Thomas Christiansen
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Christiansen with Panama in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Thomas Christiansen Tarín | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 March 1973 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hadsund, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Panama (manager) | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1982–1988 | Avedøre | ||||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Brøndby | ||||||||||||||||
| 1989–1991 | Hvidovre | ||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | B.93 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1996 | Barcelona B | 60 | (28) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1996 | Barcelona | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | → Sporting Gijón (loan) | 10 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993–1994 | → Osasuna (loan) | 14 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | → Racing Santander (loan) | 15 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 1996–1997 | Oviedo | 50 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1999 | Villarreal | 41 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Terrassa | 17 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Panionios | 12 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Herfølge | 4 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2003 | VfL Bochum | 76 | (38) | ||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | Hannover 96 | 55 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 354 | (105) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1995 | Spain U21 | 11 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Spain | 2 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Al Jazira (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | AEK Larnaca | ||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | APOEL | ||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Leeds United | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Union SG | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Panama | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Thomas Christiansen Tarín (born 11 March 1973) is a football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of the Panama national team.
Left-footed, he played for a number of clubs in Danish, Spanish and German football over a 15-year professional career, being crowned the top goalscorer of the 2002–03 Bundesliga whilst with Bochum. Born in Denmark, he represented the Spain national team.
In 2013, Christiansen started working as a manager. He led Panama at two CONCACAF Gold Cups, finishing as runners-up in 2023.