Martin Hansen

Martin Hansen

Martin Hansen in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1990-06-15) 15 June 1990 (age 26)
Place of birth	Brøndby Municipality, Denmark
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	FC Ingolstadt 04
Number	35
Youth career
2005–2006	Brøndby
2006–2010	Liverpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2010–2012	Liverpool	0	(0)
2011	→ Bradford City (loan)	4	(0)
2012–2013	Viborg FF	43	(0)
2013–2014	FC Nordsjælland	15	(0)
2014–2016	ADO Den Haag	65	(1)
2016–	FC Ingolstadt 04	16	(0)
National team
2006	Denmark U16	1	(0)
2006–2007	Denmark U17	2	(0)
2008	Denmark U18	3	(0)
2008–2009	Denmark U19	11	(0)
2009	Denmark U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:20, 25 March 2017 (UTC).

Martin Hansen (born 15 June 1990) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for FC Ingolstadt 04 in the German Bundesliga.

Hansen moved from Brøndby to Liverpool in 2006, where he made his Liverpool Academy debut against Chelsea's academy, in a 2-0 win on 16 January 2007. Hansen was the member of the Liverpool Under 18s who won the FA Youth Cup in 2007, even though he missed the second leg of the FA Youth Cup Final with a broken finger.

Following this, Hansen was promoted to the reserve. Hansen signed his first professional with the club in July 2007, signing a two-year deal.

After spending a number of years in Liverpool's reserves, Hansen signed a one-month loan contract with Bradford City on 27 July 2011. He made his senior debut on 6 August 2011. On 21 August, it was announced that Hansen would return to Liverpool at the end of the month-long deal, after the two clubs failed to agree to an extension.

Hansen moved back to Denmark on 31 January 2012, signing for Viborg FF. It took until on 5 April 2012 for Hansen to make his Viborg FF debut, in a 2-2 draw against Akademisk BK. Hansen's brilliant display in recent games led Manager Søren Frederiksen commenting on his performance that he's one of the best goalkeeper to play in the Danish 1st Division. Even opposition managers praised Hansen's performance. In the second half of the season, Hansen made eleven appearance for the club. His full second season at Viborg FF saw him made thirty-two out of thirty-three appearance and helping the club get promoted to the top division despite suffering a back injury in the winter. It was announced in late-December 2012 that Hansen intended not to renew his contract at Viborg FF.

Despite linked with a move to France it was announced in May 2013, it was confirmed that he would join FC Nordsjælland on a three-year contract, keeping him until 2016. After being on the bench in the opening game of the season, Hansen made his FC Nordsjælland debut on 26 July 2013, in a 1-1 draw against his former club, Viborg FF. Hansen also played in the Champions League qualification against Zenit Saint Petersburg but they proved to be too strong and failed to win either legs losing 1-0 and 5-0 respectively. During the season, Hansen find himself fight over a first choice goalkeeper with Jesper Hansen (who later left for Evian Thonon Gaillard), Jannich Storch, Thomas Villadsen and David Jensen. Following this, Manager Kasper Hjulmand reassured that Hansen shall be the club's first choice goalkeeper. Hansen continued to be the first choice goalkeeper for the club by the end of the first half of the season, but was dropped in favour of Jensen, who was used for the rest of the season. Hansen went on to make fifteen appearance for the club in his first season. Hansen caused controversy after calling the club's personal trainer Mathias Zangenberg a 'monkey', for which he later apologised.