Thomas Frank (football manager)
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For similarly-named people, see Thomas Frank (disambiguation).
Thomas Frank (born 9 October 1973) is a Danish professional football coach and former amateur player, who is head coach of Premier League club Brentford.
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Full name | Thomas Frank[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1973-10-09) 9 October 1973 (age 50) | ||
Place of birth | Frederiksværk, Denmark[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brentford (head coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Frederiksværk BK | |||
Managerial career | |||
2008–2011 | Denmark U16 | ||
2008–2012 | Denmark U17 | ||
2012–2013 | Denmark U19 | ||
2013–2016 | Brøndby IF | ||
2018– | Brentford | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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After 18 years in youth coaching, which included spells as manager of multiple Danish national youth teams, Frank became a senior manager with Brøndby IF in 2013. After his departure in 2016, he moved to English club Brentford as assistant head coach and was promoted into the role of head coach in October 2018. At the end of the 2020–21 season, Frank became only the second Brentford head coach or manager to achieve promotion to the top-flight of English football.