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{{Short description|Danish footballer (born 1968)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Mark Strudal
| image          =
| fullname       = Mark Agner Boecking Strudal
| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1968|4|29|df=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Glostrup]], Denmark
| height         =
| currentclub    = Jyllinge FC (Manager)
| position       = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| youthyears1    =           |youthclubs1 = [[Holbæk B&I|Holbæk]]
| youthyears2    =           |youthclubs2 = Bramsnæs
| youthyears3    =           |youthclubs3 = [[FC Roskilde|Roskilde]]
| years1         = 1986–1987 |clubs1  = [[Hvidovre IF|Hvidovre]]                   |caps1  = 27  |goals1  = 7
| years2         = 1988      |clubs2  = [[Næstved IF|Næstved]]                     |caps2  = 26  |goals2  = 14
| years3         = 1989      |clubs3  = [[Borussia Dortmund]]                      |caps3  = 12  |goals3  = 1
| years4         = 1989–1991 |clubs4  = [[Grasshopper Club Zürich|Grasshoppers]]   |caps4  = 51  |goals4  = 21
| years5         = 1991–1993 |clubs5  = [[Vejle Boldklub|Vejle]]                   |caps5  = 10  |goals5  = 6
| years6         = 1992      |clubs6  = → [[Næstved IF]] (loan)                    |caps6  = 15  |goals6  = 8
| years7         = 1993      |clubs7  = → [[F.C. Copenhagen|Copenhagen]] (loan)    |caps7  = 3   |goals7  = 0
| years8         = 1993      |clubs8  = → [[Boldklubben Frem|BK Frem]] (loan)      |caps8  = 9   |goals8  = 8
| years9         = 1993–1995 |clubs9  = [[Brøndby IF|Brøndby]]                     |caps9  = 58  |goals9  = 25
| years10        = 1995–1996 |clubs10 = [[Næstved IF|Næstved]]                     |caps10 = 23  |goals10 = 7
| years11        = 1996      |clubs11 = [[Skoda Xanthi F.C.|Skoda Xanthi]]         |caps11 = 0   |goals11 = 0
| totalcaps = 234 |totalgoals = 97
| nationalyears1 = 1988–1989 |nationalteam1 = [[Denmark national under-21 football team|Denmark U21]] |nationalcaps1 = 11  |nationalgoals1 = 3
| nationalyears2 = 1988–1995 |nationalteam2 = [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]] |nationalcaps2 = 9  |nationalgoals2 = 3
| manageryears1 = 2000–20??
| managerclubs1 = [[Køge Boldklub|Køge BK]] (youth)
| manageryears2 = 2004–2006
| managerclubs2 = FC Zulu
| manageryears3 = 2006–2009
| managerclubs3 = [[FC Nordsjælland|Nordsjælland]] (U19)
| manageryears4 = 2009–2015
| managerclubs4 = [[FC Nordsjælland|Nordsjælland]] (forward coach)
| manageryears5 = 2015–2017
| managerclubs5 = [[Brøndby IF|Brøndby]] (assistant)
| manageryears6 = 2018
| managerclubs6 = [[Lyngby Boldklub|Lyngby]]
| manageryears7 = 2022–
| managerclubs7 = Jyllinge FC
| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Association football|football]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{fb|DEN}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIFA Confederations Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[1995 King Fahd Cup|1995 Saudi Arabia]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions]]}}
{{Medal|RU|[[1993 Artemio Franchi Cup|1993 Argentina]]|}}
}}

'''Mark Agner Boecking Strudal''' (born 29 April 1968) is a Danish [[association football|football]] coach and former player who played as a [[striker (association football)|striker]].

==Playing career==
Strudal was born in [[Glostrup]]. He got his national breakthrough while playing for [[Næstved IF]] in the [[Danish 1st Division]] championship. He made his debut for the [[Denmark national football team|Danish national team]] in May 1988, and was named 1988 ''Revelation of the Year'' as Næstved finished runners-up in the 1st Division. He moved abroad to play professionally for German team [[Borussia Dortmund]] in the winter 1988. He played half a season at Dortmund, but had a controversy with manager [[Horst Köppel]]. He moved on to play for [[Grasshopper Club Zürich]] in Switzerland in the summer 1989, and won three trophies in his two years at the club. When the Grasshoppers squad faced 20% wage cuts, Strudal decided to leave the club in July 1991.

In September 1991, he returned to Denmark to play for [[Vejle Boldklub]] in a [[Transfer (association football)|transfer deal]] worth more than [[Danish krone|DKK]] 4 million. It was later to be known that his contract with Vejle had a clause which secured Vejle approximately DKK 4 million if he ever was to be sold to a club abroad. His stay at Vejle was short, as he suffered injuries and the club was [[Promotion and relegation|relegated]]. He underwent a series of [[Loan (sports)|loan deals]] to other Danish teams; first to former club [[Næstved IF]] in the fall 1992, then to [[F.C. Copenhagen]] in February 1993, and finally to [[BK Frem]] in April 1993.

When his Vejle contract ran out in the summer 1993, he moved on to league rivals [[Brøndby IF]] on a [[Free transfer (association football)|free transfer]] in July 1993. Strudal helped Brøndby win the 1994 [[Danish Cup]] and he was a part of the Denmark national team which won the 1995 [[King Fahd Cup]]. He stayed two years at Brøndby, before he left the club in July 1995. Despite his credentials, the Vejle clause kept him from moving to a foreign club. He joined Næstved IF for a second time, where he suffered a knee injury which kept him out for five months. He tried to move abroad in the summer 1996, but a four-year contract with Greek club [[Skoda Xanthi F.C.|Skoda Xanthi]] was terminated without pay when Strudal was injured in a pre-season game. He underwent recovery, and made a short comeback to football on an amateur basis at Danish a local club in [[Hagested]] in August 1997.

==Coaching career==
Strudal had to end his active career at the end of 1996 due to an injury and then trained as a teacher, where he later taught at the seminary. In September 2000, Strudal was hired as a youth coach at [[Køge Boldklub]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bold.dk/nyt/mark-strudal-traener-i-koege |title=Mark Strudal træner i Køge |language=da |publisher=bold.dk |date= 19 September 2000}}</ref>

In the summer 2004, Strudal was appointed manager of Danish club FC Zulu.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bold.dk/nyt/FC-Zulu-mister-traener-til-SAS-Liga-klub |title=FC Zulu mister træner til SAS Liga-klub |language=da |publisher=bold.dk |date= 21 December 2005}}</ref> However, in December 2005 it was confirmed, that Strudal in the summer 2006 would join [[FC Nordsjælland]] as a U19 manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tipsbladet.dk/nyhed/generelle/mark-strudal-fra-fc-zulu-til-fc-nordsjaelland |title=Mark Strudal fra FC Zulu til FC Nordsjælland |language=da |publisher=tipsbladet.dk}}</ref> Beside that, Strudal was also a part of the first team staff, where he functioned as a forward coach. In December 2009, he went on full-time as a part of the first team staff, and therefore left the U19-manager position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bold.dk/nyt/FCN-forfremmer-Mark-Strudal |title=FCN forfremmer Mark Strudal |language=da |publisher=bold.dk |date= 14 December 2009}}</ref>

In the summer 2015, Strudal was appointed assistant coach of [[Thomas Frank (football manager)|Thomas Frank]] at [[Brøndby IF]].<ref name="foot">{{cite web |title=Mark Strudal skal give flere Brøndby-mål |url=https://brondby.com/nyheder/herrer/2015/juni/mark-strudal-skal-give-flere-brondby-mal |website=Brøndby IF |access-date=1 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501203428/https://brondby.com/nyheder/herrer/2015/juni/mark-strudal-skal-give-flere-brondby-mal |archive-date=1 May 2022 |language=da |date=4 June 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> He left the position in May 2017.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Helmin |first1=Jesper |title=Strudal: Har nydt min tid i Brøndby |url=http://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/strudal-har-nydt-min-tid-i-broendby/ |access-date=1 May 2022 |work=bold.dk |date=28 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011214640/https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/strudal-har-nydt-min-tid-i-broendby/ |archive-date=11 October 2018 |language=da}}</ref>

In June 2018, Strudal was appointed manager of [[Danish 1st Division]] club [[Lyngby Boldklub]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bekræftet: Mark Strudal bliver cheftræner i Lyngby |url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/fodbold/ECE10706236/bekraeftet-mark-strudal-bliver-cheftraener-i-lyngby/ |access-date=1 May 2022 |work=Jyllands-Posten |date=21 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206191417/https://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/fodbold/ECE10706236/bekraeftet-mark-strudal-bliver-cheftraener-i-lyngby/ |archive-date=6 February 2022 |language=da}}</ref> However, less than five months later, Strudal was fired, after 20 games with 23 points.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maimann |first1=Kristian |title=Lyngby Boldklub og Mark Strudal stopper samarbejdet - Lyngby Boldklub |url=https://lyngby-boldklub.dk/2018/11/28/lyngby-boldklub-og-mark-strudal-stopper-samarbejdet/ |website=Lyngby Boldklub |access-date=1 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206191412/https://lyngby-boldklub.dk/2018/11/28/lyngby-boldklub-og-mark-strudal-stopper-samarbejdet/ |archive-date=6 February 2022 |language=da-DK |date=28 November 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2022, Strudal joined Danish amateur club Jyllinge FC as their manager.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jensen |first1=Anders |title=Serieklub får hjælp af tidl. landsholdsspiller |url=https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/serieklub-faar-hjaelp-af-tidl-landsholdsspiller/ |access-date=1 May 2022 |work=bold.dk |date=4 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218154308/https://www.bold.dk/fodbold/nyheder/serieklub-faar-hjaelp-af-tidl-landsholdsspiller/ |archive-date=18 February 2022 |language=da}}</ref>

==Honours==
'''Grasshoppers'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Switzerland Final League Tables of the Nationalliga A and B 1930-2000 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zwithist.html |website=RSSSF |access-date=1 May 2022}}</ref>
* [[Swiss Super League|Nationalliga A]]: [[1989–90 Nationalliga A|1989–90]], [[1990–91 Nationalliga A|1990–91]]
* [[Swiss Cup]]: 1989–90

'''Brøndby'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Nostalgi: Pokalfinalesejre del 2 |url=https://brondby.com/nyheder/herrer/2008/april/nostalgi-pokalfinalesejre-del-2 |website=Brøndby IF |access-date=1 May 2022 |language=da |date=28 April 2008}}</ref>
* [[Danish Cup]]: [[1993–94 Danish Cup|1993–94]]

'''Denmark'''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hansen |first1=Thomas Lund |title=Da Danmark var konge af verden |url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/sport/fodbold/ECE5616484/da-danmark-var-konge-af-verden/ |access-date=1 May 2022 |work=Jyllands-Posten |date=15 June 2013 |language=da}}</ref>
* [[King Fahd Cup]]: [[1995 King Fahd Cup|1995]]

'''Individual'''
* [[1988 Danish 1st Division]]: Revelation of the Year

==References==
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==External links==
*{{DBU player|2346}}
*[http://vejle-boldklub.dk/statistik-spillernavn.asp?Spillere=Mark%20Strudal Vejle Boldklub profile] {{in lang|da}}
*{{Fussballdaten|strudalmarc}}
*{{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090506/http://www.bkfrem.dk/default.asp?id=19&spillerid=185&todo=arkiv |title=Boldklubben Frem profile}} {{in lang|da}}

{{Denmark Squad 1995 King Fahd Cup}}
{{Lyngby BK managers}}

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