 Christensen managingVærløse BK in 2004 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Bent Christensen Arensøe | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | (1967-01-04)4 January 1967 (age 59) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Brøndby (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Brønshøj | 18 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 1985–1986 | Servette | 11 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | →Vejle Boldklub (loan) | 29 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1991 | Brøndby | 100 | (62) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1993 | Schalke 04 | 49 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | Olympiacos | 26 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1997 | Compostela | 110 | (35) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Gençlerbirliği | 13 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–2000 | Brøndby | 50 | (20) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Brønshøj | 14 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 420 | (174) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Denmark u17 | 3 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1983–1985 | Denmark U19 | 25 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1987 | Denmark U21 | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 1989–1994 | Denmark | 26 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | Værløse | ||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2011 | Brøndby (U19 manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Brøndby (forward coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2013 | Brøndby (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Denmark U19 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–201? | Brøndby (academy staff) | ||||||||||||||||
| 201?–2025 | Brøndby (transition coach) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Brøndby (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Bent Christensen Arensøe, formerly known asBent René Christensen, (born 4 January 1967) is a Danish former professionalfootballer who played as astriker.
During his active career he earned the nickname "Turbo" for his speed. He played in a string of clubs, most notably Danish clubBrøndby, where he scored a combined 116 goals in 208 games and won fiveDanish championships. He played 26 games and scored eight goals for theDenmark national football team, and was a part of the Danish1992 European Championship winning side.
Born inCopenhagen,[2] Christensen started his career withBrønshøj in 1985, under managerEbbe Skovdahl. He moved abroad in the same year, 17 years old, to play forSwiss clubServette. With Servette, he won the 1985Swiss Super League. He wanted away from the club, and was initially loaned out to Danish clubVejle in 1987.[3] He moved permanently to Brøndby, under manager Ebbe Skovdahl, later that year. He was a part of the team that won the 1988 and 1989 Danish championships.
In his time for Brøndby, he was Danish league top goalscorer three times, in the1988 season,1990 season and1991 season tournaments. He was part of the Brøndby team who, under managerMorten Olsen, reached the semi-finals of the European1991 UEFA Cup tournament, and he was sold toGerman teamSchalke 04 later that year. Thetransfer deal was a race for Christensen's signature between Schalke andEintracht Frankfurt, and was worthDEM 5 million, which made Christensen the most expensive Danish footballer at the time, with a monthly wage ofDKK 400,000.[3] He did not find playing success at Schalke, where he scored eight goals in 49 games, and he earned the nickname "Trabi-Bent".[4]
He moved to Greek clubOlympiacos for the1993 season, where he found playing success. In July 1994, he moved on toCompostela in Spain. He remained three seasons at Compostela with good success, before moving toGençlerbirliği in Turkey in 1997. Christensen returned to Brøndby in March 1998, under managerEbbe Skovdahl, and was a part of Brøndby's1998 Danish Superliga and 1998Danish Cup wins.[5] He also took part in Brøndby's campaign in the European1998–99 UEFA Champions League tournament. After the1999–00 season, he ended his professional career, and played his last games with childhood clubBrønshøj in 2000.
Christensen made his international debut with theDenmark under-19 national team in July 1983. He scored a combined five goals in 28 games for the under-19 andunder-17 teams until June 1985, scoring one goal at the1984UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. He made hisDanish under-21 debut in October 1986, and scored two goals in six games for the team until September 1987.
He made his senior debut for theDanish national team in the February 1989friendly match againstMalta. He scored six goals in four games in Denmark'sUEFA Euro 1992 qualifying campaign. He was selected to represent the Danish national team at theUEFA Euro 1992 inSweden. Christensen played Denmark's first two games in the tournament without scoring, but was injured and travelled home while the rest of the squad went on to win the tournament. Christensen didn't take part in the Danish public celebrations of the trophy, and did not really feel a part of the winning team.[5] While at Compostela, Christensen played his last national team match in November 1994, againstSpain, and ended his national team career after 26 matches and 8 goals.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 5 September 1990 | Västerås,Sweden |  Sweden | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
| 2. | 1 May 1991 | Belgrade,Yugoslavia |  Yugoslavia | 1–0 | 2–1 | UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying |
| 3. | 2–1 | |||||
| 4. | 5 June 1991 | Odense,Denmark |  Austria | 1–0 | 2–1 | |
| 5. | 2–0 | |||||
| 6. | 25 September 1991 | Landskrona, Sweden |  Faroe Islands | 2–0 | 4–0 | |
| 7. | 9 October 1991 | Vienna,Austria | Austria | 3–0 | 3–0 | |
| 8. | 3 June 1992 | Copenhagen, Denmark |  CIS | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
In January 2003, he started as head coach ofVærløse,[4] which he led to theDanish 2nd Division. In October 2005, he was hired as head coach of the Brøndby youth team,[6] and in June 2010, he was additionally named coach in charge of special training of attackers for the first team.[7] In 2011, Christensen was named as assistant coach in Brøndby.
WhenThomas Frank was named new manager ofBrøndby in June 2013, Christensen succeeded him as manager of theDanish national under-19 football team.[8]
In February 2016, Christensen returned toBrøndby IF, where he was hired as A+ coach at the club's academy.[9] He later became transition coach at the club before being promoted to assistant coach of the club's first team in early January 2025, under the newly appointed manager,Frederik Birk.[10]
Total number of goals for Brøndby (1987–1991 and 1998–2000):[11]
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