Kasper Hjulmand

Kasper Hjulmand
Hjulmand managing Nordsjælland in 2013
Personal information
Full name Kasper Hjulmand
Date of birth (1972-04-09) 9 April 1972
Place of birth Gandrup, Denmark
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position Defender
Team information
Current team
Bayer Leverkusen (head coach)
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994 North Florida Ospreys 18 (6)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1991 Randers Freja
1992–1994 Herlev IF
1995–1998 B.93
Managerial career
2006–2008 Lyngby
2011–2014 Nordsjælland
2014–2015 Mainz 05
2016–2019 Nordsjælland
2020–2024 Denmark
2025– Bayer Leverkusen
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kasper Hjulmand (born 9 April 1972) is a Danish football manager and a former player, who is the head coach of Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.

As a manager, he led Nordsjælland to their first ever Danish Superliga title in 2012. After a brief stint at Mainz 05, he returned to Nordsjælland in 2016 before being appointed coach of Denmark in 2020, following which he guided the national team to the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2020. He later guided Denmark to qualification for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024, resigning after the latter. He was next appointed as head coach of Bayer Leverkusen in September 2025.