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Michael Stensgaard (born 1 September 1974) is a Danish former footballer and business conflict mediator. Playing in the goalkeeper position, he represented Danish clubs Hvidovre IF and FC Copenhagen, as well as Liverpool and Southampton in England. He played eight games for the Denmark national under-21 football team. After ending his footballing career in 2001 due to injuries, he studied Cand.jur. with a degree in business conflict mediation. ==Life and career== Stensgaard got his national breakthrough with Hvidovre IF, and was touted the successor of former Hvidovre and Danish international goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel.〔 He made his Denmark national under-21 football team debut in October 1993.〔(Michael Stensgaard - U/21-landshold (Alle kampe) ) at Danish Football Association〕 In May 1994, he was bought by English team Liverpool for a transfer fee of £400,000. He arrived at Liverpool to succeed Bruce Grobbelaar as understudy to David James, and was issued the number 13 shirt during his time at the club.〔(Liverpool - 1995/96 ) at Footballsquads.co.uk〕 He became known for a bizarre injury which ended his chances of breaking into the Liverpool first team, as he dislocated his shoulder when setting up an ironing board soon after joining the club.〔(Michael Stensgaard ) at LFCHistory.net〕 The injury evolved into a recurring shoulder ailment requiring surgery,〔Søren Olsen, "Det forsømte fodboldår", Politiken, January 30, 1996〕 and he never played a first team game for the club. His lack of success in Liverpool later earned him a selection in the Liverpool Echo's ''Merseyside Lost 11'', a selection of players which the newspaper considered the biggest fiascos in the history of Liverpool and local rivals Everton.〔Michael Kettiros, (Top Ten: Players who made us both laugh and cry ), Liverpool Echo, February 21, 2009〕 He was declared a footballing invalid in July 1996, aged 21, and his Liverpool contract was mutually terminated after more than a year on the sidelines.〔Søren Olsen, "21 år og færdig som fodboldspiller", Politiken, July 27, 1996〕 He returned to Denmark, and became the goalkeeping coach of Hvidovre IF, coaching later Liverpool goalkeeper Jørgen Nielsen.〔Hans Christian Blem, "Liverpool tester målmand Nielsen", Ekstra Bladet, February 19, 1997〕 In May 1997, he requested his license from Liverpool in order to become backup keeper for Hvidovre,〔Kurt Stendal, "Bundhold garderer sig", Berlingske Tidende, May 2, 1997〕 but refused to play when given the opportunity, as he still feared for his shoulder.〔Per Steffensen, "Vil vippe Zaza af pinden", B.T., April 17, 1998〕 With medical help and Olympic medalist Arne Nielsson as his mental coach, Stensgaard then aimed to reignite his active career.〔 He signed a six-month deal with Danish Superliga club F.C. Copenhagen (FCK) in May 1998.〔Mads Glenn Wehlast, "Spiller ikke for halv kraft", Ekstra Bladet, May 23, 1998〕 He replaced injured keeper Karim Zaza,〔"Ny i målet", Politiken, July 27, 1998〕 and kept his place in the FCK starting line-up for all 17 games in the first half of the 1998-99 Superliga season. When his contract expired in December 1998, he moved back to England to play for Southampton on a three-and-a-half-year contract.〔Harvy Hansen & Peter Grønborg, "Stensgaard til Southampton", Berlingske Tidende, November 19, 1998〕 He spent his time at Southampton as the understudy of Welsh international Paul Jones, and after controversy with manager Dave Jones over missing playing time, he was relegated to third choice goalkeeper. He returned to FCK in July 1999.〔"Tålmodighed og brudte løfter", Jyllands-Posten, July 1, 1999〕 He played a further 19 games for FCK, but suffered a spinal disc herniation and terminated his career in July 2001, 26 years old.〔"Stensgaard færdig - Gall på kontrakt", B.T., July 20, 2001〕 After ending his footballing career, Stensgaard finished his cand.jur. education. He was the first in Scandinavia to specialize in business conflict mediation,〔(Michael Stensgaard ) at Intenz.dk〕 and he was on the winning team in the 2004 International Negotiation Competition.〔(Past Winners ) at JMLS.edu〕 He served as an International Negotiation Competition judge, and has lectured at the University of Copenhagen. He is also a FIFA-licensed football player agent, and acts as a mental coach for both athletes and businessmen.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Stensgaard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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