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{{Short description|Danish football manager}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name          = Kim Poulsen
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| birth_date    = {{birth date and age|1959|3|22|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Sønderborg]], Denmark
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| manageryears1 = 1987–1995 |managerclubs1 = [[Aarhus Fremad]]
| manageryears2 = 1996–1997 |managerclubs2 = [[AC Horsens|Horsens]]
| manageryears3 = 1998 |managerclubs3 = [[Aarhus Fremad]]
| manageryears4 = 1999 |managerclubs4 = [[AC Horsens|Horsens]]
| manageryears5 = 1999–2001 |managerclubs5 = [[Viborg FF|Viborg]]
| manageryears6 = 2002 |managerclubs6 = [[Randers FC|Randers Freja]]
| manageryears7 = 2003 |managerclubs7 = [[Singapore national under-19 football team|Singapore U19]]
| manageryears8 = 2004 |managerclubs8 = [[Singapore national under-23 football team|Singapore U23]]
| manageryears9 = 2005 |managerclubs9 = [[Warriors FC|Armed Forces]]
| manageryears10 = 2006–2007 |managerclubs10 = [[Vejle Boldklub]]
| manageryears11 = 2007–2010 |managerclubs11 = [[Næstved BK|Næstved]]
| manageryears12 = 2010–2011 |managerclubs12 = [[Vendsyssel FF|FC Hjørring]]
| manageryears13 = 2011–2012 |managerclubs13 = Tanzania U19
| manageryears14 = 2012–2014 |managerclubs14 = [[Tanzania national football team|Tanzania]]
| manageryears15 = 2014–2015 |managerclubs15 = [[Silkeborg IF]]
| manageryears16 = 2016–2018 |managerclubs16 = [[Tanzania national football team|Tanzania]] (head of development)
| manageryears17 = 2018–2021 |managerclubs17 = [[FC Sønderborg]]
| manageryears18 = 2021–2022 |managerclubs18 = [[Tanzania national football team|Tanzania]]
}}
'''Kim Poulsen''' (born 22 March 1959) is a Danish [[Association football|football]] manager and former amateur player.

==Managerial career==
===Early career===
Poulsen only played amateur football as an active player.<ref name="naestved">[http://www.naestvedboldklub.dk/trænerteam.html Trænerteam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612080714/http://www.naestvedboldklub.dk/tr%C3%A6nerteam.html |date=2013-06-12 }} at naestvedboldklub.dk.</ref> As a football manager, he gained national recognition when he won [[promotion and relegation|promotion]] with Danish club [[Aarhus Fremad]] five times in only nine years, from 1987 to 1995, and reached the [[Danish Superliga]] with the club. Between 1996 and 1997, Poulsen managed [[AC Horsens]] before moving back to Aarhus Fremad in 1998. He managed AC Horsens again in 1999, before being appointed manager of [[Viborg FF]] the same year. Under Poulsen, Viborg FF turned fully professional and won the [[1999–2000 Danish Cup]],<ref>[http://www.bold.dk/nyt/index.php?vis=4629 Nu vil Viborg have respekt], bold.dk, June 1, 2000.</ref> as well as the 2000 [[:da:Den danske Super Cup|Danish Super Cup]]. In October 2001, Poulsen was sacked from his position in Viborg.<ref>[http://www.bold.dk/nyt/index.php?vis=18479 Kim Poulsen fyret i Viborg], bold.dk, October 23, 2001.</ref> He would then go on to manage [[Randers FC|Randers Freja]].

===Singapore and return to Denmark===
In December 2002, Poulsen moved to Singapore.<ref name="naestved"/> Here he managed the under-18 team of the [[Singapore national football team]], the [[Young Lions (Singapore football team)|Young Lions]], and the [[Warriors FC|Singapore Armed Forces FC]]. Afterwards, Poulsen moved back to Denmark and joined [[Vejle Boldklub]] in January 2006 on a three-year contract.<ref>[http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Kim-Poulsen-ny-traener-i-Vejle Kim Poulsen ny træner i Vejle], bold.dk, September 23, 2005.</ref> He was sacked by the club in April 2007,<ref>[http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Vejle-har-fyret-Kim-Poulsen Vejle har fyret Kim Poulsen], bold.dk, April 2, 2007.</ref> and joined [[Næstved BK]] in July 2007.<ref name="naestved"/>

In June 2010, Poulsen was named new manager of [[Vendsyssel FF|FC Hjørring]]. He left the club in April 2011 after being named as new coach of the Tanzania national under-21 team.<ref>[http://www.bold.dk/nyt/Kim-Poulsen-fra-FC-Hjoerring-til-Tanzania Kim Poulsen fra FC Hjørring til Tanzania], bold.dk, April 26, 2011.</ref> In May 2012, Poulsen was promoted to become manager of the [[Tanzania national football team|Tanzania national team]], replacing fellow Dane [[Jan Børge Poulsen]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18046362 Tanzania replace Jan Poulsen with namesake Kim Poulsen], bbc.co.uk, May 12, 2012.</ref>

===Silkeborg===
On 8 December 2014, Poulsen was hired as a new head coach in [[Silkeborg IF]] and signed a two-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nøhr |first1=Mikkel |title=Silkeborg fyrer Jesper S. - hyrer Kim Poulsen |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/silkeborg-fyrer-jesper-s--hyrer-kim-poulsen/ |website=bold.dk |date=8 December 2014 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> With the club struggling in the Superliga, he stated that he was no witch doctor but was optimistic in his mission to save Silkeborg from relegation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Helmin |first1=Jesper |title=Ny SIF-træner: Jeg er ikke heksedoktor |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/ny-sif-traener-jeg-er-ikke-heksedoktor/ |website=bold.dk |date=8 December 2014 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> Despite his efforts, the clubsuffered relegation following the [[2014–15 Danish Superliga|2014–15 season]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Helmin |first1=Jesper |title=Silkeborg-træner vil glemme sæsonen |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/silkeborg-traener-vil-glemme-saesonen/ |website=bold.dk |date=7 June 2015 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> On 30 September 2015, Poulsen was dismissed by Silkeborg with the side placed 8th in the [[Danish 1st Division|Danish second tier]] table.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jensen |first1=Kenneth |title=Silkeborg fyrer Kim Poulsen - ansætter tidligere AGF-træner |url=https://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/superliga/silkeborg-fyrer-kim-poulsen-ansaetter-tidligere-agf-traener |website=tipsbladet.dk |publisher=Tipsbladet |date=30 September 2015 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> Poulsen was succeeded by [[Peter Sørensen (footballer)|Peter Sørensen]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Frederiksen |first1=Søren |title=Peter Sørensen ny cheftræner i Silkeborg |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/peter-soerensen-ny-cheftraener-i-silkeborg/ |website=bold.dk |date=30 September 2015 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>

===Tanzania and Sønderborg===
On 1 March 2016, Poulsen was hired as head of national football development for the [[Tanzania national football team|Tanzania national team]], which he described as a "dream job".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Helmin |first1=Jesper |title=Kim Poulsen nyder afrikansk udfordring |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/kim-poulsen-nyder-afrikansk-udfordring/ |website=bold.dk |date=24 April 2016 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>

After two years in Tanzania, Poulsen returned to Denmark and his hometown of [[Sønderborg]] where he was appointed manager of [[FC Sønderborg]] on a three-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kok |first1=Frida |title=Kim Poulsen er ny manager i FC Sønderborg |url=https://jv.dk/artikel/kim-poulsen-er-ny-manager-i-fc-s%C3%B8nderborg |website=jv.dk |publisher=Jydske Vestkysten |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref>

In February 2021 Poulsen resigned from his position at Sønderborg in order to take up the job as manager of the [[Tanzania national football team|Tanzania national team]] once again.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Christensen |first1=Tage |title=Kim Poulsen vender tilbage til Tanzania som landstræner |url=https://jv.dk/artikel/kim-poulsen-vender-tilbage-til-tanzania-som-landstr%C3%A6ner |website=jv.dk |publisher=Jydske Vestkysten |access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Viborg FF'''
*[[Danish Cup]]: [[1999–00 Danish Cup|1999–00]]
*[[:da:Den danske Super Cup|Danish Super Cup]]: [[2000 Danish Super Cup|2000]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Aarhus Fremad managers}}
{{AC Horsens managers}}
{{Viborg FF managers}}
{{Warriors F.C. managers}}
{{Vejle BK managers}}
{{Næstved BK managers}}
{{Tanzania national football team managers}}
{{Silkeborg IF managers}}

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[[Category:Aarhus Fremad managers]]
[[Category:AC Horsens managers]]
[[Category:Viborg FF managers]]
[[Category:Vejle Boldklub managers]]
[[Category:Næstved Boldklub managers]]
[[Category:Silkeborg IF managers]]
[[Category:Tanzania national football team managers]]
[[Category:Singapore Premier League managers]]
[[Category:Warriors FC managers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Sønderborg Municipality]]