Claus Madsen (born March 11, 1975) is a Danish former football player who played as a midfielder and current assistant coach of Næsby Boldklub.
In his active career, Madsen played for Danish Superliga clubs FC Midtjylland and Odense BK, winning the 2002 Danish Cup with Odense.
Career Club career Madsen made his Superliga debut with Odense BK in July 1999,Nr.21 - Claus Madsen at FC Midtjylland and spent three seasons with the club, winning the 2002 Danish Cup. When Odense manager Troels Bech moved to league rivals FC Midtjylland (FCM) in the summer 2002, Madsen joined him, and went on to become a mainstay in the FCM. Madsen spent seven seasons with FCM, scoring eight goals in 126 Superliga games for the club.Claus Madsen at DanskFodbold.com Known for a good technique, he suffered from an increasing number of injuries, and decided to end his career in January 2010.FCM spiller stopper karrieren, Politiken, October 6, 2009.
Coaching and later career He went on to coach second-tier club Skive IK, with former FCM teammate Michael Hansen as manager.Morten Espersen, Claus Madsen klar som assistenttræner , Onside.dk, December 3, 2009Claus Madsen præsenteret i Skive, bold.dk, December 3, 2009.
On June 24, 2013 got promoted and was assigned lead manager of Skive IK,Madsen fortsætter som Skive-assistent, bold.dk, Marts 18, 2014. as the club got relegated and the former manager left the club, leaving the manager seat empty. The club had many candidates but found that Claus Madsen was the perfect choice and the right manager to lead Skive IK to win the division and earn promotion to move back up to the Danish 1st Division. On 5 March 2014 he resigned as manager of Skive for personal reasons.Søren Houlind, Skive ophæver kontrakten med cheftræneren, bold.dk, March 5, 2014
In July 2021 46-year old Madsen revealed, that he would play for Danish amateur club Bording IF, where his former FC Midtjylland teammate, Christopher Poulsen, also was playing.Tidligere Superliga-spiller er havnet i Serie 2, bold.dk, 5 July 2021 In February 2022 it was confirmed, that Madsen had left Bording, as he had been appointed assistant coach of Næsby Boldklub.Tidl. Superliga-spiller får job i divisionsklub, bold.dk, 3 February 2022
Honours 2002 Danish Cup
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