Martin Bentzen Veng Mikkelsen (born 29 April 1986) is a Danish football coach and former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of Aarhus Fremad's U-23 team.
Playing career Mikkelsen made his professional debut as part of AGF on 25 July 2004 in a 2–2 away draw against FC Nordsjælland, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Jeffrey Aubynn. He would later play for FC Fredericia and Hobro IK.
Coaching career On 11 August 2019, Mikkelsen returned to FC Fredericia. Two weeks later, he was also hired as a youth consultant at Danish 2nd Division club VSK Aarhus.
He left Fredericia in June 2020, and signed with Aarhus Fremad in the Danish 2nd Division, where he would become a player-assistant to head coach Morten Dahm Kjærgaard. He retired as a player in July 2021 to focus full-time on his role as assistant coach of Aarhus Fremad. On 14 June 2022 Mikkelsen confirmed, that he accepted an offer to become the manager of Aarhus Fremad's reserve team, which was playing in the Denmark Series.Tidl. SL-spiller bliver DS-træner: Åbenbaring, bold.dk, 14 June 2022 However, he would still serve as assistant coach for the first team alongside the new position.
In July 2023, Mikkelsen joined Odder IGF as assistant coach to Jacob Eichner.DANMARKSSERIEN FÅR NYT TRÆNER-TEAM, odderfodbold.dk, 10 July 2023 In July 2025, Mikkelsen extended his contract with Odder until June 2027 and would, along with Eichner, form a head coach duo.Forlængelse og delt ansvar, facebook.com, 9 July 2025 One month later, in August 2025, Eichner left the club for VSK Aarhus, and Mikkelsen consequently took over the head coach role at Odder on his own.P R E S S E M E D D E L E L S E (langt opslag), facebook.com, 23 August 2025
In January 2026, Mikkelsen was appointed manager of Aarhus Fremad's U-23 team.Martin Mikkelsen er ny U23-træner i Aarhus Fremad, bold.dk, 9 January 2026
Career statistics
+Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsFredericia2008–09Danish 1st Division?500—?52009–10?400—?42010–11?110—112011–12?220—222012–1326100—2612013–1425010—260Total51134000005513Hobro2014–15Danish Superliga29200—2922015–1627100—2712016–17Danish 1st Division29000—2902017–18Danish Superliga24110—251Total10941000001104Career totals1601750000016517
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