Thomas Frank (soccer coach)

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Thomas Frank
Personnel
birthday October 9, 1973
place of birth Frederiksvaerk ,  Denmark
position midfield
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
Frederiksværk BK
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1995-1998 Frederiksværk BK (Youth)
1998-2004 Hvidovre IF (youth)
2005 B.93 Copenhagen (youth)
2006-2008 Lyngby BK (youth)
2008-2011 Denmark U16
2008–2012 Denmark U17
2012-2013 Denmark U19
2013-2016 Brøndby IF
2016-2018 Brentford FC (Assistant coach)
2018– Brentford FC
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of career

Thomas Frank (born October 9, 1973 in Frederiksværk ) is a former Danish football player and current coach . He has coached the English second division club Brentford FC since October 2018 .

Career

Thomas Frank played amateur football for Frederiksværk BK, but ended his career at a young age to become a youth coach at the club. From 1998 to 2004 he coached the Hvidovre IF juniors . After a year at B.93 Copenhagen , he moved on to Lyngby BK , where he stayed for two years.

Then he was hired by the Dansk Boldspil Union as head coach of the Danish U16 and U17 juniors . For the first time in eight years, he successfully led the U17s to the 2011 U17 European Championship in Serbia , where he was able to fall back on later senior national players like Pierre Emile Højbjerg or Yussuf Poulsen in the squad . This selection made it to the semi-finals of the competition, where it failed 2-0 to Germany. Under his leadership succeeded in the same year for the first time to qualify for the finals of the U17 World Cup , which this year in Colombia was held. There the Danes did not survive the group stage with just one point from three games. In July 2012 he took over the U19s , where his term of office ended after a short time after missing qualification for the 2013 U19 European Championship in Lithuania .

On June 10, 2013, the Danish first division club Brøndby IF presented Thomas Frank as the new head coach. In his first season 2013/14 as a trainer for a professional team, he was able to classify himself with the capital club in fourth place in the table. With the third place in the table, he also led the club in the following season 2014/15 in the ranks which were sufficient for participation in the qualification for the UEFA Europa League . He missed the leap into the group stage with the Drengene fra Vestegnen both times. On March 9, 2016, Frank resigned from his position after the association's manager Jan Bech Andersen had criticized him in an internet forum of Brøndby supporters under a pseudonym . At this time the club was in fifth place in the table

In his next job he went to England , where he was installed alongside Richard O'Kelly as assistant coach of Dean Smith at Brentford FC second division club and was given a two and a half year contract. With the Bees , he also took over the position of interface between the B-team and the first team, where he was supposed to ensure the optimal development of the players. In February 2018 he signed a new contract until summer 2020.

On October 16, 2018, Dean Smith left the London club to succeed the sacked Steve Bruce at league rivals Aston Villa . Thomas Frank was presented as his successor on the same day. But he had a difficult start in his new role, won only one of the first ten league games with Brentford and slipped into the relegation battle with the club at the turn of the year. Subsequently, however, they remained unbeaten for nine league games and stayed in mid-table until the end of the 2018/19 season . The season ended in 11th place in the table. After a mixed start into the following season 2019/20 , Frank won numerous league games with the Bees at the end of the year and advanced with the club in the promotion race. The young attackers Saïd Benrahma , Ollie Watkins and newcomer Bryan Mbeumo formed the BMW trio and made the club one of the most attacking teams in the league. After advancing into the play-offs with Brentford, Frank and his assistant coach Brian Riemer signed new three-and-a-half-year contracts in mid-January 2020.

Personal

Thomas Frank is married and has three children. He received his Bachelor in Sport from the Institute of Sports Medicine in Copenhagen in 1999 and studied sport psychology and coaching-based management at the same institute between 2002 and 2005 . In 2004 he was employed as a physical education teacher at a school in Ishøj . Before moving to London, he lived in Hvidovre .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bees Live | Which player would Thomas Frank compare himself to? In: YouTube from September 20, 2019 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  2. ↑ a b c d e U19-landstræner: Thomas Frank In: Internet Archive (accessed on June 19, 2020)
  3. ↑ 10 things to know about Thomas Frank In: FC Brentford from October 17, 2018 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  4. ↑ Thomas Frank ny U17-landstræner In: Bold.dk of April 28, 2008 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  5. ↑ Denmark In: UEFA of January 1, 2011 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  6. ↑ Denmark U17 squad 2010/11 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed June 19, 2020)
  7. ↑ Denmark 0-2 Germany In: Internet Archive from May 12, 2011 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  8. ↑ Frank aiming to write further history In: FIFA, June 13, 2011 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  9. ↑ Thomas Frank - Performance data Denmark U17 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 19, 2020)
  10. ↑ Trænerrokade på U-landsholdene In: Bold.dk of May 7, 2012 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  11. ↑ U19-drenge misser EM efter nederlag In: Bold.dk of June 9, 2013 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  12. ↑ Thomas Frank ny cheftræner i Brøndby In: Bold.dk of June 10, 2013 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  13. ↑ Superligaen 2014 In: DBU (accessed on June 19, 2020)
  14. ↑ Superligaen (ALKA Superliga) 2014/15 In: danskfodbold.com (accessed June 19, 2020)
  15. ↑ Brøndby 0-2 Club Brugge In: UEFA, August 7, 2014 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  16. ↑ Brøndby-keeper skudt i sænk: Skuffende og frustrerende In: Fyens Stiftstidende from August 20, 2015 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  17. ↑ Brondby coach Thomas Frank quits after chairman's online forum criticism In: The Guardian, March 9, 2016 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  18. ↑ Thomas Frank færdig i Brøndby In: Bold.dk of March 9, 2016 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  19. ↑ Thomas Frank joins coaching staff In: FC Brentford from December 8, 2016 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  20. ↑ Brentford director of football reveals new coach's duties In: MyLondon, December 12, 2016 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  21. ↑ Dean Smith, Richard O'Kelly, and Thomas Frank sign contract extensions In: FC Brentford, February 22, 2018 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  22. ↑ Dean Smith: Aston Villa appoint new head coach with John Terry as assistant In: BBC October 10, 2018 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  23. ↑ Thomas Frank appointed new Brentford FC head coach In: FC Brentford, October 16, 2018 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  24. ↑ Thomas Frank - Performance data FC Brentford In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 19, 2020)
  25. ↑ a b Brentford FC - table position development 2018/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 19, 2020)
  26. ↑ Romaine Sawyers: “I'm going to keep being me” In: Brentford FC on February 20, 2019 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  27. ↑ a b Thomas Frank signs new contract In: Brentford FC from January 13, 2020 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  28. ↑ Brentford FC - table position development 2019/20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 19, 2020)
  29. ↑ Brentford's BMW to drive them into the Premier League? In: Sky Sports from January 11, 2020 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  30. ↑ BMW: The Brentford trio taking the Championship by storm In: Kyro Sports from June 20, 2020 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  31. ↑ Brian Riemer signs new contract In: Brentford FC from January 20, 2020 (accessed June 19, 2020)
  32. ↑ Thomas Frank: Jeg har drukket kaffe med rigtig, rigtig mange In: DBU of December 16, 2016 (accessed on July 3, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Frank, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Frederiksvaerk , Denmark