32 Facts About Jakob Poulsen

Jakob Bendix Uhd Poulsen was born on 7 July 1983 and is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and current manager of Viborg FF.

Jakob Poulsen joined AGF Aarhus in the summer of 2008.

When he was fourteen, Jakob Poulsen joined Esbjerg fB, and went on to progress through the youth system.

Jakob Poulsen was used as right midfielder in the spring 2007 but he could not establish himself in the starting line-up, mostly featuring in Heerenveen games as a substitute.

Jakob Poulsen found his playing time at the club, mostly coming from the substitute bench in the first half of the season.

On 14 August 2008 Jakob Poulsen joined AGF on a four-year contract, where he rejoined his former coach Ove Pedersen, and looked to restart his career by receiving more regular playing time.

Since joining the club, Jakob Poulsen established himself in the starting eleven, playing in the midfield position.

Jakob Poulsen was named 2009 Danish Superliga Player of the Year.

The first half of the season saw Jakob Poulsen being named the SAS league's Best Eleven in the first half of the season.

On 17 August 2010 Jakob Poulsen joined Danish Superliga side FC Midtjylland.

However, Jakob Poulsen suffered a serious ankle injury that saw him sidelined for two months.

However, Jakob Poulsen suffered a groin injury that saw him miss two matches.

Jakob Poulsen later helped FC Midtjylland finish third place in the league.

Jakob Poulsen previously stated his desire to play abroad and FC Midtjylland desire to sell him.

Jakob Poulsen then set up five goals in three matches between 23 February 2015 and 8 March 2015; two of them were double against Odense BK and Esbjerg respectively.

Jakob Poulsen was involved in the FC Midtjylland's matches in the UEFA Champions League's qualifying round; assisting a goal in both legs against Lincoln Red Imps and APOEL, who they eliminated in the third round.

Jakob Poulsen helped the club make a good start in the UEFA Europa League Qualifying Round Matches against FK Suduva and FC Vaduz.

Jakob Poulsen then scored three consecutive goals in three matches between 17 September 2017 and 1 October 2017 against Hobro, AGF and AaB.

Jakob Poulsen later added three more goals by the end of the year, scoring against FC Copenhagen, Vejle and Odense BK.

Since joining Melbourne Victory, Jakob Poulsen found himself in a first team in a number of matches, playing in the midfield position.

Jakob Poulsen then played a total 16 games for the under-21s until January 2006, scoring one goal in the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification.

In May 2006, Jakob Poulsen was included in the Denmark U21 squad for the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, but did not play any games at the tournament, as the U21 side were eliminated in the group stage.

Jakob Poulsen was a part of the League XI in January 2010.

In February 2009, Jakob Poulsen was called up for the Denmark national team for the first time in his career.

On 28 May 2010, Denmark coach Morten Olsen announced that Jakob Poulsen would be part of the final squad of 23 participating in the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

On 17 March 2015 Jakob Poulsen was called up to the Denmark squad.

Jakob Poulsen later appeared three more times for Denmark by the end of the year.

Jakob Poulsen has been described as a good set-piece taker, as well as possessing a great passing range and good technical ability.

On 15 March 2021, Jakob Poulsen was hired as an assistant coach to Lars Friis at Danish 1st Division club Viborg FF.

Jakob Poulsen was named as the interim manager for Viborg on 3 November 2023, as the club were negotiating the sale of Jacob Friis to German club FC Augsburg.

Jakob Poulsen was appointed as permanent head coach on 19 December 2023 after four matches in charge, with two wins and two losses.

Jakob Poulsen is married to his wife, Nina, and together, they have a daughter, who was born in 2015.