Michael Schjønberg
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Schjønberg Christensen | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Esbjerg, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | wingback | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1990 | Esbjerg fB | 89 | (14) |
| 1990–1994 | Hannover 96 | 123 | (12) |
| 1994–1996 | Odense BK | 64 | (14) |
| 1996–2001 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 117 | (13) |
| Total | 393 | (53) | |
| National team | |||
| 1995–2000 | Denmark | 44 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2003–2004 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (youth) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Herfølge BK | ||
| 2005–2006 | Hannover 96 (assistant) | ||
| 2006 | Hannover 96 (caretaker) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Hannover 96 II | ||
| 2007 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (Director of Sport) | ||
| 2008–2011 | FC Vestsjælland (Director of Sport) | ||
| 2009–2011 | FC Vestsjælland | ||
| 2013–2014 | Vålerenga (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Nest-Sotra | ||
| 2016 | FC Svendborg | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Michael Schjønberg Christensen (born 19 January 1967) is a Danish Association football manager, club official, and former player, who most recently was manager for FC Svendborg.
During his active career, he played more than 100 games for both German clubs Hannover 96 and 1. FC Kaiserslautern, winning the 1992 DFB Cup with Hannover and the 1997–98 German Bundesliga championship with Kaiserslautern. He also represented Danish clubs Esbjerg fB and Odense BK. He played 44 games and scored three goals for the Denmark national football team, and was a participant at the international 1995 King Fahd Cup, Euro 1996, 1998 FIFA World Cup, and Euro 2000 tournaments.
After suffering a career-ending injury in 2001, he became a football coach in 2003. He first became manager of Danish club Herfølge BK in 2004, alongside Allan Nielsen. He has held a number of coaching and club official positions in his former German clubs, and was caretaker manager of Hannover 96 in 2006.
Born in Esbjerg, Schjønberg started his career as an attacking midfielder for hometown club Esbjerg fB, playing in 103 first team matches in total. He and Esbjerg teammate Jesper Kristensen went to a training session with Esbjerg native Allan Nielsen at Nielsen's German club Bayern Munich in the winter of 1989.
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