Thomas Frank (football manager)

Thomas Frank
Personal information
Full name Thomas Frank[1]
Date of birth (1973-10-09) 9 October 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Frederiksværk, Denmark[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Brentford (head coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Frederiksværk
Managerial career
2008–2011 Denmark U16
2008–2012 Denmark U17
2012–2013 Denmark U19
2013–2016 Brøndby
2018– Brentford
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Frank (born 9 October 1973) is a Danish professional football coach and former amateur player, who is head coach of Premier League club Brentford.

After 18 years in youth coaching, which included spells as manager of multiple Danish national youth teams, Frank became a senior manager with Brøndby in 2013. After his departure in 2016, he moved to English club Brentford as assistant head coach, and was promoted into the role of head coach in October 2018. At the end of the 2020–21 season, Frank became only the second Brentford head coach or manager to achieve promotion to the top-flight of English football.

  1. ^ "Manager Details: Thomas Frank". English National Football Archive. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Frederiksværk" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2018.