 Neestrup withCopenhagen in 2008 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jacob Neestrup Hansen | ||
| Date of birth | (1988-03-08)8 March 1988 (age 37) | ||
| Place of birth | Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Copenhagen (Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1998 | Fremad Amager | ||
| 1998–2007 | KB | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2009 | Copenhagen | 2 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Stavanger | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Hafnarfjörður | 6 | (0) |
| 2011 | Fremad Amager | ||
| International career | |||
| 2007 | Denmark U20 | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2018 | Copenhagen U17[1] | ||
| 2019–2020 | Viborg | ||
| 2022– | Copenhagen | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Jacob "Nees" Neestrup Hansen (born 8 March 1988) is a Danish professionalfootball manager and formerplayer who is the manager ofDanish Superliga clubF.C. Copenhagen.
A formermidfielder, Neestrup emerged from theFC Copenhagen youth academy, but saw his career mostly diminished due to injuries. After retiring in 2011, he embarked on a career in management. He was appointed head coach of second-tier 1st Division club Viborg in June 2019, after having worked as an assistant at Copenhagen the season before. In 2022, he took on the manager's position at Copenhagen and has won twoDanish Superliga titles in 2023 and 2025.
Although his first team debut came on 20 September 2006 in theDanish Cup, he was not promoted to the first team before thesummer 2007.[2] He was injured only two minutes into his professional debut. The injury subsequently ruled him out for 8 months.[3]
After recovering, Neestrup made hisDanish Superliga debut in the last match of the 2006–07 season againstVejle Boldklub.
In May 2010, Neestrup was signed by reigning Icelandic championsFH Hafnarfjörður. His stint with the club was not successful, being sidelined for large parts of the season due to injuries and a car accident.[4] After six months, he returned to Denmark to sign with fourth-tierDenmark Series clubFremad Amager.[5]
On 20 June 2019, it was confirmed that Neestrup had been appointed as the manager ofViborg FF for the upcoming season.[6]
On 22 December 2020, it was announced that Neestrup would leave Viborg at the end of the year and return toF.C. Copenhagen as assistant manager ofJess Thorup. He left Viborg in 1st place in the2020–21 Danish 1st Division.[7]
On 20 September 2022, he was announced as new manager of F.C. Copenhagen following the sacking ofJess Thorup.[8]
Despite being placed 9th out of 12 and being 10 points off 1st place when he took over, Neestrup still eventually guided them to win theDanish Superliga and theDanish Cup.[9] On 12 December 2023, he guided them to theknockout stages of the Champions League, being placed second in a group withBayern Munich,Galatasaray andManchester United.[10]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| Viborg | 20 June 2019 | 31 December 2020 | 54 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 116 | 65 | +51 | 057.41 | [11] |
| Copenhagen | 20 September 2022 | Present | 168 | 92 | 37 | 39 | 316 | 193 | +123 | 054.76 | [12] |
| Total | 222 | 123 | 50 | 49 | 432 | 258 | +174 | 055.41 | — | ||
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Udover Mads Laudrup, der nu permanent er rykket op i førsteholdstruppen, er den unge midtbanespiller, Jacob Neestrup, ligeledes blevet indlemmet i de danske mestres trup.