Jacob Neestrup
 Neestrup with Copenhagen in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jacob Neestrup Hansen | ||
| Date of birth | 8 March 1988 | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Copenhagen (Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1998 | Fremad Amager | ||
| 1998–2007 | KB | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Copenhagen | 2 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Stavanger | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Hafnarfjörður | 6 | (0) |
| 2011 | Fremad Amager | ||
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Denmark U20 | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2018 | Copenhagen U17[1] | ||
| 2018–2019 | Copenhagen (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Viborg | ||
| 2021–2022 | Copenhagen (assistant) | ||
| 2022– | Copenhagen | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jacob "Nees" Neestrup Hansen (born 8 March 1988) is a Danish professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Danish Superliga club F.C. Copenhagen.
A former midfielder, Neestrup emerged from the FC Copenhagen youth academy, but saw his career mostly diminished due to injuries. After retiring in 2011, he embarked on a career in management. He was appointed head coach of second-tier 1st Division club Viborg in June 2019, after having worked as an assistant at Copenhagen the season before.
Career
[edit]Although his first team debut came on 20 September 2006 in the Danish Cup, he was not promoted to the first team before the summer 2007.[2] He was injured only two minutes into his professional debut. The injury subsequently ruled him out for 8 months.[3]
After recovering, Neestrup made his Danish Superliga debut in the last match of the 2006–07 season against Vejle Boldklub.
In May 2010, Neestrup was signed by reigning Icelandic champions FH Hafnarfjörður. His stint with the club was not successful, being sidelined for large parts of the season due to injuries and a car accident.[4] After six months, he returned to Denmark to sign with fourth-tier Denmark Series club Fremad Amager.[5]
Coaching career
[edit]On 20 June 2019, it was confirmed that Neestrup had been appointed as the manager of Viborg FF for the upcoming season.[6]
On 22 December 2020, it was announced that Neestrup would leave Viborg at the end of the year and return to F.C. Copenhagen as assistant manager of Jess Thorup. He left Viborg in 1st place in the 2020–21 Danish 1st Division.[7]
On 20 September 2022, he was announced as new manager of F.C. Copenhagen following the sacking of Jess Thorup.[8]
Despite being placed 9th out of 12 and being 10 points off 1st place when he took over, Neestrup still eventually guided them to win the Danish Superliga and the Danish Cup.[9] On 12 December 2023, he guided them to the knockout stages of the Champions League, being placed second in a group with Bayern Munich, Galatasaray and Manchester United.[10]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of 28 November 2024
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||||
| Viborg | 
|
20 June 2019 | 31 December 2020 | 54 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 116 | 65 | +51 | 57.41 | [11] |
| Copenhagen |
|
20 September 2022 | Present | 113 | 61 | 27 | 25 | 218 | 132 | +86 | 53.98 | [12] |
| Total | 167 | 92 | 40 | 35 | 334 | 197 | +137 | 55.09 | — | |||
Honours
[edit]Player
[edit]Copenhagen
Manager
[edit]Copenhagen
References
[edit]- ^ "FCK ansætter ny træner" (in Danish). BT. 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Første træningsdag" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2007.
Udover Mads Laudrup, der nu permanent er rykket op i førsteholdstruppen, er den unge midtbanespiller, Jacob Neestrup, ligeledes blevet indlemmet i de danske mestres trup.
- ^ "Velkommen til Jacob Neestrup" (in Danish). F.C. Copenhagen. 20 June 2007. Retrieved 20 June 2007.
- ^ Blond, Mikael (28 July 2010). "Biluheld satte Neestrup tilbage". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ Blond, Mikael (14 January 2011). "Endnu en profil til Fremad Amager". bold.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ Viborg har fundet træner: Hyrer FCK-assistent, bold.dk, 20 June 2019
- ^ FCK henter Jacob Neestrup i Viborg, bold.dk, 20 December 2020
- ^ FCK fyrer Jess Thorup, bold.dk, 20 September 2022
- ^ "Neestrup reflects on winning the double". F.C. København. 4 June 2023.
- ^ "Copenhagen advance to Champions League knockouts with Galatasaray win". France 24. 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Viborg FF: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "FC Copenhagen: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ^ "FCK er dansk mester". F.C. København. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ "FCK win 2022/23 Danish Cup". Copenhagen. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- F.C. København profile (in Danish)
- Jacob Neestrup national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
- Jacob Neestrup at DR (in Danish) (archived)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Danish men's footballers
- F.C. Copenhagen players
- Danish Superliga players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland
- Denmark Series players
- Fremad Amager players
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland
- Danish expatriate men's footballers
- Kjøbenhavns Boldklub players
- Stavanger IF Fotball players
- Fimleikafélag Hafnarfjarðar players
- Úrvalsdeild karla (football) players
- Norwegian First Division players
- Viborg FF managers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
- Danish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Footballers from Copenhagen
- Denmark men's youth international footballers
- Danish football managers
- F.C. Copenhagen non-playing staff
- Danish 1st Division managers
- 21st-century Danish sportsmen