Mads Timm

Mads Timm (born 31 October 1984) is a Danish footballer,[1] who is player-coach, playing as a forward, for Danish Serie 1 club Kerteminde Boldklub.

Mads Timm
Personal information
Full name Mads Timm
Date of birth (1984-10-31) 31 October 1984
Place of birth Odense, Denmark
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Kerteminde
Youth career
Agedrup/Fjordager IF
Odense
2000–2002 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2006 Manchester United 0 (0)
2004 → Viking (loan) 4 (1)
2005 → Lyn (loan) 1 (0)
2006 → Walsall (loan) 9 (1)
2006–2008 Odense ? (?)
2008–2009 Lyngby ? (?)
2011– Kerteminde ? (?)
National team
2000 Denmark U16 3 (1)
2000 Denmark U17 6 (3)
2001 Denmark U19 2 (1)
2003–2004 Denmark U20 7 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Spending his youth years at Odense, Timm joined English club Manchester United in the Premier League in 2000. He made his first team debut against Maccabi Haifa in the Champions League group stage match in October 2002.[2] He was not able to secure a place in the first team at United, and he spent some time on loan at Norwegian club Viking, scoring the first ever goal at their new Viking Stadion, as well as at English Football League club Walsall, where he scored once against Chesterfield.[3]

In March 2005, Timm was sentenced to twelve months in a young offenders' institute for dangerous driving, after team mate Callum Flanagan's car hit another vehicle while he and Timm were racing each other on a public road. Although United sacked Flanagan after the incident, Timm was allowed to remain with the club.[4]

On 24 May 2006, Manchester United released a statement saying that Timm, along with six other players, had been released by the club,[5] and on 1 June 2006, Timm returned to his Danish childhood club Odense on a three-year contract.[6] In a TV-interview on the Danish TV-station TV2 the coach from Odense stated that Timm needed a second chance.

Timm had some success at Odense, and he was called up to the Danish national team. However, he failed to keep his place in the Odense side, and he was released from the club on 15 August 2008 by mutual consent.[7] On 25 August 2008 Lyngby Boldklub announced that they had signed a one-year contract with Timm.[8]

On 16 August 2009, he retired from professional football because of injuries and lack of motivation.[9] In 2011, he restarted his professional career with Danish football club Kerteminde.

References
  1. Mads Timm var et kæmpetalent: »Er du ikke Zlatan eller Ronaldo, bliver du bare en nikkedukke, der parerer ordrer« berlingske.dk
  2. "Maccabi maul Man Utd". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 29 October 2002. Archived from the original on 13 November 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  3. "Chesterfield 2-2 Walsall". BBC. 21 January 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  4. Clarissa Satchell, Shamed Reds duo blasted by top cop, Manchester Evening News, 4 March 2005
  5. Steve Bartram, Seven players granted free transfers, ManUtd.com, 24 May 2006
  6. (in Danish) Mads Timm forlader Manchester United Archived 10 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Ekstra Bladet, 1 June 2006
  7. (in Danish) OB fritstiller Mads Timm, Bold.dk, 15 August 2008
  8. (in Danish) Mads Timm til Lyngby Archived 19 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Lyngby Boldklub, 25 August 2008
  9. (in Danish) Mads Timm dropper fodbolden Avisen.dk 16 August 2009
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