Frank Pingel

Frank Pingel Mortensen (born 9 May 1964) is a Danish former professional footballer and manager, who played as a forward.

Frank Pingel

Pingel at a 1860 Munich match in October 1991.
Personal information
Full name	Frank Pingel Mortensen[1]
Date of birth	(1964-05-09) 9 May 1964 (age 61)
Place of birth	Vejlby, Denmark
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1983	IFH
1983	Skovbakken
1984–1988	AGF	30	(11)
1988–1989	Newcastle United	14	(1)
1989–1991	Brøndby	61	(15)
1991–1992	1860 Munich	20	(6)
1992–1993	Brøndby	15	(7)
1993–1994	Bursaspor	27	(12)
1994–1995	Fenerbahçe	3	(1)
1995	Lille	5	(0)
International career
1991–1994	Denmark	11	(5)
Managerial career
2000	FC Aarhus
2000–2001	Hørning IF
2006–2008	AGF (masseur)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Pingel most notably represented Danish teams AGF and Brøndby, as well as foreign clubs Newcastle United, 1860 Munich, Bursaspor, Fenerbahçe and Lille. While playing for Brøndby IF between 1989 and 1991, as well as the 1992–93 season, he managed to score a total of 30 goals in 93 games, with 22 of these being scored in the Danish league.^[2]

International career

Pingel made 11 appearances and scored five goals for the Denmark national team.^{[citation needed]}

Managerial career

In 2000, Pingel briefly coached FC Aarhus just for a few months, being fired after a skirmish with Norwegian player Stig Haaland.^[3] Afterwards he coached Danish eighth division club Hørning IF,^[4] before returning to his former club AGF as a team masseur.^[5] Pingel was sacked from his position on 17 March 2008 after being involved in a quarrel at AGF's training camp in Cyprus.^[6]

Honours

Player

Brøndby

• Danish Football Championship¹: 1990, 1991

¹: Level 1: 1. Division (1945–1990), Superligaen (1991–present)