Bent Christensen Arensøe

Club career

Born in Copenhagen, Christensen started his career with Brønshøj in 1985, under manager Ebbe Skovdahl. He moved abroad in the same year, 17 years old, to play for Swiss club Servette. With Servette, he won the 1985 Swiss Super League. He wanted away from the club, and was initially loaned out to Danish club Vejle in 1987. 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 the 1988 season, 1990 season and 1991 season tournaments. He was part of the Brøndby team who, under manager Morten Olsen, reached the semi-finals of the European 1991 UEFA Cup tournament, and he was sold to German team Schalke 04 later that year. The transfer deal was a race for Christensen's signature between Schalke and Eintracht Frankfurt, and was worth DEM 5 million, which made Christensen the most expensive Danish footballer at the time, with a monthly wage of DKK 400,000. He did not find playing success at Schalke, where he scored eight goals in 49 games, and he earned the nickname "Trabi-Bent". He moved to Greek club Olympiacos for the 1993 season, where he found playing success. In July 1994, he moved on to Compostela in Spain. He remained three seasons at Compostela with good success, before moving to Gençlerbirliği in Turkey in 1997. Christensen returned to Brøndby in March 1998, under manager Ebbe…

In January 2003, he started as head coach of Værløse, which he led to the Danish 2nd Division. In October 2005, he was hired as head coach of the Brøndby youth team, and in June 2010, he was additionally named coach in charge of special training of attackers for the first team. In 2011, Christensen was named as assistant coach in Brøndby. When Thomas Frank was named new manager of Brøndby in June 2013, Christensen succeeded him as manager of the Danish national under-19 football team. In February 2016, Christensen returned to Brøndby IF, where he was hired as A+ coach at the club's academy. 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.

Club statistics

Total number of goals for Brøndby (1987–1991 and 1998–2000):

Danish Superliga: 80 goals Danish Cup: 16 goals UEFA Intertoto Cup: 10 goals UEFA Cup/European Cup: 10 goals Total score in 208 games: 116 goals

Honours

Swiss Super League: 1984–85 Danish Championship: 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1997–98 Danish Cup: 1988–89, 1997–98 European Football Championship: 1992