Thomas Christiansen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Christiansen Tarín | ||
| Date of birth | 11 March 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Hadsund, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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APOEL (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1982–1988 | Avedøre | ||
| 1988 | Brøndby | ||
| 1989–1991 | Hvidovre | ||
| 1991 | B.93 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1996 | Barcelona B | 60 | (28) |
| 1993–1996 | Barcelona | 0 | (0) |
| 1993 | → Sporting Gijón (loan) | 10 | (4) |
| 1993–1994 | → Osasuna (loan) | 14 | (1) |
| 1994–1995 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Oviedo | 50 | (5) |
| 1997–1999 | Villarreal | 41 | (6) |
| 1999 | Terrassa | 17 | (5) |
| 2000 | Panionios | 12 | (3) |
| 2000 | Herfølge | 4 | (2) |
| 2001–2003 | VfL Bochum | 76 | (38) |
| 2003–2006 | Hannover 96 | 55 | (12) |
| Total | 354 | (105) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1995 | Spain U21 | 11 | (3) |
| 1993 | Spain | 2 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013 | Al Jazira (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2016 | AEK Larnaca | ||
| 2016– | APOEL | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Thomas Christiansen Tarín (born 11 March 1973) is a retired footballer who played as a striker, and the current coach of Cypriot club APOEL FC.
Left-footed, he played for a number of clubs in Danish, Spanish and German football, being crowned the top goalscorer of the 2002–03 Bundesliga.
Christiansen also briefly represented the Spanish national team, in a 15-year professional career.
Born in Hadsund to a Spanish mother, Christiansen was raised in Copenhagen also in Denmark. He started playing football aged nine in Avedøre IF, then spent one year at Brøndby IF before moving on to Hvidovre IF.
Christiansen trained with the youth team of Spanish giants Real Madrid, but when his mother forbade him to join the club, he moved to Boldklubben af 1893. In May 1991 he scored six goals in a youth team match against Kjøbenhavns Boldklub, and went back to Spain to train with defending La Liga champions FC Barcelona.
Christiansen signed a four-year contract with Barcelona in July 1991, when Johan Cruyff was team manager, with a dream of playing alongside their Danish playmaker Michael Laudrup. He started competing as a senior with the reserve side FC Barcelona B, where he soon was joined by compatriot Ronnie Ekelund; during this period, he was frequently called up to train with the main squad.
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