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{{short description|Danish footballer and manager (born 1971)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Kenneth Heiner-Møller
| image = Kenneth Heiner-Møller 2019 (cropped).jpg
| caption = Kenneth Heiner-Møller in 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1971|1|17}}
| birth_place = [[Gentofte Municipality|Gentofte]], Denmark
| birth_name = Kenneth Heiner Christiansen
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| height = 1.80 m
| currentclub = 
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 = 1977–1991
| youthclubs1 = [[B 1903]]
| years1 = 1991–1994
| years2 = 1994–1995
| years3 = 1995
| years4 = 1996–1999
| years5 = 1999–2000
| years6 = 2000–2001
| clubs1 = [[Ølstykke FC]]
| clubs2 = [[Ferencvarosi TC]]
| clubs3 = [[Vejle Boldklub|Vejle]]
| clubs4 = [[Boldklubben af 1893|B93]]
| clubs5 = [[Aarhus GF|AGF]]
| clubs6 = B93
| caps1 = 
| goals1 = 
| caps2 = 20
| goals2 = 2
| caps3 = 3
| goals3 = 0
| caps4 = 
| goals4 = 
| caps5 = 27
| goals5 = 3
| manageryears1 = 2002
| manageryears2 = 2003–2004
| manageryears3 = 2005
| manageryears4 = 2006–2013
| manageryears5 = 2015–2017
| managerclubs1 = [[Boldklubben af 1893|B93]] youth team
| managerclubs2 = [[Lyngby Boldklub|Lyngby]] youth team
| managerclubs3 = [[Brøndby IF (women)|Brøndby]] women
| managerclubs4 = [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]] women
| managerclubs5 = [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]] women (assistant)
| manageryears6 = 2018–2020
| managerclubs6 = [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada]] women
}}
'''Kenneth Heiner-Møller''' (born '''Kenneth Heiner Christiansen'''; 17 January 1971) is a Danish [[football (soccer)|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] and former player. He is the former manager of the [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canadian women's national team]]. In 1994–1995 he played for [[Ferencvárosi TC]] in Hungary, where fans know him as Kenneth Christiansen.

== Career ==
Aged 30, Heiner-Møller broke his leg and had to finish his career as a footballer.

He coached the [[Denmark women's national football team|Danish women's national team]] from 2006 until 2013, when he stood down to take over as [[chief executive]] of [[Team Danmark]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/0202-0e13abb798df-33353fc2745d-1000--denmark/|title=Denmark|date=1 October 2012|access-date=24 July 2013|work=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>

At the [[2007 FIFA Women's World Cup]], Heiner-Møller and Danish players accused the Chinese hosts of harassment and covert surveillance prior to China's first-round match against Denmark. China's Swedish coach [[Marika Domanski-Lyfors]] and her assistant [[Pia Sundhage]] were unaware of the incidents and Heiner-Møller absolved them of any blame, although he refused to shake hands after the match.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/grant_wahl/08/01/denmark/1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805093028/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/writers/grant_wahl/08/01/denmark/1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 August 2008|title=Danish coach accuses Chinese of spying at 2007 Women's World Cup |access-date=24 July 2013|author=Grant Wahl|publisher=[[Sports Illustrated]]|date=1 August 2008}}</ref>

On 8 January 2018, he was named head coach of the [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada women's national team]] to replace [[John Herdman]] who was appointed [[Canada men's national soccer team|Canada men's national team]] head coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-announces-new-leadership-of-men-s-national-team-program-under-john-herdman--p161330|title=Canada Soccer announces new leadership of Men’s National Team Program under John Herdman  - Canada Soccer|website=canadasoccer.com|access-date=12 March 2018|archive-date=25 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125020602/https://www.canadasoccer.com/canada-soccer-announces-new-leadership-of-men-s-national-team-program-under-john-herdman--p161330|url-status=dead}}</ref> On June 10 2020, he stepped down from that job to take a position in his native country as head of coach education for the [[Danish Football Association]].<ref name="Kenneth Heiner-Møller to step down as Canadian women’s coach">{{cite web |last1=Molinaro |first1=John |title=Kenneth Heiner-Møller to step down as Canadian women’s coach |url=https://canpl.ca/article/kenneth-heiner-moller-to-step-down-as-canadian-womens-coach |website=CanPL |access-date=10 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="Canada women’s soccer coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller stepping down">{{cite web |last1=Davidson |first1=Neil |title=Canada women’s soccer coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller stepping down |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/soccer/article-canada-womens-soccer-coach-kenneth-heiner-moller-stepping-down/ |website=Globe and Mail |access-date=10 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-10 |title=Heiner-Moller to step down as Canada women's soccer coach |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/heiner-moller-step-canada-womens-soccer-coach/ |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=SportsNet}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Born Kenneth Heiner Christiansen, Heiner-Møller married [[Anja Heiner-Møller]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/generelle/scorer-stort-job-her-er-peter-moellers-reaktion|title=Dansker får stort job: Klub har kun syv spillere|first=Anders|last=Jensen|trans-title=Danes get big job: Club only has seven players|language=Danish|work=[[Tipsbladet]]}}</ref> taking his wife's maiden name Møller upon their marriage.{{cn|date=June 2022}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.dbu.dk/page.aspx?id=4405 Dansk Boldspil Union (DBU)]

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