Thomas Christiansen
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Christiansen with Panama in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Thomas Christiansen Tarín | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 March 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hadsund, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Panama (manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1988 | Avedøre | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Brøndby | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | Hvidovre | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | B.93 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1996 | Barcelona B | 60 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Barcelona | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | → Sporting Gijón (loan) | 10 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | → Osasuna (loan) | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Oviedo | 50 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Villarreal | 41 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Terrassa | 17 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Panionios | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Herfølge | 4 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | VfL Bochum | 76 | (38) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Hannover 96 | 55 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 354 | (105) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Spain U21 | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Spain | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Al Jazira (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | AEK Larnaca | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | APOEL | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Leeds United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Union SG | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Panama | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Thomas Christiansen Tarín (born 11 March 1973) is a football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of the Panama national team.
He played for a number of clubs in Denmark, Spain and Germany in a 15-year professional career, being crowned top scorer of the 2002–03 Bundesliga while with Bochum. Born in Denmark, he represented the Spain national team, earning two caps in 1993.
In 2013, Christiansen started working as a manager. He led Panama at two CONCACAF Gold Cups, finishing as runners-up in 2023.