Martin Hansen

Martin Hansen

Martin Hansen in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	15 June 1990
Place of birth	Brøndby Municipality, Denmark
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team	ADO Den Haag
Number	1
Youth career
2005–2006	Brøndby
2006–2010	Liverpool
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2010–2012	Liverpool	0	(0)
2011	→ Bradford City (loan)	4	(0)
2012–2013	Viborg FF	43	(0)
2013–2014	FC Nordsjælland	15	(0)
2014–	ADO Den Haag	43	(1)
National team
2006	Denmark U16	1	(0)
2006–2007	Denmark U17	2	(0)
2008	Denmark U18	3	(0)
2008–2009	Denmark U19	11	(0)
2009	Denmark U21	1	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:31, 2 November 2015 (UTC). † Appearances (goals)

Martin Hansen (born 15 June 1990) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for ADO Den Haag in the Dutch Eredivisie.^[1][2]

Career

Liverpool

Hansen moved from Brøndby to Liverpool in 2006,^[3][4] where he made his Liverpool Academy debut against Chelsea's academy, in a 2-0 win on 16 January 2007.^[5] Hansen was the member of the Liverpool Under 18s who won the FA Youth Cup in 2007, even though he missed the second leg of the FA Youth Cup Final with a broken finger.^[6]

Following this, Hansen was promoted to the reserve.^[7] Hansen signed his first professional with the club in July 2007, signing a two-year deal.^[8]

After spending a number of years in Liverpool's reserves, Hansen signed a one-month loan contract with Bradford City on 27 July 2011.^[9][10][11] He made his senior debut on 6 August 2011.^[12] On 21 August, it was announced that Hansen would return to Liverpool at the end of the month-long deal, after the two clubs failed to agree to an extension.^[13]

Career in Denmark

Hansen in March 2012.

Hansen moved back to Denmark on 31 January 2012, signing for Viborg FF.^[14] It took until on 5 April 2012 for Hansen to make his Viborg FF debut, in a 2-2 draw against Akademisk BK. Hansen's brilliant display in recent games led Manager Søren Frederiksen commenting on his performance that he's one of the best goalkeeper to play in the Danish 1st Division.^[15] Even opposition managers praised Hansen's performance.^[16] In the second half of the season, Hansen made eleven appearance for the club. His full second season at Viborg FF saw him made thirty-two out of thirty-three appearance and helping the club get promoted to the top division despite suffering a back injury in the winter.^[17] It was announced in late-December 2012 that Hansen intended not to renew his contract at Viborg FF.^[18]

Despite linked with a move to France^[19] it was announced in May 2013, it was confirmed that he would join FC Nordsjælland on a three-year contract, keeping him until 2016.^[20] After being on the bench in the opening game of the season, Hansen made his FC Nordsjælland debut on 26 July 2013, in a 1-1 draw against his former club, Viborg FF.^[21] Hansen also played in the Champions League qualification against Zenit Saint Petersburg but they proved to be too strong and failed to win either legs losing 1-0 and 5-0 respectively.^[22][23] During the season, Hansen find himself fight over a first choice goalkeeper with Jesper Hansen (who later left for Evian Thonon Gaillard), Jannich Storch, Thomas Villadsen and David Jensen.^[24] Following this, Manager Kasper Hjulmand reassured that Hansen shall be the club's first choice goalkeeper.^[25] Hansen continued to be the first choice goalkeeper for the club by the end of the first half of the season, but was dropped in favour of Jensen, who was used for the rest of the season.^[26] Hansen went on to make fifteen appearance for the club in his first season. Hansen caused controversy after calling the club's personal trainer Mathias Zangenberg a 'monkey', which he apologised.^[27]

After one season, the club's chairman announced his intention to sell Hansen.^[28]

ADO Den Haag

In early June, Hansen was linked with a move abroad, most likely in Netherlands.^[29] The club was looking for a new goalkeeper following Gino Coutinho's departure.^[30] On 11 July 2014, it was announced that Hansen had signed a two-year deal with Dutch Eredivisie side ADO Den Haag.^[31]

Hansen made his ADO Den Haag in the opening game of the season, in a 1-0 loss against Feyenoord.^[32] Hansen continued to be in the first choice goalkeeper by the first half of the season until he suffered a hand injury that saw him missed one match.^[33] After resuming his training,^[34] Hansen made his return to the first team on 17 January 2015, but after conceding two goals, which resulted a 2-2 draw, Hansen immediately left the stadium. He later explained his actions on his Twitter account.^[35] On 24 April 2015 against Vitesse Arnhem, Hansen provided an assist for Michiel Kramer, which turned out to be a winning goal.^[36] However, Hansen was dropped to the bench ahead of the match against Willem II after making remarks about the captain Roland Alberg.^[37] Hansen made his first team return in the last game of the season against PSV Eindhoven, which they lost 3-2.^[38] When the season ended, the club hoped to keep Hansen on a longer term.^[39]

On 11 August 2015, Hansen scored his first ever professional goal, to earn his team a last-minute draw against PSV.^[40] As a result, Hansen was named Voetbal International's Player of the Week.^[41]

International career

Hansen has represented Denmark at youth international level.^[42]

References

1. Martin Hansen profile at Soccerway
2. Martin Hansen career statistics at Soccerbase
3. "Profile". Liverpool F.C. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015.
4. "Endnu en Brøndby-spiller til Liverpool" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 12 January 2006. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
5. "Owens hails debut boy Hansen". Liverpool F.C. 16 January 2007. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
6. "Manchester United Youth 0, Liverpool Youth 1". Liverpool Echo. 27 April 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
7. "Three starlets promoted to Melwood". Liverpool F.C. 6 June 2007. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
8. "STARLETS SIGN PRO CONTRACTS WITH REDS". Liverpool F.C. 13 July 2007. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
9. "Bradford City sign Liverpool keeper Martin Hansen". BBC Sport. 28 July 2011.
10. "Hansen joins 'keeping ranks". Bradford City A.F.C. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015.
11. "Martin Hansen Bradford City's Profile". Bradford City A.F.C. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015.
12. "Bradford 1 - 2 Aldershot". BBC Sport. 6 August 2011.
13. "Hansen to return to Liverpool". Bradford City A.F.C. 21 August 2011. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015.
14. "Goalkeeper leaves the club". Liverpool F.C. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
15. "Viborg: Hansen en af de bedste i 1. div." (in Danish). Bold.dk. 27 April 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
16. "Ove P. roser Viborgs mirakelmand" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 12 November 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
17. "Viborg-keeper døjer med ryggen" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 6 December 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
18. "Martin H. mod VFF-exit: Større klub i januar" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
19. "Ligue 1-klubber lurer på Viborg-keeper" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
20. "Officielt: Martin Hansen til FC Nordsjælland" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
21. "FCN: Målmandssituationen er uafklaret" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
22. "Martin H: Skal handle i et splitsekund" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 30 July 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
23. "FCN-keeper: Zenit lidt som en bonuskamp" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
24. "Martin H: Skuffet hvis jeg ikke spiller" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
25. "Hjulmand: Martin Hansen er fremtiden" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
26. "FCN-keeper: Har ikke spillet mig af holdet" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
27. "Avis: FCN-keeper kaldte træner for abe" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 11 April 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
28. "FCN: Ingen spændende bud på Martin H." (in Danish). Bold.dk. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
29. "FCN-keeper tæt på hollandsk skifte" (in Danish). Bold.dk. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
30. "ADO Den Haag aast op Deense opvolger Countinho" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
31. "ADO Den Haag haalt voormalig keeper van Liverpool in huis". Voetbalprimeur. 11 July 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
32. "Feyenoord ontsnapt in slotfase in Haags kaartenfestijn" (in Dutch). AD.nl. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
33. "Vervroegde winterstop voor ADO-doelman Hansen" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
34. "Kortom - Cerci direct inzetbaar, Mané toch opgeroepen" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
35. "Boze Hansen: 'Zal mijn frustraties nooit verbergen'" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
36. "Vitesse verliest terrein in strijd om derde plaats na late nederlaag" (in Dutch). AD.nl. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
37. "Fraser passeert Hansen na kritische uitlatingen" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
38. "De Jong toont ook tegen ADO zijn waarde voor PSV" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
39. "ADO hoopt op langer verblijf Hansen en Bakker" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 29 April 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
40. "ADO-goalie Hansen bezorgt PSV kater met geniale goal" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
41. "Speler van de Week: Martin Hansen" (in Dutch). Voetbal International. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
42. "Profile" (in Danish). DBU.