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{{Short description|Danish footballer (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Ebbe Sand
| image = Schalke_Ebbe_Sand_99.jpg
| upright = 
| caption = Sand with [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]] in 1999
| height = 1.83m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|7|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Aalborg]], Denmark
| currentclub = 
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1 = 1977–1991
| youthclubs1 = [[Hadsund BK]]
| years1 = 1991–1992
| clubs1 = [[Hadsund BK]]
| caps1 = 17
| goals1 = 7
| years2 = 1992–1999
| clubs2 = [[Brøndby IF]]
| caps2 = 135
| goals2 = 69
| years3 = 1999–2006
| clubs3 = [[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]
| caps3 = 214
| goals3 = 73
| totalcaps = 366
| totalgoals = 149
| nationalyears1 = 1998–2004
| nationalteam1 = [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
| nationalcaps1 = 66
| nationalgoals1 = 22
| manageryears1 = 2020
| managerclubs1 = [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] (caretaker)
}}

'''Ebbe Sand''' ({{IPA|da|ˈepə ˈsænˀ}}; born 19 July 1972) is a Danish former professional [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]] for [[Brøndby IF]] in Denmark and [[FC Schalke 04]] in Germany. He was the [[Bundesliga]] top scorer in 2001 and won the [[DFB-Pokal]] in 2001 and 2002 with Schalke. On the international stage, he played for the [[Denmark national football team|Denmark national team]] at the [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]] and [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], as well as the [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]] and [[UEFA Euro 2004|2004 European Championships]]. At the 1998 World Cup, he scored the fastest-ever World Cup goal by a substitute – 16 seconds after entering the match.

==Biography==
Born in [[Aalborg]] and raised in [[Hadsund]], Sand started playing for hometown club [[Hadsund BK]] alongside his twin brother [[Peter Sand]]. Moving to [[Copenhagen]] in order to study [[building engineering]] at the [[Technical University of Denmark]], he and his brother Peter decided to try their luck at Brøndby IF. After three years of playing only a few games as [[attacking midfielder]], Sand got a chance to play regularly in 1995 and he soon made a name for himself. His brother would never play for Brøndby, but played professionally for a number of other clubs.

===National breakthrough===
Sand scored 12 goals in 29 games in his breakthrough season and helped Brøndby win the [[Danish Superliga]] title. Brøndby matched that feat in both 1997 and 1998, with 1998 being an even better year for both Sand and Brøndby. Sand won the Danish Golden Boot as he scored 28 goals in 33 games and helped Brøndby win the [[Danish Cup]], completing [[Double (association football)|the Double]]. Sand was first capped for the [[Denmark national football team]] on 22 April 1998 against [[Norway national football team|Norway]], and following his great 1998 season, he was selected to play for Denmark in the [[1998 FIFA World Cup]].

He took part in all five Denmark matches at the World Cup, and scored his first goal for Denmark in the game against [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]], his own most treasured goal for the national team.<ref name="Berlingske Tidende">{{cite news | first = Jesper Dahl | last = Caruso | title = Sidste sang fra Sand | newspaper = [[Berlingske Tidende]] | date = 29 June 2004 | language = Danish}}</ref> Entering as a substitute, he ran into the blind spot of the defense, had the ball lobbed to him over the heads of the defenders by [[Michael Laudrup]], before he headed the ball to his right, past the Nigerian [[Taribo West]], and slotted the ball home in the lower left corner. It only took 16 seconds from his substitution to his goal, a [[FIFA World Cup records|World Cup record]] that still stands. Following his break through on the international stage, he was named [[Danish Football Player of the Year|Danish ''Player of the Year'']]. In 1998, Sand was diagnosed with [[testicular cancer]]. He had the cancer removed and was back in action just a few weeks after the operation.

===Club career abroad===
[[File:Schalke Ebbe Sand 02.jpg|thumb|Sand with Schalke]]
Following the 1998 World Cup, Sand played one more season for Brøndby, in which he scored another 19 goals. He was then transferred to German club Schalke for 10 million [[Deutsche Mark|DEM]] in 1999, at that time the most expensive sale by a Danish club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/Sporten/Fodbold/Int.fodbold/2006/01/11/100306.htm |title=Daniel Agger skifter til Liverpool |language=Danish |publisher=[[Danmarks Radio]] |date=11 January 2006 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060217131002/http://dr.dk/Sporten/Fodbold/Int.fodbold/2006/01/11/100306.htm |archivedate=17 February 2006 }}</ref> Sand's first season in Germany was successful, as he scored 14 goals, although Schalke only finished 13th in the [[Bundesliga]] that year. After scoring four goals in the qualification matches, he played twice for Denmark at the [[UEFA Euro 2000|Euro 2000]] tournament, before he was benched in the last game of a lacklustre Danish performance.

The 2000–01 season was much more successful for Sand. Schalke finished second in the Bundesliga, after a goal from Bayern Munich four minutes into the added time, ruining Schalke's championship dreams. Despite this they qualified for the [[UEFA Champions League]]. They also won the [[DFB-Pokal]]. Sand scored 22 goals and tied with [[Sergej Barbarez]] for the title of lead topscorer in Germany, and he once again won the Danish ''Player of the Year'' award in 2001. Schalke won the DFB-Pokal again in 2002 and finished fifth in the league, with Sand tallying 11 goals. For the national team, he scored an impressive nine goals in ten qualification games for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]], but he failed to impress at the final tournament, and was benched the last group match, although he did play three times.

His following years at Schalke would be less successful, as he only scored six and eight goals in the next two seasons, respectively. For Denmark's run in the [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]], Sand missed Denmark's final game due to injury, and he decided to retire from international football. He cited a desire to focus his last active years on playing for Schalke, though he would be ready to re-enter the Denmark team if it qualified for [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] tournament if his form would allow it,<ref name="Berlingske Tidende" /> though that never became relevant for either party. Initially in his last year of contract, he prolonged his stay at Schalke by a year, despite only scoring eight goals in 2005. In July 2005, he announced the coming season as his last for Schalke and following seven years in Germany he would move to Denmark in order to work at Danish Superliga club [[Silkeborg IF]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/Sporten/Fodbold/Int.fodbold/2005/07/21/124203.htm |title=Sand stopper i Schalke næste år |language=Danish |publisher=[[Danmarks Radio]] |date=21 July 2005 |first=Jens Gjesse |last=Hansen |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060116111202/http://www.dr.dk/Sporten/Fodbold/Int.fodbold/2005/07/21/124203.htm |archivedate=16 January 2006 }}</ref> He thereby turned down an offer from Schalke manager [[Rudi Assauer]] to become his managerial [[protégé]] at Schalke. For his last season at Schalke he was chosen as [[team captain]], even though stiff competition by fellow Dane [[Søren Larsen]] and German striker [[Kevin Kurányi]] relegated Sand's role to substitute player. He ended his Schalke career at the Bundesliga game with [[VfB Stuttgart]] on 13 May 2006, scoring a goal in the 3–2 Schalke victory before being substituted to a standing ovation by the spectators.

===Management career===
After retiring, Sand joined Silkeborg IF in several roles before joining the Denmark National Team as a forwards coach. He then joined Schalke 04 in an advisory role before he was confirmed as the Director of Football of Brøndby IF on 31 October 2018, a job which he took over on 1 January 2019. Shortly after becoming the Director of Football at Brøndby IF, he sacked head coach Alexander Zorniger following a string of bad results.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/dansk_fodbold/superligaen/broendby-fyrer-zorniger/7520415 |title=Brøndby fyrer Zorniger |language=Danish |publisher=[[Ekstra Bladet]] |date=18 February 2019 |access-date=18 February 2019 |archive-date=30 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730214721/https://ekstrabladet.dk/sport/fodbold/dansk_fodbold/superligaen/broendby-fyrer-zorniger/7520415 |url-status=live }}</ref> On 10 July 2019, [[Brøndby IF]] announced, that they had hired [[Carsten V. Jensen]] as their new director of football and offered Sand a new position, which he had refused and therefore left the club.<ref>[https://brondby.com/nyhed/2019/07/10/ebbe-sand-oensker-klubben-og-fans-alt-mulig-fremgang Ebbe Sand: Ønsker klubben og fans alt mulig fremgang] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710075921/https://brondby.com/nyhed/2019/07/10/ebbe-sand-oensker-klubben-og-fans-alt-mulig-fremgang |date=10 July 2019 }}, brondby.com, 10 July 2019</ref>

Sand briefly managed the [[Denmark national football team|Denmark national team]] on 11 November 2020, as [[Kasper Hjulmand]] was sidelined with [[COVID-19]]. In his only match in charge, Sand led Denmark to a 2–0 victory over [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]].<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.espn.com/soccer/report/_/gameId/573696| title= Denmark sink Sweden as substitutes Wind, Bah score on debut| publisher=ESPN| date=11 November 2020| accessdate=28 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.dbu.dk/landshold/landsholdsdatabasen/CoachInfo/4197| title=Ebbe Sand| publisher=Danish Football Association| lang=da| website=dbu.dk| accessdate=27 October 2024}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brondbystats.dk/Person/Details/324|title=Ebbe Sand|website=brondbystats.dk|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-date=29 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229212833/https://www.brondbystats.dk/Person/Details/324|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe40730/ebbe-sand/club-matches/|title=Ebbe Sand » Club matches|website=worldfootball.net|access-date=29 December 2019|archive-date=29 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229212830/https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/ebbe-sand/2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club!!rowspan="2"|Season!!colspan="3"|League!!colspan="2"|Cup!!colspan="2"|League Cup!!colspan="2"|Europe!!colspan="2"|Other{{efn|Appearances in [[Danish Supercup]] and [[UEFA Intertoto Cup|UI Cup]]}}!!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[Brøndby IF]]||[[1992–93 Danish Superliga|1992–93]]||rowspan="7"|[[Danish Superliga|Superliga]]||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0
|-
|[[1993–94 Danish Superliga|1993–94]]||4||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||1||0||colspan="2"|—||6||1
|-
|[[1994–95 Danish Superliga|1994–95]]||8||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||colspan="2"|—||8||2
|-
|[[1995–96 Danish Superliga|1995–96]]||29||12||5||0||3||3||8||1||colspan="2"|—||45||16
|-
|[[1996–97 Danish Superliga|1996–97]]||29||7||3||1||colspan="2"|—||10||2||1||1||43||11
|-
|[[1997–98 Danish Superliga|1997–98]]||33||28||5||2||colspan="2"|—||3||1||1||0||42||31
|-
|[[1998–99 Danish Superliga|1998–99]]||31||19||4||4||colspan="2"|—||8||1||colspan="2"|—||43||24
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!135!!69!!18!!7!!3!!3!!30!!5!!2!!1!!188!!85
|-
|rowspan="8"|[[FC Schalke 04|Schalke 04]]||[[1999–2000 FC Schalke 04 season|1999–2000]]||rowspan="7"|[[Bundesliga]]||32||14||2||2||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||34||16
|-
|[[2000–01 FC Schalke 04 season|2000–01]]||33||22||6||4||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||39||26
|-
|[[2001–02 FC Schalke 04 season|2001–02]]||28||11||6||4||2||0||3||1||colspan="2"|—||39||16
|-
|[[2002–03 FC Schalke 04 season|2002–03]]||33||6||3||4||2||0||5||3||colspan="2"|—||43||13
|-
|[[2003–04 FC Schalke 04 season|2003–04]]||30||8||2||1||colspan="2"|—||2||0||4||1||38||10
|-
|[[2004–05 FC Schalke 04 season|2004–05]]||28||8||5||3||colspan="2"|—||8||4||2||1||43||16
|-
|[[2005–06 FC Schalke 04 season|2005–06]]||30||4||1||0||2||1||13||2||colspan="2"|—||46||7
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!214!!73!!25!!18!!6!!1!!31!!10!!6!!2!!282!!104
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total!!349!!142!!43!!25!!9!!4!!61!!15!!8!!3!!470!!189
|}
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===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="7"|[[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]
|1998||10||1
|-
|1999||11||4
|-
|2000||10||2
|-
|2001||10||9
|-
|2002||11||4
|-
|2003||7||0
|-
|2004||7||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!66!!22
|}

:''Scores and results list Denmark's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sand goal.''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Ebbe Sand
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
| align="center"|1 || 28 June 1998 || [[Stade de France]], [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], France || {{fb|NGA}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|4–1 || [[1998 FIFA World Cup knockout stage#Nigeria vs Denmark|1998 World Cup]]
|-
| align="center"|2 || 10 February 1999 || [[Stadion Poljud]], [[Split, Croatia|Split]], Croatia || {{fb|CRO}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || [[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
| align="center"|3 || 27 March 1999 || [[Telia Parken|Parken Stadium]], [[Copenhagen]], Denmark || {{fb|ITA}} || align="center"|1–1 || align="center"|1–2 || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 1|Euro 2000 qualifier]]
|-
| align="center"|4 || 28 April 1999 || Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|RSA}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|5 || 17 November 1999 || Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|ISR}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|3–0 || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs#Denmark v Israel|Euro 2000 play-off qualifier]]
|-
| align="center"|6 || 16 August 2000 || [[Tórsvøllur]], [[Tórshavn]], Faroes || {{fb|FRO}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[2000–01 Nordic Football Championship]]
|-
| align="center"|7 || 11 October 2000 || Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|BUL}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–1 || [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3|2002 World Cup qualifier]]
|-
| align="center"|8 || rowspan="3"|24 March 2001 || rowspan="3"|[[Ta' Qali National Stadium]], [[Attard]], Malta || rowspan="3"|{{fb|MLT}} || align="center"|1–0 || rowspan="3" style="text-align:center"|5–0 || rowspan="3"|2002 World Cup qualifier
|-
| align="center"|9 || align="center"|3–0
|-
| align="center"|10 || align="center"|5–0
|-
| align="center"|11 || 25 April 2001 || Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|SVN}} || align="center"|3–0 || align="center"|3–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|12 || 2 June 2001 || Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|CZE}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|2–1 || 2002 World Cup qualifier
|-
| align="center"|13 || rowspan="2"|6 June 2001 || rowspan="2"|Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark || rowspan="2"|{{fb|MLT}} || align="center"|1–1 || rowspan="2"  style="text-align:center"|2–1 || rowspan="2"|2002 World Cup qualifier
|-
| align="center"|14 || align="center"|2–1
|-
| align="center"|15 || rowspan="2"|6 October 2001 || rowspan="2"|Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark || rowspan="2"|{{fb|ISL}} || align="center"|2–0 || rowspan="2"  style="text-align:center"|6–0 || rowspan="2"|2002 World Cup qualifier
|-
| align="center"|16 || align="center"|5–0
|-
| align="center"|17 || 13 February 2002 || [[King Fahd International Stadium]], [[Riyadh]], Saudi Arabia || {{fb|KSA}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|18 || 26 May 2002 || [[Kimiidera Park]], [[Wakayama (city)|Wakayama]], Japan || {{fb|TUN}} || align="center"|2–1 || align="center"|2–1 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|19 || 21 August 2002 || [[Hampden Park]], [[Glasgow]], Scotland || {{fb|SCO}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|20 || 12 October 2002 || Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|LUX}} || align="center"|2–0 || align="center"|2–0 || [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 2|Euro 2004 qualifier]]
|-
| align="center"|21 || 28 April 2004 || Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|SCO}} || align="center"|1–0 || align="center"|1–0 || Friendly
|-
| align="center"|22 || 5 June 2004 || Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark || {{fb|CRO}} || align="center"|1–2 || align="center"|1–2 || Friendly
|}

==Honours==
'''Brøndby IF'''
* [[Danish Superliga]]: [[1995–96 Danish Superliga|1995–96]], [[1996–97 Danish Superliga|1996–97]], [[1997–98 Danish Superliga|1997–98]]
* [[Danish Cup]]: [[1997–98 Danish Cup|1997–98]]

'''Schalke 04'''
*[[DFB-Pokal]]: [[2000–01 DFB-Pokal|2000–01]], [[2001–02 DFB-Pokal|2001–02]]
*[[UEFA Intertoto Cup]]: [[2003 UEFA Intertoto Cup|2003]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round%3D1691/Match%3D73021/Report%3DMS.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031212164322/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/FixturesResults/Round%3D1691/Match%3D73021/Report%3DMS.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 December 2003 |title=Schalke 0-0 Pasching (Aggregate: 2 - 0)|publisher=[[UEFA]] |access-date=15 June 2020}}</ref>
*[[DFL-Ligapokal]]: [[2005 DFL-Ligapokal|2005]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.dfb.de/historie/dfbde-archiv/archiv-ehemalige-wettbewerbe/premiere-ligapokal/alle-wettbewerbe/?spieledb_path=%2Fmatches%2F1820718 |title=Ligapokal, 2005, Finale |date=14 April 2014 |publisher=dfb.de |access-date=5 November 2020 |archive-date=30 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830221733/https://www.dfb.de/historie/dfbde-archiv/archiv-ehemalige-wettbewerbe/premiere-ligapokal/alle-wettbewerbe/?spieledb_path=/matches/1820718 |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''Individual'''
* [[Danish Superliga]] top scorer: [[1997–98 Danish Superliga|1997–98]] (28 goals)
* [[Danish Football Player of the Year|Danish Footballer of the Year]]: 1998, 2001
* [[List of Bundesliga top scorers|Bundesliga]] top scorer: [[2000–01 Bundesliga#Top goalscorers|2000–01]] (22 goals, shared with [[Sergej Barbarez]])

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929101908/http://www.brondby.com/player.asp?sid=48&id=33 Brøndby IF Statistics] {{in lang|da}}

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