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Kian Hansen
Hansen playing for FC Nantes in 2014
Personal information
Full name Kian H. Hansen
Date of birth (1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 (age 36)
Place of birth Grindsted, Denmark
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Nordsjælland U19 (assistant)
Youth career
Grindsted
Esbjerg fB
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2014 Esbjerg fB 101 (0)
2014–2015 Nantes 29 (0)
2014 → Esbjerg fB (loan) 13 (0)
2015–2019 Midtjylland 117 (4)
2019–2025 Nordsjælland 148 (5)
International career
2008 Denmark U-19 1 (0)
2013–2015 Denmark 2 (0)
Managerial career
2025– Nordsjælland U19 (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kian H. Hansen (born 3 March 1989) is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a centre-back and current assistant coach of FC Nordsjælland's U19s.

Club career

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Hansen has played for Esbjerg the most part of his career, having been promoted to the first team in 2008. Following injury problems for Esbjerg's then captain Nicolai Høgh during the 2012–13 season, Hansen established himself as a regular starter.

He made his Ligue 1 debut for Nantes on 9 August 2014 against RC Lens.

On 19 July 2019, FC Nordsjælland confirmed, that they had signed Hansen.[1] In July 2025, 36-year old Hansen announced his retirement from football. However, he continued at the club in a role as assistant coach for the U19 team.[2]

International career

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Hansen's good form for Esbjerg in the spring of 2013 earned him a call up for the Danish National Team for a friendly against Georgia.[3]

Career statistics

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Club

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League Cup Europe Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Esbjerg 2008–09 Danish Superliga 4 0 0 0 — — 4 0
2010–11 Danish Superliga 19 0 3 0 — — 22 0
2011–12 Danish 1st Division 22 0 1 0 — — 23 0
2012–13 Danish Superliga 29 0 5 0 — — 34 0
2013–14 Danish Superliga 27 0 0 0 — 8[a] 0 35 0
Total 101 0 9 0 — 8 0 118 0
Nantes 2014–15 Ligue 1 29 0 0 0 0 0 — 29 0
Esbjerg (loan) 2014–15 Danish Superliga 13 0 1 0 — — 14 0
Midtjylland 2015–16 Danish Superliga 28 0 1 0 — 14[b] 0 43 0
2016–17 Danish Superliga 30 2 2 0 — 8[a] 0 40 2
2017–18 Danish Superliga 31 1 3 0 — 7[a] 0 41 1
2018–19 Danish Superliga 27 1 3 1 — 6[c] 0 36 2
2019–20 Danish Superliga 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
Total 117 4 9 1 — 35 0 161 5
Nordsjælland 2019–20 Danish Superliga 30 2 2 0 — — 32 2
2020–21 Danish Superliga 15 0 1 0 — — 16 0
2021–22 Danish Superliga 26 2 0 0 — — 26 2
2022–23 Danish Superliga 31 0 4 0 — — 35 0
2023–24 Danish Superliga 28 1 4 0 — 8[d] 0 40 1
2024–25 Danish Superliga 16 0 1 0 — — 17 0
2025–26 Danish Superliga 2 0 0 0 — — 2 0
Total 148 5 12 0 — 8 0 168 5
Career total 408 9 31 1 0 0 51 0 490 10
  1. ^ a b c Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Ten appearances in UEFA Europa League and four appearances in UEFA Champions League
  3. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Denmark 2014 1 0
2015 1 0
Total 2 0

Honours

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Esbjerg fB

FC Midtjylland

References

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  1. ^ KIAN HANSEN TIL FCN Archived 11 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine, fcn.dk, 19 July 2019
  2. ^ Kian Hansen stopper sin aktive karriere til september - fortsætter som U19-assistenttræner, fcn.dk, 14 July 2025
  3. ^ "Bold.dk - Kian Hansen på A-landsholdet"
  4. ^ "Danish Cup 2012/2013 - Final". football-lineups.com. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
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