Totti, who received a three-match ban and gave a "full public apology", though still claiming he was provoked by Poulsen.

In the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League tournament, Poulsen and Schalke were in the same preliminary group as Italian team A.C. Milan. Following their first match, a 2-2 draw, Poulsen was described as "a coward" by A.C. Milan coach Carlo Ancelotti, this time for Poulsen's rough marking of A.C. Milan's Brazilian playmaker Kaká. Ancelotti alleged that Poulsen physically kicked Kaká when the officials had their backs turned. Schalke were eliminated from the Champions League tournament, as A.C. Milan won their second match 3-2, despite a goal by Christian Poulsen. Following the final whistle, Italian player Gennaro Gattuso steered towards Poulsen and confronted him. Gattuso made gloating taunts, while Poulsen gave him an ironic thumbs up, afterwards declaring he found Gattuso childish and hoped he felt embarrassed for himself.

In a qualifying game for the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship against Sweden national football team on June 2, 2007, with the game tied 3-3 in the 89th minute, Poulsen punched Swedish striker Marcus Rosenberg in the stomach inside Danish penalty area. The linesman notified referee Herbert Fandel, who gave Poulsen the red card and awarded Sweden a penalty kick. An angered Danish supporter ran onto the pitch attempted to attack Fandel, though the rest of the Danish players held the fan off. The referee walked off the pitch and the match was abandonned. Poulsen, who later apologized for his actions, was suspended for the next three competitive games. The match was forfeited to Sweden as a 3-0 victory, while Denmark was fined CHF 100,000 (€66,000) and forced to play their next four home qualification matches (effectively the rest of the competition) at least 250 km away from Copenhagen, with the next match against Liechtenstein behind closed doors.[n the aftermath of the game, charges have been pressed against Poulsen for the attack on Rosenberg, albeit by a football fan and not by Rosenberg himself.[tp://politiken.dk/fodbold/article318849.ece]



Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Poulsen

Christian Poulsen news


Football.co.uk

Poulsen: There Has Been No Barça Offer
Goal.com, Switzerland - May 5, 2008
Christian Poulsen has categorically denied talking to Barcelona and stated that while he is honoured to be linked to the Catalan giants, he is more likely ...
Poulsen happy at Sevilla, cools Barca talk Sports Network
POULSEN DENIES BARCA RUMOURS Sportinglife.com
all 9 news articles


Jiménez Leaves Out Poulsen
Goal.com, Switzerland - May 3, 2008
Sevilla coach Manolo Jiménez has elected to omit Christian Poulsen from his squad to face Valladolid on Sunday, despite the fact that the Danish midfielder ...
Sevilla president dismisses Barcelona link for Poulsen Tribalfootball.com
Del Nido Coy Over Barca-Poulsen Reports Goal.com
Barcelona Hold Poulsen Talks Goal.com
all 4 news articles


Jimenez to continue as coach of Sevilla
Earthtimes (press release), UK - 20 hours ago
Barcelona - facing a difficult summer of rebuilding - are also interested in three other Sevilla players: midfielders Christian Poulsen and Seydou Keita, ...


Goal.com

Player Ratings: Murcia 0-0 Sevilla
Goal.com, Switzerland - Apr 26, 2008
Christian Poulsen: 6.5 - Performed solidly in his usual screening role in front of the defence and provided tidy if uninspired distribution of the ball from ...
Bore Draw As Murcia Hold Sevilla Goal.com
all 8 news articles


Today's Villa Transfer Rumours
Vitalfootball, UK - May 7, 2008
Another report, this time in the People, albeit with no substance or quotes, says that Villa are after Sevilla midfielder Christian Poulsen who is valued ...

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Christian Poulsen
Christian Poulsen

Name: Christian Poulsen

Fullname: Christian Poulsen

Nickname: n/a

Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1980

Birthplace: n/a

Height \ Weight: 1.82m \ 76kg

Number: 8

Website: n/a

Club: Sevilla FC

Nationality:   Denmark Denmark

Confederation: UEFA




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