Christian Sivebæk (born 19 February 1988) is a Danish retired professional footballer.
He is son of the former Denmark international, John 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.Sivebæk scores first goal
On 11 January 2012 it was announced that Sivebæk would be joining Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.Sounders add Danish midfielder He made his Sounders debut on 17 March 2012 in a 3–1 win in the season opener against Toronto FC.
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.Christian Sivebæk indstiller karrieren, bold.dk, 7 October 2020
International career 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.
Coaching career In October 2020, Sivebæk was hired as a school teacher at a sports boarding school that had a collaboration with Viborg FF, where he was primarily responsible for talent development and development of the school's football program.Tidligere VFF'er skifter til lærerværelset: - Jeg er både glad og stolt, viborg-folkeblad.dk, 7 October 2020
The following year he also joined Viborg FF, where he became responsible for youth recruitment from U/13 to U/19. He was also responsible for scouting strategy and scouting tasks.Tidligere VFF-profil drømmer om at tage det næste store skridt, jyllands-posten.dk, 22 April 2022 On 5 January 2025, Sivebæk was hired as U17 coach at Vejle Boldklub.Rokering og nyansættelse på VB Akademiet, vejle-boldklub.dk, 5 January 2025
References
Vejle lejer Christian Sivebæk i Viborg, bold.dk, 13 January 2016
External links
Christian Sivebæk official Danish Superliga statistics at danskfodbold.com