Casper Ankergren

Køge BK

Born in Køge, Sjælland, Ankergren started playing youth football with Solrød FC, before moving on to Køge BK in the Danish 1st Division, and represented Denmark at various youth levels. He made a good display in a pre-season friendly against many-times Danish champions Brøndby IF, and was rumoured to be joining that club in April 2000. He signed a contract with Brøndby in May 2000, initially sending him on loan back at Køge.

Brøndby IF

Ankergren eventually joined Brøndby IF in the top-flight Danish Superliga championship in January 2001. He made his debut in October 2001, and therefore played only one match as Brøndby won the 2001–02 Superliga title. Ankergren got his breakthrough with Brøndby following the retirement of club legend Mogens Krogh in December 2002. He played all 15 Brøndby matches in the second half of the 2002–03 season, and helped the club win the 2003 Danish Cup. For the 2003–04 season, Brøndby bought goalkeeper Karim Zaza who became their first choice, leaving Ankergren to spend the season as back-up keeper, playing only one match. At the start of the 2004–05 season, Zaza suffered an injury and Ankergren played the entire season as Brøndby's starting goalkeeper, even after Zaza had recovered. Ankergren finished the season setting a league record 18 clean sheets in 32 matches, and helped Brøndby win the Double of both the 2004–05 Superliga and 2005 Danish Cup titles. He started the 2005–06 season in the Brøndby goal, but at the…

Brighton & Hove Albion

At the end of the 2016–17 season, he retired from playing and became the assistant first team goalkeeping coach.

Brøndby IF

On 30 September 2021 he joined his former club Brøndby IF as the new first team goalkeeping coach.

West Ham United

In July 2025, Ankergren was appointed as lead first-team goalkeeping coach for West Ham United.

While at Køge, Ankergren played his first youth football for Denmark, making his debut for the under-17s in August 1995. He played three matches for the under-21s, but found himself the reserve of Rune Pedersen and eventually Stephan Andersen. While at Brøndby, he served as sparring partner in various Danish national team training sessions around 2003. In October 2006, he received a call-up to the Denmark national team by manager Morten Olsen, as a replacement for injured Thomas Sørensen, but was an unused substitute in the match in what turned out to be his only call up to the national team. In January 2006 and January 2007, he played unofficial international matches with the Denmark League XI national football team.

Brighton & Hove Albion

Football League One: 2010–11 Individual

Football League One Player of the Month: September 2007, September 2010, March 2011