Christian Sivebæk (born 19 February 1988) is a retired Danish professional footballer.

He is son of the former Denmark international, John Sivebæk.

Christian Sivebæk

Career

Club

Sivebæk began his youth career with Vejle Boldklub . In 2005, he signed his first professional contract with FC Midtjylland and made his first team debut with the club in 2006. He made his Danish Superliga debut on 6 August 2006, replacing Claus Madsen in a 2-5 victory at the grounds of his former club Vejle. During the 2007 season he was sent on loan to Skive IK to gain more experience. The following season, he returned to Midtjylland and began to display some of his great potential. On 23 March 2008 he scored his first goal for Midtjylland, in 3-2 defeat at Aalborg.

Christian Sivebæk

On 11 January 2012 it was announced that Sivebæk would be joining Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer. He made his Sounders debut on 17 March 2012 in a 3-1 win in the season opener against Toronto FC.

Christian Sivebæk

On 20 June 2012 the Sounders waived Sivebæk after only making three appearances for the club.

On 7 October 2020, 32-year old Sivebæk announced his retirement from football.

International

Sivebæk has represented Denmark at various youth levels from the Under-18 to the Under-21 side. He represented the Denmark national under-21 football team on five occasions making his debut in 2009.

References

Vejle lejer Christian Sivebæk i Viborg, bold.dk, 13 January 2016

External links

Christian Sivebæk official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com

1988 births

Living people

Danish men's footballers

Danish expatriate men's footballers

Denmark men's youth international footballers

Denmark men's under-21 international footballers

FC Midtjylland players

Skive IK players

Seattle Sounders FC players

Vejle Boldklub Kolding players

Viborg FF players

Christian Sivebaek

Danish 1st Division players

Danish Superliga players

Major League Soccer players

Men's association football midfielders

Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Danish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland

Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States

Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland

People from Vejle Municipality

Footballers from the Region of Southern Denmark