Kasper Hjulmand

A defender, Hjulmand played with Herlev IF two seasons and then moved to B.93 in the winter of 1995. He also played for the North Florida Ospreys in 1994, scoring six goals in 18 appearances. After three seasons with B.93, Hjulmand was forced to retire as a football player at the age of 26 due to a knee injury.

Early career

Hjulmand became head coach of Lyngby from 1 January 2006 until 7 July 2008 when he became an assistant coach with Nordsjælland. He was named the successor of Morten Wieghorst at Nordsjælland taking over from 1 July 2011 until 18 May 2014 when he had his final match as head coach of Nordsjælland; a 2–2 draw against Brøndby. Nordsjælland won their first ever Danish championship with Hjulmand as head coach, despite having one of the lowest budgets in the league. He also guided them to the UEFA Champions League group stages.

Mainz 05

On 15 May 2014, Hjulmand was confirmed as Thomas Tuchel's successor at Mainz 05 for the following season. His first two matches in charge was in the Third qualifying round of the Europa League. In the first leg against Asteras Tripolis, Mainz won 1–0, and in the second leg, Mainz lost 3–1 and they got knocked out of the campaign. Mainz went on to be knocked out in the first round of the DFB-Pokal after losing to Chemnitzer FC in a shoot–out. In his first eight league matches, Mainz were undefeated and in third place. After this, Mainz won only one of their 13 matches and dropped down to 14th place. At this point, on 17 February 2015, he was dismissed. His final match was a 4–2 loss to Borussia Dortmund.

Return to Nordsjælland

Hjulmand returned as manager of Nordsjælland on 1 January 2016. In January 2019, he was linked with Anderlecht, but Nordsjælland wanted a compensation that Anderlecht did not want to…

Nordsjælland

Danish Superliga: 2011–12