Morten Rutkjær (born 17 March 1974) is a Danish former football player and currently manager of the Greenland national football team.

Morten Rutkjær
Personal information
Full name Morten Rutkjær Kristensen
Date of birth (1974-03-17) 17 March 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Rørvig, Denmark
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Greenland
Youth career
Nykøbing Sjælland IF
Holbæk B&I
Lyngby Boldklub
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Holbæk B&I
1993–1999 B.93 79 (6)
1999–2000 Boldklubben Frem 40 (1)
2001 Hørsholm-Usserød IF
International career
1991 Denmark U19 1 (0)
Managerial career
2007–2011 Nordvest FC (youth)
2012–2013 Vanløse IF
2015 Holbæk B&I (reserves)
2015–2016 B93
2017 BK Frem (assistant)
2019 B.93 (assistant)
2020– Greenland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rutkjær played professional football at B93 and represented the team in the Danish Superliga.

Career

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Following his retirement he became a manager. In January 2012 he became new manager of Vanløse IF in the Danish 2nd Division.[1] He resigned in the summer of 2013.[2]

In January 2015 he became new manager of the reserve team of Holbæk B&I.[3] He left this job half a year later, when he was appointed new manager of B93.[4]

In December 2016 he left B93 by mutual consent. On 29 December 2016 it was announced that he would be new assistant manager to Danny Jung at Boldklubben Frem from January 2017.[5] When Jung left the club in August 2017, Rutkjær followed him.[6]

On 29 June 2019, Rutkjær was appointed assistant manager of B.93, which he earlier had been manager of.[7] He left in December 2019 following the sacking of Danny Jung.

In August 2020 he was named new manager of the Greenland national football team.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Vanløse har fundet ny cheftræner". bold.dk (in Danish). 8 November 2011. Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Ruthkjær stopper i Vanløse IF". bold.dk (in Danish). 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Rutkjær i spidsen for nyt andethold i Holbæk". sn.dkfb93 (in Danish). 17 February 2015. Archived from the original on 2 May 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Ny cheftræner i B.93". b93prof.dk (in Danish). B93. 10 July 2015. Archived from the original on 16 July 2015. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Frem henter Morten Rutkjær". bold.dk (in Danish). 29 December 2016. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  6. ^ "Morten Rutkjær siger tak". bkfrem.dk (in Danish). Boldklubben Frem. 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Gammel kending bliver assistent i B93". bold.dk (in Danish). 29 June 2019. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  8. ^ "KAK ansætter landstræner". sermitsiaq.ag (in Danish). 11 August 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
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