Mikkel Jespersen (born 11 June 1991) is a Danish football manager and former player, who is co-manager of Danish Superliga club Lyngby.
Club career Skive Jespersen came to Skive IK in January 2011. He played 127 games in total for the club, scoring 25 goals, before leaving the club in 2015.AC Horsens skriver kontrakt med Mikkel Jespersen, achorsens.dk, 29 June 2015
Horsens On 29 June 2015 it was announced, that Jespersen had signed for Horsens on a one-year deal. After playing one year in the Danish 1st Division, Jespersen and Horsens won promotion to the Danish Superliga. His contract got extended in May 2016 with further one year.Mikkel Jespersen gul i endnu et år, achorsens.dk, 31 May 2016
Later career While playing for Skive which he returned to in the summer 2018,Skive kaprer Mikkel Jespersen, bold.dk, 27 June 2018 Jespersen announced in the beginning of July 2019 that he was helping Horsens manager Bo Henriksen scouting players in the Danish football divisions.Mikkel Jespersen hjælper AC Horsens med at finde nye talenter, vafo.dk, 2 July 2019 On 31 July 2019, Horsens officially confirmed, that they had hired Jespersen as responsible for the recruitment and individual coach for the first team of the club alongside his playing career at Skive.Horsens styrker setup'et omkring superligatruppen, achorsens.dk, 31 July 2019
In June 2021, Jespersen joined Kolding IF as a player. Alongside this, Jespersen was also assigned to the club's academy, where he was going to be responsible for recruitment and individual development.Kolding IF forstærker sig med Mikkel Jespersen, kif-fodbold.dk, 7 June 2021 In January 2023, Jespersen was given a new position as playing assistant coach of the first team; a position that Niki Zimling had just left.Mikkel Jespersen i ny rolle som spillende assistent, kif-fodbold.dk, 13 January 2023
On May 1, 2024, it was confirmed that Mikkel Jespersen would retire as a player, but would continue as an assistant coach in Kolding.Kolding-spiller stopper karrieren: Her er hans nye job, jv.dk, 1 May 2024 But on July 17, 2024, Kolding confirmed that they had sold Jespersen to the German Bundesliga club Mainz 05, where he would be assistant coach to Danish Bo Henriksen.MIKKEL JESPERSEN JOINS COACHING STAFF, mainz05.de, 17 July 2024 In December 2025, Jespersen was fired alongside Henriksen.Mikkel Jespersen er færdig i Mainz, bold.dk, 9 December 2025
On 24 December 2025, the Danish 1st Division club Lyngby Boldklub confirmed that Jespersen had been appointed as the club's new head coach, where he would form the club's new head coach duo together with the club's current coach, Andreas Bjelland.Fremtidens trænerduo er faldet på plads, lyngby-boldklub.dk, 24 December 2025 The pair guided the club to the 2025–26 Danish 1st Division championship and promotion to the Superliga.
Honours Manager Lyngby Danish 1st Division: 2025–26
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