Frank Pingel

Frank Pingel
	Pingel at a 1860 Munich match in October 1991.
Personal information
Full name	Frank Pingel Mortensen
Date of birth	9 May 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth	Vejlby, Denmark
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1982–1983	IFH
1983	Skovbakken
1984–1988	AGF
1988–1989	Newcastle United
1989–1991	Brøndby
1991–1992	1860 Munich
1992–1993	Brøndby
1993–1994	Bursaspor
1994–1995	Fenerbahçe
1995	Lille
International career
1991–1994	Denmark
Managerial career
2000	FC Aarhus
2000–2001	Hørning IF
2006–2008	AGF (masseur)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Pingel Mortensen (born 9 May 1964) is a Danish former professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.

Club career[edit]

Pingel most notably represented Danish teams AGF and Brøndby, as well as foreign clubs Newcastle United, 1860 Munich, Bursaspor, Fenerbahçe and Lille. While playing for Brøndby IF between 1989 and 1991, as well as the 1992–93 season, he managed to score a total of 30 goals in 93 games, with 22 of these being scored in the Danish league.^[2]

International career[edit]

Pingel made 11 appearances and scored five goals for the Denmark national team.^{[citation needed]}

Managerial career[edit]

In 2000, Pingel briefly coached FC Aarhus just for a few months, being fired after a skirmish with Norwegian player Stig Haaland.^[3] Afterwards he coached Danish eighth division club Hørning IF,^[4] before returning to his former club AGF as a team masseur.^[5] Pingel was sacked from his position on 17 March 2008 after being involved in a quarrel at AGF's training camp in Cyprus.^[6]

Honours[edit]

Player[edit]

Brøndby

Danish Football Championship¹: 1990, 1991
¹: Level 1: 1. Division (1945–1990), Superligaen (1991–present)

References[edit]

^ Frank Pingel at BDFutbol
^ "Brøndby IF – Årbog 2008" (PDF) (in Danish). Brøndby IF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2010.
^ "Frank Pingel i slagsmål med spiller". bold.dk. 10 October 2000. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ "Frank Pingel på ny træner". bold.dk. 17 November 2000. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ Smed, Karsten (25 January 2006). "Frank Pingel massør i AGF". tv2ostjylland.dk. TV2 Østjylland. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
^ Helmin, Jesper (17 March 2008). "Frank Pingel færdig hos AGF". bold.dk. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

External links[edit]

Frank Pingel national team profile at the Danish Football Association (in Danish)
Frank Pingel official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com (in Danish)
Historiske resultater for alle spillere i Brøndby IF (in Danish) at the Wayback Machine (archived 23 July 2011)
Frank Pingel at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Frank Pingel at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] Frank Pingel at BDFutbol

[Brøndby_IF-2] "Brøndby IF – Årbog 2008" (PDF) (in Danish). Brøndby IF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2010.

[3] "Frank Pingel i slagsmål med spiller". bold.dk. 10 October 2000. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[4] "Frank Pingel på ny træner". bold.dk. 17 November 2000. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[5] Smed, Karsten (25 January 2006). "Frank Pingel massør i AGF". tv2ostjylland.dk. TV2 Østjylland. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

[6] Helmin, Jesper (17 March 2008). "Frank Pingel færdig hos AGF". bold.dk. Retrieved 12 March 2020.

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