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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1975-02-07)7 February 1975 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth | Roskilde, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| OKS | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | OB | 37 | (12) |
| 1998–2002 | Herfølge | 69 | (14) |
| 2001 | →Frem (loan) | 3 | (3) |
| 2001–2002 | →Kidderminster Harriers (loan) | 12 | (5) |
| 2002–2004 | Kidderminster Harriers | 72 | (25) |
| 2004 | Bristol Rovers | 4 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Køge | ||
| 2005 | Valur | 1 | (0) |
| 2005 | Fram Reykjavik | 7 | (4) |
| 2005–2006 | Victory | ||
| 2006 | ÍBV | 10 | (3) |
| 2007–2011 | Brønshøj | 13 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2014 | Brønshøj | ||
| 2014–2020 | Horsens | ||
| 2021–2022 | Midtjylland | ||
| 2022–2024 | FC Zürich | ||
| 2024–2025 | Mainz 05 | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bo Henriksen (born 7 February 1975) is a Danishfootball coach and former player. He was most recently manager ofMainz 05.
Henriksen rose to prominence as astriker in both his home country, where he won the1999–2000 Danish Superliga withHerfølge, as well as in England, where he played inthe Football League withKidderminster Harriers.
Henriksen, famed for his long locks ofblonde hair began his career as a footballer with Danish teamOB, whom he joined in 1994 as a youth player fromOKS.[1] Despite scoring regularly in his first three years at the club, he fell out of the starting line-up under new OB managerRoald Poulsen, but scored ten goals in five reserve team matches.[2] He left in January 1998 to join fellowDanish Superliga clubHerfølge. He became, and remained, a regular fixture in their team for the next three years, scoring 14 goals in 69 league appearances. He scored a single goal during the1999–2000 season, in which Herfølge most surprisingly won theDanish championship.[3]
As Herfølge struggled economically, Henriksen wasloaned out to English clubKidderminster Harriers in November 2001.[4] Henriksen first appeared for Kidderminster in a reserve-team fixture againstWigan Athletic two weeks prior to the deal being signed, and he made his official first-team debut just one day after joining the club, in a fixture againstLeyton Orient.[5] He scored a goal as a substitute in the match that Kidderminster won 3–1. He quickly became a firm favourite with the club's fans, and scored eight more times in the2001–02 season. He was bought by Kidderminster's Danish managerJan Mølby in a £12,500transfer deal in February 2002.[4]
Somewhat ironically, his career at the club only really took off after his mentor Jan Mølby parted company with the club in 2002. Henriksen will fondly be remembered in Kidderminster for breaking all kinds of records during the club's short five-year stay inthe Football League. He became the first, and to date only, player to score three goals in a Football League game for the team as Kidderminster beatExeter City 5–2 in late 2002.[6] He ended the2002–03 season as the club's highest-ever Football League goal scorer, with 20 goals in 41 appearances. He went on to score two goals in the first match of the following season againstMansfield Town in August 2003, but failed to score again in his Kidderminster career despite remaining one of their most popular footballers.[7]
Affectionately known as "Bomber Bo", he left Kidderminster and joinedBristol Rovers in March 2004,[8] and returned home to Denmark to play forKøge a few months later.[9] Henriksen moved abroad again in June 2005, to play forValur andFram Reykjavik inIceland,[10] as well asVictory in theMaldives.[11] He failed to agree financial terms with English non-league sideTelford United in March 2006, and moved on to Icelandic clubÍBV.[12]
Bo Henriksen was a successful player/manager and later manager ofBrønshøj from 2007, getting the club promoted to the second best league (Danish 1st Division) in 2010 and maintaining them in the top half of the league for a handful of seasons,[13] until he left forHorsens in 2014.[14] He managed Horsens for six years, until he left by mutual consent in August 2020.[15]
On 31 May 2021, Henriksen was named the new manager ofMidtjylland, replacingBrian Priske, who led the team to the2019–20 Danish Superliga title and had moved to a coaching position atRoyal Antwerp.[16]
Henriksen has been released of his managerial duties at Midtjylland as of 28 July 2022, according to an official statement published on Twitter.[17] His tenure at Midtjylland included a second place in the league, only three points off winnersCopenhagen and aDanish Cup win. They also competed in theEuropa League group stage after losing toPSV Eindhoven in theChampions League qualifying rounds.
On 10 October 2022, he was confirmed as the new head coach ofFC Zürich.[18] He signed a contract until summer 2024 with the defendingSwiss champions, who found themselves at the bottom of the league after ten games played and with only four points, at the time of his Henriksen's assignment. He then transformed the team from being bottom of the league with only four points in ten games, to being one of the Swiss teams who got the most points, in addition to earning their first win in theEuropa League that season following a 2–1 victory overBodø/Glimt.[19]
On 13 February 2024, Henriksen departed FC Zürich by mutual consent to take up the coaching position atMainz 05, following the dismissal ofJan Siewert.[20][21] He managed to lead the team to a 1–0 victory overFC Augsburg, to be their second win of the season on matchday 22 in his first match in charge. Following a heavy defeat againstBayern Munich, he guided his club to nine games without defeat including five wins, two of them in the last two matches, propelling the club from the relegation zone to 13th place.[22]
In the2024–25 season, Henriksen guided Mainz 05 on an impressive run, with the team climbing as high as third place by late March, firmly within theUEFA Champions League spots.[23] However, a late-season slump saw Mainz endure a seven-match winless streak, ultimately slipping to sixth place by the end of the campaign and securing qualification for theConference League.[24][25]
Henriksen was sacked on 3 December 2025, after winning just 1 out of 12 games in theBundesliga while losing 8 matches. He was succeeded byMainz 05 II manager Benjamin Hoffmann as interim manager.[26]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| Brønshøj | 15 December 2006 | 26 June 2014 | 243 | 121 | 50 | 72 | 049.79 | |||
| Horsens | 26 June 2014 | 24 August 2020 | 227 | 82 | 64 | 81 | 036.12 | |||
| Midtjylland | 31 May 2021 | 28 July 2022 | 55 | 29 | 13 | 13 | 052.73 | |||
| FC Zürich | 10 October 2022 | 13 February 2024 | 55 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 041.82 | |||
| Mainz 05 | 13 February 2024 | 3 December 2025 | 69 | 27 | 18 | 24 | 039.13 | |||
| Total | 649 | 282 | 164 | 203 | 043.45 | |||||
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