Michael Schäfer

Michael Schäfer
Personal information
Full name Michael Schäfer
Date of birth (1959-01-25) 25 January 1959
Place of birth Rødovre, Denmark
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1965–1975 Avarta
1976–1977 Lyngby
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1990 Lyngby 482 (59)
International career
1977–1979 Denmark u-21 8 (0)
1980–1983 Denmark 3 (0)
Managerial career
1991–1991 Lyngby BK (assistant)
1992–1995 Lyngby FC
1995–1996 F.C. Copenhagen
1996–1998 Ølstykke FC
1998–2001 Fremad Amager
2002–2005 BK Avarta
2005–2007 B 93
2007–2010 AB (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael Schäfer (born 25 January 1959) is a Danish former football player and now manager. In his active career as a midfielder, he played 482 games for Danish club Lyngby BK, as well as three games for the Denmark national football team. At the moment he is a teacher at Virum Skole in Denmark.