Martin Retov

Martin Retov
Personal information
Date of birth (1980-05-05) 5 May 1980
Place of birth Rødovre, Denmark
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Brøndby IF (assistant)
Youth career
Rishøj IF
Køge BK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2002 Køge BK 89 (12)
2002–2008 Brøndby IF 220 (23)
2008–2010 F.C. Hansa Rostock 55 (4)
2010–2015 AC Horsens 120 (8)
Total 484 (47)
National team
2001 Denmark U-21 3 (0)
2004–2008 Denmark 6 (0)
Teams managed
2015–2016 AGF U17 (assistant)
2016–2017 Brøndby IF U17 (assistant)
2017– Brøndby IF (assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Martin Retov (born 5 May 1980) is a Danish football coach, currently the assistant manager of Brøndby IF, and retired professional footballer.[1] He has played more than 200 games for Brøndby IF.

Career

He started his career in the youth teams of Danish clubs Rishøj IF and Køge Boldklub, before he made his debut for Køge in the second-tier Danish 1st Division league in 1999. He was called up for the Danish under-21 national team in 2001, which he represented in three matches, coming on as a substitute in all three games. In 2002, Køge earned promotion to the top-flight 2002–03 Superliga season, but following only one Superliga match for the club he was injured in late July. While still recovering, he was bought by the defending Danish champions Brøndby IF.

He was one of the first signings of new Brøndby IF coach Michael Laudrup, who played Retov in a centre midfield duo with Morten Wieghorst. Retov quickly became a mainstay in the Brøndby team, and following a successful 2003–04 season, he debuted for the Danish national team, when he came on as a late substitute, replacing Morten Wieghorst against Scotland in a friendly match 1–0 win on 28 April 2004. Subsequently, he was voted Brøndby's 2004 Player of the Year. In the 2004–05 season, Retov only missed a single Superliga match, as Brøndby won its 10th championship, and he took part in the 2005 Danish Cup victory, to complete Brøndby's the Double triumph.

On 8 July 2008, he joined 2. Bundesliga side F.C. Hansa Rostock. Here he established himself in the starting 11 and was appointed captain.

On July 6, 2010, Retov joined Danish Superliga team AC Horsens.

Coaching career

AGF

Retov terminated his contract with AC Horsens in 2015, not knowing if he would continue his active football career. A few weeks later he announced that he would retire, because he wanted to coach. He was announced as AGF's U17 team assistant coach in August 2015.[2]

Brøndby IF

In April 2016 it was confirmed, that Retov returned to Brøndby IF in a coach role. He was appointed as the assistant manager of the U17 team.[3] After Tamás Bódog left the role as assistant manager for the first team of Brøndby IF, Retov was promoted to interim assistant manager for the first team in March 2017.[4] He signed a contract until the summer 2017.

International career

He has played six games for the Denmark national football team.

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Martin Retov". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Retov stopper karrieren og går trænervejen". bold.dk. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Martin Retov skifter fra AGF til Brøndby‚ tipsbladet.dk, 27 April 2016
  4. ↑ BIF hyrer Retov som midlertidig assistent‚ bold.dk, 11 March 2017
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