Allan Kuhn

Born on Bornholm, Kuhn started his playing career with local team Rønne IK. While at Rønne IK, he made his international debut as a forward when he played five games and scored two goals for the Denmark national under-19 football team in 1985. He got his senior debut for Rønne IK in 1987, and was soon off to Copenhagen club Lyngby Boldklub in the Danish 1st Division. He also played for 1st Division rivals Boldklubben 1903, before getting his national breakthrough when he moved back to Lyngby BK in 1990, playing alongside his older brother Hasse Kuhn.

Lyngby Boldklub

During his second stint with Lyngby, he helped the team win the 1990 Danish Cup against AGF. He did not score in the 6–1 final win, but was hailed as one of the best players of the game, alongside later Danish international midfielders Morten Wieghorst and Peter Nielsen. In a September 1990 game against Vejle Boldklub, Allan was sent off when he pushed a Vejle player who had elbowed and knocked out several of Hasse Kuhn's teeth without any reprimand from the referee. Allan underwent surgery in the summer 1991 to mend a right knee injury, and only played six of 32 games as Lyngby won the 1991–92 Superliga championship under manager Kent Karlsson. During the reign of new Lyngby manager Michael Schäfer, Kuhn eventually moved into the position of attacking midfielder, a hard-working player with good dribbling. In the following seasons, Lyngby settled in the lower half of the league. In the last game of the…

During his injury lay-off from 1995 to 1996, Kuhn began youth team coaching, and undertook coaching courses. Allan Kuhn began his career as head coach in Denmark Series club FC Bornholm in the summer 2002.

Aalborg BK

He went on to coaching in the Superliga with Aalborg BK (AaB) in January 2004, as he was appointed the assistant of new head coach Erik Hamrén, whom Kuhn knew from his days at Örgryte. Under Kuhn and Hamrén, AaB won the 2007–08 Superliga championship. During his time at AaB, he was praised for his set piece coaching, which AaB goalkeeper Karim Zaza credited as a main factor in the aggregate 6–1 win against Deportivo de La Coruña in the 2008-09 UEFA Cup. In the fall of 2008, Allan Kuhn was appointed caretaker head coach for AaB, after new head coach Bruce Rioch was sacked on 23 October 2008. In this period, Kuhn guided the team to a third-place finish in the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League group E, ahead of Celtic, through a series of successful matches including a win over Celtic and a tie with Manchester United on Old Trafford. He also led AaB from 11th to 6th place in the league, as he was undefeated in his seven Superliga games as head coach. Kuhn expressed the desire to continue as AaB head coach, but AaB sports director Lynge Jakobsen saw a risk in the transition in role from assistant to head coach, as the players were too used to see Kuhn in the assistant role. From January 2009, he returned to his old position as assistant coach, now with Magnus…

Playing career

Lyngby

1990 Danish Cup 1992 Danish Superliga Örgryte IS

2000 Swedish Cup

Coaching career

Aalborg

2008 Danish Superliga (as assistant coach) 2014 Danish Superliga (as assistant coach) 2014 Danish Cup (as assistant coach) Malmö FF

2016 Allsvenskan